Stop pests bugging your strawberries: Strawberries are a difficult fruit to resist and that means insects also find them tempting. But the right techniques can keep them in check

摘要

GROWERS of other crops think strawberry growers use too much insecticide because they seem to be spraying every week, but this is not so. The weekly (or so) tractor pass is to apply a concoction of nutrients to boost the first leaf growth. The brew is then changed to increase flower and fruit production. Plants like strawberries, which lie as close to the soil, develop a microclimate of humidity which is conducive to fungi of various sorts, therefore fungicides are added when required.