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Planting 



Plants should be protected from the wind and sun when planting. Do 

 not water the plants when setting for this is very injurious to the strawberry 

 plant. 



Where commercial fertilizer is to be used, rows should be run out three 

 or four inches deep and the fertilizer drilled into these rows and thoroughly 

 worked in, then the soil should be thrown back and leveled off. 



Where a large acreage is planted a horse drawn transplanter is often 

 used, however this requires skill and experience if the crowns of the plants 

 are to be left at the proper level with the roots extending straight into the 

 ground and not set at a slant with the roots oftimes near the surface. A 

 trowel, dibble or spade are the most popular tools for setting plants, they are 

 set down the prepared row with the roots out fan shape and the crown level 

 with the surface of the ground. It is also important to see that the ground 

 is pressed firmly around the plant and that enough soil is filled in near the 

 crown so that the top of the roots will not be exposed. 



If you do not use fertilizer under the plants, the rows can be laid off with 

 a marker and the plants set down the marked row. 



Hoeing and Cultivating 



Begin cultivating and hoeing soon after the plants are set, with first 

 hoeing be sure to uncover the bud of all plants that have been planted too 

 deep, if this is not done these plants will never amount to anything. 



Cultivate and hoe enough to keep the ground from crusting and keep the 

 weeds down, but do not cultivate deep enough to disturb the roots. 



We, and most of our customers use the matted row system and we find 

 this the most profitable method. The first runner plants should be encourag- 

 ed to take root, this will help each mother plant to produce a large number 

 of runner plants. 



When hoeing be sure to see that the plants do not become too thickly 

 crowded in the bed. There is not much trouble this way except with varieties 

 that are heavy plant makers. Where the rows are three and one-half feet 

 apart we recommend a bed from 15 to 20 inches across, for getting a heavy 

 crop of large berries, but if the rows are four feet a wider bed will be O. K. 



Distance to Plant 



Matted row. For this system the rows should be from three and one- 

 half to four feet apart with the plants set from 15 to 24 inches in the row, 

 according to the varieties set. Heavy bedding varieties such as Senator 

 Dunlap, Premier, Dr. Burrill and others should be set farther apart than the 

 varieties like Chesapeake, Lupton and other varieties that make very large 

 plants but not so many of them. 



Hill System. If you decide to use this system rows should be 30 inches 

 apart one way and 15 inches the other with the plants set in the check. All 

 runners should be kept cut off. Under this system the berries will be much 

 larger than if grown in the matted row, but it requires so much labor that 

 it is prohibitive unless space is very limited. 



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