Ugh..Rain

Our Dyna-Gro Liquid Grow 7-9-5 arrived the day after our strawberries were potted. We added 1 tsp to each bucket. Well, we told ourselves that it was 1 tsp. We still didn't have any sort of reliable measuring device and we actually used a plastic spoon to measure. Close enough is good enough, right? The strawberries weren't really looking any worse, but they weren't looking any better either.

Two days after potting, it started raining cats and dogs. I couldn't decide what to do. Should we leave the plants outside to get rained on? Should we bring them inside? It was sort of an ethical dilemma for me. My intention was to grow the strawberries with as little interference as possible, but the buckets were starting to flood. We received about 0.39in of rain, with more in the forecast. Finally, we made the decision. We poured the excess water off of the plants and moved them under the awning for the next day and a half. 

The plants seem to be showing a little progress, with bud formation and some new leaves appearing.