Strawberries and Caneberries

The strawberry is not a true fruit since the botanical fruits are the small, hardened achenes that everybody refers to as seeds distributed on the outside of the ripened receptacle that contains all of the sugars and vitamins that we look forward to eating.

Mark here - Dylan Beal, our new entomologist, has asked me to get the word out about the spotted wing drosophila survey included below. Key point is that it is looking at how impacts of this pest have changed for you over the past 10 years.

Hi folks, the 2025 UCCE Annual Strawberry Production Research meeting will take place this year February 12 at the Arts Building at the Santa Cruz County Fairground.

I had a great conversation earlier today with a grower concerning the effect to strawberry fruit productivity of removing the emerging flowers in the early winter months of the season. Beautiful field by the way, good strong plants, nice and green.

Happy New Year everyone! Looks like the year has come out storming with a lot to do and events to attend. The big UCCE Annual Strawberry Production Research meeting is to take place February 12 at the County Fairgrounds in Santa Cruz County, I'll be posting the agenda for that quite soon.