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STAR-K Guide To Checking Strawberries For Insects
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See the types of bugs that hide in strawberries and how to clean the berries so that the bugs are washed off. STAR-K recommends using a non-toxic dishwasher soap, like Seventh Generation, to wash the berries.
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Strawberry insects are very small and
difficult to see.
About 1 mm or a 25th of an inch in
length, to the naked eye, these bugs
resemble tiny white grains of rice, a
fraction the size of a strawberry seed.
These insects are usually found near the
top of the berry.
They hide in places that match their own
white color, such as the base of the
greens [music]
or in the depression created by a seed.
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>> To properly clean strawberries, wash
them in soapy water.
Vigorously [music] agitate the water.
Rinse off the strawberries well.
Finally, [music] it is preferable to cut
off the top with a small amount of the
flesh.