Sick Strawberries

[PunkRotten]

My straws were doing ok for a little while now they look like this:

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Lack of nutrients? Disease? Sunburn?

Thanks

[Gustav]

That looks like a disease. Looks like fungus like Red Stele.
I would suggest that you remove the infected leaves & get a fungicide or something to treat this from the nursery. It looks like it is in the early stage, so treat it before it spreads.

[PunkRotten]

Is there an organic way to treat this? Any homemade recipe or anything?

[cynthia_h]

Clip some of the leaves off, put them into a sealable plastic bag, and take them to an independent nursery as soon as you can. Ask them for advice. Nothing like on-the-spot professionals; they may have ideas beyond what we know. There could be a fungus/disease "going around" your local area that we don't know about.

OTOH, this could be a sadly normal enemy of strawberries. I've never grown them, so I can't say. But I'd be at the gate of the nearest nursery tomorrow morning, myself....

Cynthia H.
Sunset Zone 17, USDA Zone 9

[ACW]

Just a thought ,those leaves look like last years growth ,with my strawberries I tend to clip the old leaves winter or early spring and get nice fresh new growth as soon as the weather warms a bit ,

[PunkRotten]

Maybe I will clip all the leaves off and see what happens.