Beginner Gardening: Mine and my G/Daughters Strawberry Patch......:-(, 0 by Degarotty

Degarotty wrote:
Hi all,

Can anyone tell me why our strawberries are growing deformed? Sometimes I will have two strawberries growing and then one will die and one will keep growing?

Our patch is in a foam box with about 7 main plants, about 5 inches deep.

Can they get root bound at all?

Maybe I need to change the soil? And how do I know when to pick them?
I have eaten one but it was not very sweet, is there a way of making them grow sweeter?????

Debi