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Re: mulch for strawberries

 On 9/21/97 8:57 PM, Valerie Mutton wrote:

>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'm in zone 6 (or 5 on some charts) and I have never mulched my
strawberries.  I didn't know they had to be mulched.  I've never had a
problem.  My strawberries in one of my square foot gardens are 5 years
old and still growing like babies.  During the winter, they look *dead*
but start growing vigorously in the early spring; almost before anything
else.

This has been my experience.  YMMV.

Patty in Central Ohio
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