TRANSPLANTING SWAMI 
-: Strawberries. are transplanted successfully in many ways, and with 
a aa of tools. For small patches, a garden trowel or small spade is 
very handy, while for large plantings the machine transplanter does a 
very excellent job. Just fan the roots out as much as you can in the 
moist dirt of a deep hole or trench, set THE PLANT AT THE HEIGHT 
IT ORIGINALLY GREY, and press the soil firmly around the roots. 
Don’t bunch up the roots in the ground. Don’t leave air pockets. Don’t 
try to set when the ground is too wet. 
We have never used water in setting if the job is done when it 
should be—early. But watering does no harm, and may be a good practice. 
Each spring a new set of roots starts from the crown of the straw- 
berry plant, and in case of the one that is new set, the crown must be 
in the moist dirt or the new roots will not start and the plant cannot 
thrive. If the crown is covered, it will turn yellow and finally rot. 
Hence the importance of depth in setting. 
CULTIVATION 
Cultivation should start soon after the plants are set, and continuc 
throughout the growing season. Any of the many good cultivators 
found on most farms will do most of the work if used often enough, but 
hoeing is indispensable. Not only should the weeds be kept out, but a 
mulch should be maintained and the soil not be allowed to crust around 
the plants. 
In dry seasons it is often necessary to imbed the runners in the 
damp underneath soil to enable them to take root early and develop a 
good root system. The first runners should be encouraged to take root, 
for they will make the largest and heaviest plants, and do best in the 
next fruiting season. 
All blossoms should be clipped off in the new patch as soon as 
they are well formed, and from everbearers until the plant is thoroughly 
established about July I. : 
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