My largest strawberry

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My largest strawberry

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This photo was taken last season. I have just found it.


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That is my wife's hand.

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Oh my lord! What did it taste like?
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Post: # 59049Post ina »

Nice one! Sure there's no slug hole in the back of it? :wink:
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Post: # 59095Post Thomzo »

Well, thumbs up to you! Ha ha see my avitar :lol:

This was my first strawberry of the season. It isn't nearly as big as yours but it was very tasty!

Yours is a whopper!

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Full points for size. But what about the taste?

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Post: # 59112Post red »

my what small hands your wife has! :wink:
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Post: # 59198Post ohareward »

That one was the exception. Most of the other crop ranged from 3/4s - 1/2 of that size. I thought that the taste would not be good, but it was very tasty. I change the plants every 2 years. The first year is always the biggest.

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Post: # 59243Post Kiwi »

I know where you live, and I can't wait until strawberry season... :lol:

and you can come and get some sheep poo Robin, you know I have plenty after carting it around town on the bottom of your shoe, after todays escapade... the great Ram escape... :?
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Robin's strawberry patch can be located on google earth...... :mrgreen:
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Post: # 63778Post ohareward »

How did you work out wheren I live?

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I expect he zoomed in on Ohoka, NZ until he found something big and red.....

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Was that the day I was sun bathing? :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
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:lol: :lol: :lol:

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