My English Strawberries are big but not sweet

[DumbFalang]

My wife has a Strawberry farm growing the Thai Royal 80 variety and I have a little 'experiment patch' in the garden growing a few different varieties of English strawberries. A couple of varieties failed to flower, a couple had fruit but the taste was nothing special and a couple are large (compared to the Royal 80) and very promising.....

 

 

The Brits are the two on the right. The challenge now is to get them somewhere near the sweetness of the Thai variety and I know that won't be easy.

 

My Raspberries taste simply awesome and there's not really much more to say.

 

I know Mulberries are not very popular with many people, but I have a soft spot for them as they were the first fruit I ever grew myself and I still remember clearly how good they tasted. My missus makes Mulberry plus Strawberry and Mulberry conserve without any additives (other than 10% organic sugar).

 

Not a drop of toxic spray has been anywhere near our fruit - and people can tell when they smell and taste it. I feel really sorry for Thai consumers who have absolutely no idea how dangerous Thai Strawberries on the supermarket shelves are.

 

My Blackberries have done nothing at 500 metres so we are taking them up to 1000 metres to see how they go.

[jvs]

Nice picture!!We brought a few strawberry plants from Chiang mai but they did not survive.

Too hot here i think,mullberries are doing great but we can not find any raspberries over here.

I really love the taste of the 80 variety,ate two whole boxes when i was up north.

We do everything the natural way also,no chemicals and yes you can taste the difference.

We are in the Cha-am area.

[RichCor]

Googling  How to grow sweet strawberries on the vine

 

It should give you return links like this one that's full of simple recommendations...

 

Strawberries Aren’t Sweet: Fixing Sour Strawberries Growing In Your Garden

[drtreelove]

Strawberries, blueberries, blackberries and others are grown commercially at sea level where I'm from. Santa Cruz County California.

I believe sweet will have more to do with high nutrient density and brix level than with your elevation. 

 

http://highbrixgardens.com/what-is-brix.html

[RichCor]

...then there's not over watering them when they start to ripen so the sugars can concentrate.