CHAPTER IV 
AFTER CarE — FERTILIZERS 
It 1s 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 decompgse before setting 
time, the foods thereby being in some supply 
at this time. Cover crops, or crops 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 
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