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Aroian Adrian Straw

Mulch (For Strawberries'" Li: : ^ •• '

A mulch for your strawberries! * That’# the advice of Brace Aroian; small fruits specialist at VPI, who says mulching will reduce winter injury to strawberries. ■ ■ ’ - .

Apply the mulch to the strawberry plants when the temperature has been as low as about 25 degrees for a day or two—long enough to stiffen the soil.

Wheat straw, oat straw, and rye straw all make good mulches! Shake and loosen thoroughly the mulching material, and apply it

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