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[John Smith <friendly27sw@yahoo.com>]

At least in our MO zone 5b wildly fluctuating winter
temperatures I think mulching helps protect the plants
a great deal, the key is to wait until mid December
when the lows are well down in the teens, then remove
right away when it's unlikely to drop much below the
teens in early spring.  This way the plants are
protected through the worst, but get some sun and air
movement to prevent diseases when things aren't so
harsh.  Maybe further North in colder zones you can
get by without mulching because it just stays cold
without as much freeze/thaw. 

--- Donna &/or Kieran <holycow@cookeville.com> wrote:

> Jim Fruth said,  "A few
> years back someone convinced me to mulch my
> strawberry patch and all that
> accomplished was killing too many plants"
> 
>  I once mulched my strawberry plants.  When I
> uncovered them, they looked 
> pitiful in spring compared to the unmulched plants. 
> Donna 
> 
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