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Re: mulch for strawberries

     
     
     Good Morning All
     
     A few years ago a friend told me that the best mulch for strawberries 
     is pine needles.
     
     He was from scandinavia and apparently the strawberries grow wild in 
     the mulch under the pine trees.
     
     I took his advice and now have my strawbs permanently mulched with 
     pine needles and they do just great!
     
     Good luck to all
     
     peter


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Subject:      mulch for strawberries
Author:  MIME:valeriem@DURHAM.NET at INTERNET-MAIL
Date:    22/9/97 10:58


Well, I have a small patch of strawberries which I had to plant out late 
in the
season because a big wind blew over & smashed the pot they were in.  Now 
that
they're in the ground I want to give them some chance of surviving to 
next spring.
We're zone 5b, by the way.  When do I mulch for winter, and with what? 
I think I
read somewhere that you should only mulch around December or so, after 
the
ground has frozen, because you want to protect the roots from the 
freeze-thaw cycle
and mulching earlier will prevent the ground from freezing.  Is this 
right?  What's
the best mulch to use for strawberries?
     
Also, does anyone know how to get seeds out of impatiens...I'd like to 
put the seeds
in the fridge & start them in the spring, but, (I'm embarrassed to say), 
I don't know
where the seeds are on the impatiens. 
Thanks,
 Val
     
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