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Re: strawberries

Strawberries are perrenials and are kept in the ground all year 
round.  You can mulch with straw after the ground freezes to keep it 
frozen and prevent heaving when it warms up suddenly mid-winter.

-Ron



> From:          Mixborders@aol.com
> Date:          Tue, 25 Nov 1997 17:04:09 -0500 (EST)
> To:            seeds-list@eskimo.com
> Subject:       Re: strawberries
> Reply-to:      seeds-list@eskimo.com

> In a message dated 97-11-20 10:38:54 EST, you write:
> 
> << 
>  Now I wonder where do our strawberry plants come from.  They have to
>  have some chilling before they grow and fruit, right?  In Florida we buy
>  plants in Sept/Oct and begin to have fruit sometimes before Christmas.
>  How do they do it?  Trudy >>
> 
> As I understand it, these plants that are grown in Florida, typically for
> winter sales to markets across the U.S., are first grown in the North to meet
> their chilling requirements and set flower buds. They are then sent south as
> dormant plants, planted and the fruit is harvested. There is a large nursery
> in Massachusetts that specializes in this process.
> 
> 
> 
Ron
menoldre@mnsinc.com
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