Flowers and fruit - Strawberries - Fruits are rotting or discolored prior to harvest

Fruit exhibit brown, water-soaked spots and a grayish mold, especially near the calyx end

Fruit exhibit a dry rot prior to harvest and have a bad odor/flavor

Fruit show sunken black spots after warm, wet weather

Upper sides of berries exhibit a water-soaked, bleached out appearance

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This is a part of The Berry Diagnostic Tool - a companion to the NRAES Production Guides for Strawberries, Raspberries and Blueberries