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- From: Road's End Farm <organic87@frontiernet.net>
- To: Bill Russell <shaman8@verizon.net>, North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: [NAFEX] strawberries, replanting
- Date: Sun, 2 Mar 2008 23:27:43 -0500
On Mar 2, 2008, at 9:53 AM, Bill Russell wrote:
<x-tad-smaller>It seems that my years old strawberry patch is declining from, probably, virus problems. So I plan to spray with weed killer and replant. How long should I wait before replanting?</x-tad-smaller>
<x-tad-smaller>Bill Zone 5</x-tad-smaller>
Can you plant them somewhere else for a while?
Current recommendations seem to be for at least two or three years' rotation inbetween strawberry plantings.
here's an example:
http://64.233.169.104/search?q=cache:3eI9x5za9fkJ:www.newenglandvfc.org/sessions_05/strawberry/Crop%2520Rotations%2520for%2520Long-term%2520Success%2520with%2520Strawberries.pdf+strawberries+rotation+disease+control+cornell&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=6&gl=us
Some people are recommending brassicas in the rotations for disease control: an example of this:
http://apsjournals.apsnet.org/doi/abs/10.1094/PDIS-91-8-0964?cookieSet=1&journalCode=pdis
--Rivka
Finger Lakes NY; zone 5 mostly
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Re: [NAFEX] So close....strawberries,
Mark & Helen Angermayer, 03/01/2008
- Re: [NAFEX] So close....strawberries, mulch, Road's End Farm, 03/01/2008
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[NAFEX] So close....strawberries,
Jim Fruth, 03/02/2008
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Re: [NAFEX] So close....strawberries,
Bill Russell, 03/02/2008
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Re: [NAFEX] strawberries, replanting,
Road's End Farm, 03/02/2008
- Re: [NAFEX] strawberries, replanting, Bill Russell, 03/03/2008
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Re: [NAFEX] strawberries, replanting,
Road's End Farm, 03/02/2008
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Re: [NAFEX] So close....strawberries,
Mark & Helen Angermayer, 03/02/2008
- Re: [NAFEX] So close....strawberries, Donna &/or Kieran, 03/06/2008
- Re: [NAFEX] So close....strawberries, Road's End Farm, 03/02/2008
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Re: [NAFEX] So close....strawberries,
Bill Russell, 03/02/2008
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