"jmcquown" > wrote in message
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> On 6/19/2017 7:01 PM, ImStillMags wrote:
>> On Monday, June 19, 2017 at 3:37:05 PM UTC-7, Julie Bove wrote:
>>> I am growing these this year. Got tons of berries but they are just
>>> starting
>>> to ripen. Alas, our sun that we were supposed to get today just did not
>>> happen. Anyway... I picked 4 of them the other day. They looked ripe but
>>> they were very sour. Everything I red about them indicates that they are
>>> sweet. Did I just pick them too soon? Anyone know?
>>
>> did they smell like a strawberry, if they are ripe they will have a nice
>> strong strawberry smell
>>
> It's probably too early to pick strawberries in the pacific northwest,
> even if they *are* red.

Nope. My friends and the U Pick places have been picking for weeks. The
difference likely is that mine are newly planted.