FERTILIZING STRAWBERRIES 



used in the fetilizer formula. According to the figures 

 presented above, through the three years which normally 

 constitute the life of a strawberry bed it will require no 

 less than 500 pounds of acid phosphate, 16% available, 

 and 750 pounds of muriate or sulfate of potash to supply 

 the mineral requirements of the crop. Such being the case, 

 there should be applied to each acre, before the plants are 

 set out, at least 300 pounds of sulfate or muriate of potash 

 and 300 pounds of acid phosphate. On sandy, thin lands 

 these amounts should be increased to 500 pounds in each 

 instance, and there should be applied in addition, 100 pounds 

 of dried blood and 100 pounds of sulfate of ammonia, or 

 their equivalent of other nitrogenous materials. The 

 fertilizer may be broadcasted or placed in a shallow furrow 

 made by the turning plow directly in the line of the row 

 where the plants are to be set. The furrows should then be 

 drawn together and the plants set over the line of fertilizer 

 but not directly in contact therewith. 



FERTILIZING ESTABLISHED BEDS 



In the spring of the first producing year, scatter uniformly 

 over the rows about 400 pounds ol a mixture made up of 



400 pounds Muriate or sulfate of potash, 

 1,200 pounds Acid phosphate, 14%, and 



300 pounds Dried blood, 43%. 



The ingredients should be thoroughly mixed together, and 

 when scattered on top of the mulch, will work their way 



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