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Re: strawberry sprawl

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To all those who worry about strawberry sprawl:

My grandmother had an excellent solution. Every spring each of her grandchildren, children, and friends were "allowed" to come dig up one to two strawberry rows. This kept the plants vigorous and under control. This also kept my grandmother off her knees.

The year of her last strawberry garden was very sad, because we knew we would never have the honor of digging in her garden for new strawberry starts. She said she just got tired of cleaning and freezing those strawberries.

Happy Easter,
Sheryl A. McCoy
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patterns, so that each small piece of her fabric
reveals the organization of the entire tapestry."
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On Fri, 02 Apr 1999 09:38:23   Joe & Patti Maska wrote:
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>
>Original message:
>I am thinking that strawberries would be a great addition to my garden, but
>I know they sprawl terrifically.  Has anyone tried the "strawberry pots"
>available at garden stores?  Any suggestions for a novice strawberry-grower?
>Mary Thorp
>Richmond, IN
>Zone 5
>
>
>Mary:
>
>We've tried pots, and we've tried strawberries.  I found them to be labor
>intensive (but worth it!)
>One thing about pots is that you MUST keep up with the watering, especially
>if you have a sunny deck (such as we do!)  We're talking about, in the
>summertime, sometimes twice a day.  If you could rig up a drip hose for it
>on the timer, so much the better.
>
>As far as field strawberries, we didn't keep up with it and ended up ripping
>them all out because of mold/fungus.  This was our fault.  Strawberries work
>like this:  Your first plant becomes the "mother" plant; after they've
>established, they send out runners (called "daughters").  It's recommended
>that the first year, you pinch off the daughters to establish the mothers.
>
>After the mothers are established, you'll get not only a nice crop of
>strawberries, but a nice crop of daughters.  To keep everything equal, you
>need to plant the daughters (if they haven't already rooted) and remove the
>mothers.
>
>We're going to try it again, but this time, we are going to have a row of
>mothers, and a blank row, and on & on.  Then, when the daughters come in, we
>will plant the daughters in the blank row, and till under the mothers at the
>end of the season.
>
>The work is worth it, because just picked strawberries are luscious!  (never
>enough for strawberry pie, because the kids are worse than the wildlife!)
>
>Hope this helps!
>
>Peace,
>
>Patti
>
>
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