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  • From: Joan Vibert <joan AT windwalker-farm.com>
  • To: Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Holding Dormant Strawberry Plants
  • Date: Sat, 26 Mar 2011 08:17:13 -0500

Title: Re: [Market-farming] Holding Dormant Strawberry Plants
I just filled my old fridge with our strawberry plants.  I think yours will be okay if you can keep them moist and as cool as possible.  If you are getting snow, the root cellar should be pretty cool.  We’re in the same boat as you are with weather and beds not ready.

Joan
Windwalker Farm
Ottawa, KS


> From: Allan Balliett <allan.balliett AT gmail.com>
> Reply-To: Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
> Date: Sat, 26 Mar 2011 08:22:31 -0400
> To: Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
> Subject: [Market-farming] Holding Dormant Strawberry Plants
>
> Folks - I got in a shipment of 1000 dormant strawberry plants
> yesterday. Because of the weather, I don't have the beds ready and,
> because of the weather, I probably can't get beds made (properly) for
> another week.
>
> Has anyone has luck holding dormant strawberry plants that long?
>
> I'm not seeing instructions at Nourse and from that get the
> implication that holding them without a 28 degree cooler and such is
> simply not going to work.
>
> (I think I'm just asking for someone to tell me to put them in the
> dark of the root cellar and plant them when I get to them.)
>
> What would you do?
>
> Thanks
>
> -Allan in WV where we had high 70's a week ago (and, yes, I got a lot
> of other stuff done then)  and snow predicted for this coming week.
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