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  • From: Road's End Farm <organic87@frontiernet.net>
  • To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Strawberry runners
  • Date: Tue, 21 Jul 2009 09:47:30 -0400


On Jul 21, 2009, at 9:35 AM, Raby, Brian wrote:

<x-tad-smaller>Melissa,</x-tad-smaller>
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<x-tad-smaller>Rivka beat me to the point… if you google “renovating strawberries” many of the web sites mention this process.  </x-tad-smaller>
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<x-tad-smaller>Rivka, I did mow fairly soon after harvest was done.  I was also careful about how close to the crown I mowed.  When done, I spread 10-10-10 over the rows and generously watered it in.</x-tad-smaller>
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<x-tad-smaller>Brian</x-tad-smaller>
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Are you sure they needed the 10-10-10?

According to my soil tests, mine usually only need a little N; I use fishmeal. Your soils and previous amendment applications are probably different from mine, of course; so what yours need is likely to vary from my results.

I don't know whether that might affect runnering.

--Rivka (who needs to go get something else done now, before the rain comes back)
Finger Lakes NY; zone 5 mostly



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