Strawberries and Caneberries

An article from the Wall Street Journal this past week underlines how much fresh produce sales are rising in the US and what value these present to the nation's groceries. Up 2 billion dollars from last year, produce sales for 2019 are looking to be a total of $62 billion.

One thing that has many times struck me about farm calls in raspberry, often in tunnels, is the appearance of yellowing starkly on one hand of the leaf in association with stress. Usually the stress comes from the tunnel being too hot, though sometimes the stress is originating from salt.

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The question of organic strawberry transplants is one that has turned through the industry for some time, and the picture has sharpened somewhat since our organic strawberry transplant meeting.

As most readers of this blog know, the loss of the pre-plant soil fumigant methyl bromide several years ago presents a serious challenge to business as usual in the California strawberry industry.