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Melissa, Rivka beat me to the point… if you
google “renovating strawberries” many of the web sites mention this
process. 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. Brian From:
nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Road's End Farm
Why would you mow strawberries? It sounds like something a nursery
would tell you to do to prevent your strawberries from runnering. It's fairly standard practice, at least according to most of what I've
read on the subject; the old leaves die off after harvest anyway, and it's
supposed to reduce disease pressure by having the old leaves break down faster,
instead of hanging dead on the plant. I've never had any problem with plants
refusing to runner afterwards. You need to do it fairly soon after the end of
harvest, though, before the new leaves have grown; and mow high, so you don't
damage the crowns; maybe the ones that wouldn't runner were mowed too late or
too low?. -- I haven't actually seen much difference between years that I do
mow them and years that I don't. |
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