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["Bill Russell" <shaman@pennswoods.net>]

Stephen

 

Thanks for the tip. Seems easy.

 

Bill

 

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----- Original Message -----

From: Stephen Sadler

To: 'Bill Russell' ; 'North American Fruit Explorers'

Sent: Monday, March 03, 2008 7:01 PM

Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Strawberries

I would think yes, they are getting old, and maybe your soil is, as well.  I’ve had good success with strawberries that send many runners by tilling half the bed (I plant wide beds) lengthwise early or late each year (alternating the halves each time, of course).  I add soil improvers at the same time as I till.  The runners very quickly fill the tilled side, and the refreshed bed fruits well the same season, at least for me and whoever wrote the article I got the idea from a few decades ago.  This method increased my yields in weight and number.

 

~ Stephen

 

From: nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Bill Russell
Sent: Monday, March 03, 2008 8:51 AM
To: North American Fruit Explorers
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Strawberries

 

Maybe it was merely the effects of the draught here last year, but some of the plants were small with small dry berries. I really should see what they are going to do this year, and water appropriately if the weather is dry again. The plants have been in place for about 5 years.

 

I did pull some of the runty looking plants and set new runners to root in their place last year. Maybe the plants were just getting old.

 

Bill

 

Visit Bill Russell's mushroom site www.brmushrooms.com
Shaman healing www.intentronics.com

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