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JDelage
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What's killing this strawberry?

Please see pics below. We bought this strawberry plant a few weeks ago and planted it (along with another strawberry plant) in a raised container that already includes a number of strawberry plants. This plant started doing OK but in the last couple of weeks it's started to look worse and worse. It's now noticeably more yellow than the other plants, with very droopy stems and some leaves drying / rotting. I would appreciate any pointer.
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jal_ut
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I would give it a good drink of water, then add a bit of liquid fertilizer.

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Jal_ut has a point. The new plants would have considerably less developed roots compared to the established plants and may need extra water. Maybe spot water them extra between regular waterings and mulch them all to conserve and even out the moisture.

If you didn't put extra fertilizer under the new plants when you planted (I usually dig extra deep hole, add fertilizer, THEN make the mounded planting cone for the strawberry crown to sit in top) the other plants maybe taking all the available nutrients.

Be sure you did NOT bury the crowns completely. You live in a wet area that freeze in the winter, so you should only have buried the crown halfway.

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JDelage
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Thanks - I'll add some liquid fertilizer. We're in Seattle and this plant has received water pretty much every day since planted. I don't think I buried the crown completely.



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