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6 strawberry plants, zone 9a, North Florida

Watering every 1-2 days, when needed. Fertilizing with Prefect Plants Strawberry Fertilizer 8.8.8 every 2 weeks per directions on label.

I've had 3 harvests from my strawberry plants. My last yield was great, although, I thought the strawberries were a little on the smaller size; I thought that might be because I'd moved them from containers to a planter.

This incoming batch are tiny, and either ripening in odd ways or rotting before ripening. What am I doing wrong? How can I fix it?

Thanks in advance!

A new leaf just unfurled yesterday and immediately began work on another one.

How deer resistant is the Oso Easy Italian Ice rose? The nursery told me it was, but Google says differently.

I have one (behind a fence) and love it so much that I would like to plant a few around the base of a tree (outside of the fence) but everything I've put there in the past; Persian Shield, Brazilian Red Hots, Weigela...have all been eaten to the ground within 24 hours. Would Italian Ice survive?

Also, how much sun can they really take? Zone 9a, North Florida.