I06 MODERN STRAWBERRY GROWING 



sometimes twelve weeks passing before ripe 

 strawberries are ready, variation in the time 

 being due principally to different conditions 

 of sunlight and temperature. If ripe straw- 

 berries are desired in January, then the plant 

 must be started early in November. 



When the plants are brought under the 

 forcing process in the houses, the tempera- 

 ture for the first two or three days should be 

 held at 35 degrees, day and night. After 

 this time slightly higher temperature may be 

 given, or the pots may be changed to another 

 house. At the end of the first week 45 de- 

 grees should be registered. The second week- 

 end 10 to 15 degrees higher in the daytime is 

 required, with a night temperature of not 

 less than 50 degrees. After this slightly 

 higher day temperature may be given, 75 

 to 80 degrees, with 55 to 60 degrees at night. 



The pots may be set on shelves or any 

 convenient place in the house, nearer the 

 glass in darker houses with less attention as 

 to nearness of glass in the so-called *May- 

 light" houses. If the pots are to be placed 

 on the benches, they may be plunged to near 

 the rim, in either spent tan bark or coal 

 ashes, as these materials will give good drain- 



