Market Farming

["Brian and Jacqueline Potzkai" <potzkai AT hotmail.com>]

> From: Joan Vibert <joan AT windwalker-farm.com>

> Marie - just started planting the rest of the strawberries yesterday 
> morning
> and will finish this evening - I think they might be okay!

Hi all, I noticed that both Joan and Marie are planting strawberries now.  
You can tell I'm a real novice at strawberries when I say "I didn't know you 
could do that at this time of year!".   All of my reference manuals, etc, 
say early spring and after August.  Have you planted before at this time of 
year?  What's the procedure you use?  Do they handle the heat ok after 
planting?  What is your heat like?  How often do you irrigate after 
planting?  Last year I planted after August, checked under the mulch this 
spring and found that we lost the 2 acres to winter.  Brian thought I was 
nuts when I said "just turn em under" and walked away :'(   What was left 
wasn't worth keeping.  Jacqueline
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