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> Does anyone have personal spacing info for strawberries, a spacing they
> have successfully used (as opposed to one they have read about)?  I've
read
> about "so and so says" but I haven't seen anyone actually say they use a
> certain grid spacing, and if so what strawberry variety they planted at
> that spacing.

I've planted my strawberries in between my squares. Originally I bought them
to go in the squares, but ran out of room. So since I was thinking I'd plant
moss or creeping thyme in the 2' gaps between the squares, I tried the
strawberry plants. It stays pretty wet and shaded but for some reason they
love it there. I don't know the "official" spacing, but each plant has
gotten big enough to take up a square and crowd its neighbor, so I doubt you
could do more than one a square. Also, someone told me once that
strawberries produce fruit only on the shoots they send out (is that right?)
so they need somewhere to send shoots off to I guess. This is only my second
growing season, so I haven't had any fruit yet. Also, do they need to be cut
back at the end of the growing season or should I leave them alone like I
did last year?

Annie Sargent who's got more planting and learning to do!
annie@esargent.org


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