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Re: can we please talk about strawberries?

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>Can I plant strawberries in my raised bed or should I do it on the ground-
>Has anyone ever done strawberries in a SQ ft garden?

You really to be able to devote the bed just to strawberries. I space mine
out, since they're all I grow in the bed. Use a special 3' x 8' bed with 6
plants evenly spaced down the center of the mounded soil. If space is a
problem you could plant them closer, but have no idea on what effect it
would have on size or yield.  The six plants produce enough for my wife and
I.

 >Also- I mulch one of my beds with straw- I ground it up quite
>a bit with the weed eater in a metal garbage can -then soaked it. It seems
>like the straw is rough on the tender little plats- Someone straighten me
>out please. .I fell like taking all that sticker hay off and
>putting something more comfy down. Am I losing it?????-Teri

You're not losing it - I'm actually a near heretic in this matter. Don't
tell anyone, but I use black plastic, just like all the commercial growers
in the area. We have an absolutely monsterous slug and snail problem and the
plastic really seems to help. Since they call them STRAWberries it would
seem straw would be an excellent mulch.

Bob in Sacramento


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