TJAnonymous
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I've spent a stupid amount of money on strawberry plants. Hundreds of dollars. No matter what variety I get, they get overwhelmed by disease and die. I'm battling the same problem with my raspberries. There's tons of wild raspberries and blackberries within a 100 ft outside my garden area. Viruses/fungus are easily spread in this climate and it's almost impossible to eradicate the wild berries so my best option is to simply treat my domestic varieties with fungicide. As long as I stay on top of it, the raspberries/blackberries can generally overcome it. Strawberries haven't been so lucky but I think it's because I don't have a good way to water the existing beds without getting the leaves wet. That just increases the leaf spot/fungal issues. After having to replace my strawberries every single year for the past 3 years, I'm done throwing money down the drain on these beds. I will try another idea with the food grade 55 gallon barrels. If that doesn't work, I'm just giving up on the strawberries altogether.