CHAPTER IV 

 After Care — Fertilizers 



It is hardly possible to make the soil too 

 rich for strawberries. Hence it is desirable 

 that available plant food should be present 

 to meet all the requirements of the plants, 

 particularly with the mineral element phos- 

 phoric acid, both soluble and available. 



There are several ways and materials by 

 which it is possible to supply this food de- 

 mand. Coarse manures, turned under very 

 early and thoroughly incorporated with the 

 soil, will begin to decompose before setting 

 time, the foods thereby being in some supply 

 at this time. Cover crops, or C rops grown 

 particularly for green manuring, will also 

 serve the same purpose as coarse manure; in 

 fact, where a supply of the latter material 

 is not available, the green manuring will 

 satisfactorily take the place of the other 

 material, especially if the deficiencies in 



