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Re: Strawberries

Regarding strawberries - do you  have to cut the leaves off and leave
just the crowns?  I read that you should "mow" off the growth.



Denny Hurley wrote:
> 
>         Mulch your strawberries with any kind of bio-degradable humus such as straw, hay, leaves, pine needles.  Cover the plants, to about 4 inches if possible. Normally this is done after the ground freezes, in PA usually in late December.  This will protect the plants from severe weather until the Spring time thaw.  After the ground thaws in April uncover the plants, but leave the mulch, mated down between the rows. This will help prevent weed growth, until your June harvest.
> 
>         *After* your June harvest is over, not now and not before, but after your berry harvest is over for the year, is the time that you renovate your patch by first cutting off all the plant growth above the crowns.
> 
>         Hope this helps,  Denny Zone 6 PA
> 
> --- On Wed, 1 Oct 1997 16:51:16 GMT  "Susan W.Smith" <sws2@psu.edu> wrote:
> 
> >What preparations does a strawberry bed need for winter.  I am in central PA
> >and planted strawberries this year.  I pinched back all the flowers so I am
> >anxiously waiting for my first crop  next year.  Do they need to be mulched,
> >cut back or what?
> >Susan W. Smith
> >State College, PA 16801
> >sws2@psu.edu
> >
> >
> 
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