Hi! I bought a carton of strawberries and I found a couple with this weird pattern of holes. Is this from bugs? Is it safe to eat the rest of the strawberries? Thank you 😭

So I have this huge patch of Salal berries that are growing in my backyard. They have been there the whole time we've lived here but I only identified them year before last as they were well past season. Then last year I missed it cause I'm forgetful and our hillside bushes are in a backyard that is .... well, mostly just a hillside.

So this year I'm on it! It seems like they are ripening. But, all the photos I see of Salal are branches with all full ripe berries. Nothing but perfect berries. But nature isn't all perfect ripe berries.

Some of my branches have berries that seem to be a mix of ripe and unripe. Some are shriveled as if that small branch is past any further ripening. Some are dried out. Some are big full ripe. Some look ripe but don't have that expanded star at the bottom.

I don't want to waste berries that could be included in jam. I don't want to pick berries too early. I don't want to do anything that is going to make my salal bushes sad at me.

So, anyone have more in depth knowledge besides the very generally available knowledge about salal that is online.

Photos are examples of varying ripeness.

Can berries ripen after they are picked? Are the ones that are in the process of drying out... bad berries? Or should I pluck them and finish drying them? Are the ones that are nice and dark but don't have that huge star at the bottom actually ripe? Or should I wait longer?

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