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Re: On fruits...

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>In addition if anyone is planting strawberries in a square foot
fashion I
>would like to know what method you are employing, what varieties, and
in
>particular your spacing methods.
>
>I am thinking of setting out 4 permanent 4x6 beds dedicated to
>strawberries and I am considering 8 inch spacing for each plant and
not
>allowing any of the plants to develop runners.  However I am
considering
>planting two of the beds to day neutrals and am curious if I should
space
>them a bit tighter.  Any suggestions are appreciated.
>


Kevin,

I've planted strawberries in my square foot garden this past year.  I
dedicated three 4' x 12' beds to two june bearing and one everbearing
variety.  They are planted 1/sq. ft.  to get 48 in a bed.  I've cut
off the runners this year and will allow the runners next year to
replace half the plants (i. e. every other row) in order to keep the
bed rejouvenating itself.  The everbearing produce few runners and are
easy to keep up with.  With the June bearing, I will snip off the
runners until after the june crop and then allow certain runners to
grow and root.

I'm also going to let other runners root in small pots in order to
transplant them into other beds.  This will slowly increase the number
of beds for the strawberries in time. but I've got plenty of room and
am adding beds every year.

Cliff Parker
Longview Farm
www.mint.net/~longview/


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