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Patricia Santhuff <psanthuff@mindspring.com> wrote:
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Cyn wrote:
>>strawberry >Anyone got a spacing to recommend?

>Matted row is treating them more or less like annuals, where you
let all the runners do their thing, making more plants, and then you
replant the whole bed next year. 

*Well, actually production falls of in 2-4 years.  You can let a runner take
over repalcement duty.  runners take fruiting energy.  One runner per plant
tho save dough.  Remove the parent every 2-3 years, and let the daughter or
grand daughter replace it allowing just 1 runner per plant.

>I do NOT intend to treat them as annuals, which means I will pinch off
runners UNLESS there's a plant I want to replace somewhere. With this
method, the strawberries can be more or less self-regenerating and should
last a number of years. 

>I'm just sharing what I did since no one else has spoken up on the matter.

*Mine is there somewhere in there Pat> :>)

*Also:
http://www.egroups/group/gardentalk/info.html
A very OT group, but very family, no flames, and digs well for a question, has
in Links (and in the Link description a Message # for a BIG strawberry Message
from the Listmama) a strawberry link, from a University, as I recall.

Spooner farms in Puyallap, WA...(wholesaler sent me the straw/rasp cat)
10, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18 inches. (42 rows...)

Key Points.:
SOIL: Slightly acid soil, not where tomatoes or potatoes were, no slopes,
fertile, well drained, 6-8 inch tilling.
RVC'g: If not planted,  for a few days they may be stored at 28 F or a fridge,
don't freeze. Don't let them dry out.  Not wet, nor dry.
PLANT: ROOTS STRAIGHT DOWN, CROWN LEVEL w /Top of ground.  Recommended remove
flowers First year, to allow them to become established.
FERT: Do not over fertilize.  Suggest 1/2 - 1 lb od 10-20-20 per 100 sq ft.
Use this BEFORE PLANTING... incorporate w soil.  Again in July or Aug. 
MAINT: No weeds.In colder climes, 3-6' straw mulch to protect crowns.

None the less.  My Quinalt might go 2 diagonal in a sq ft.
Bill

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