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Strawberry question
Hi Everyone
On digging my allotment today and general tidying up, I noticed that some of my strawberry leaves have become old and brown, what I would like to know is, Do I cut off all the old leaves so this would encourage new growth? Thanks in advance Gary |
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Strawberry question
"Gary Poston" wrote in message
... Hi Everyone On digging my allotment today and general tidying up, I noticed that some of my strawberry leaves have become old and brown, what I would like to know is, Do I cut off all the old leaves so this would encourage new growth? Thanks in advance Gary It won't make a lot of immediate difference to the plant but if you can be bothered to cut them off, it will help with prevention of pests and disease by letting the air circulate better and giving slugs less places to hide -- Martin & Anna Sykes ( Remove x's when replying ) http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~sykesm |
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"Gary Poston" wrote in message
... Hi Everyone On digging my allotment today and general tidying up, I noticed that some of my strawberry leaves have become old and brown, what I would like to know is, Do I cut off all the old leaves so this would encourage new growth? Thanks in advance Gary It won't make a lot of immediate difference to the plant but if you can be bothered to cut them off, it will help with prevention of pests and disease by letting the air circulate better and giving slugs less places to hide -- Martin & Anna Sykes ( Remove x's when replying ) http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~sykesm |
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"Martin Sykes" wrote in message news "Gary Poston" wrote in message ... Hi Everyone On digging my allotment today and general tidying up, I noticed that some of my strawberry leaves have become old and brown, what I would like to know is, Do I cut off all the old leaves so this would encourage new growth? Thanks in advance Gary It won't make a lot of immediate difference to the plant but if you can be bothered to cut them off, it will help with prevention of pests and disease by letting the air circulate better and giving slugs less places to hide -- Martin & Anna Sykes ( Remove x's when replying ) http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~sykesm Be sure to check for vine weevil too ........just had most of my strawberry plants wrecked by blasted vine weevil attack in the soil too not in pots |
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"Martin Sykes" wrote in message news "Gary Poston" wrote in message ... Hi Everyone On digging my allotment today and general tidying up, I noticed that some of my strawberry leaves have become old and brown, what I would like to know is, Do I cut off all the old leaves so this would encourage new growth? Thanks in advance Gary It won't make a lot of immediate difference to the plant but if you can be bothered to cut them off, it will help with prevention of pests and disease by letting the air circulate better and giving slugs less places to hide -- Martin & Anna Sykes ( Remove x's when replying ) http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~sykesm Be sure to check for vine weevil too ........just had most of my strawberry plants wrecked by blasted vine weevil attack in the soil too not in pots |
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On Wed, 17 Mar 2004 19:26:00 +0000 (UTC), "nambucca"
wrote: Be sure to check for vine weevil too ........just had most of my strawberry plants wrecked by blasted vine weevil attack in the soil too not in pots Nemasys now works at soil temps as low as +5C so the suppliers tell me - watch this space. Rod Weed my email address to reply http://website.lineone.net/~rodcraddock/index.html |
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On Wed, 17 Mar 2004 19:26:00 +0000 (UTC), "nambucca"
wrote: Be sure to check for vine weevil too ........just had most of my strawberry plants wrecked by blasted vine weevil attack in the soil too not in pots Nemasys now works at soil temps as low as +5C so the suppliers tell me - watch this space. Rod Weed my email address to reply http://website.lineone.net/~rodcraddock/index.html |
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Gary Poston wrote or quoted:
On digging my allotment today and general tidying up, I noticed that some of my strawberry leaves have become old and brown, what I would like to know is, Do I cut off all the old leaves so this would encourage new growth? The old leaves can stop light from getting to the new ones - and the molds, fungi and bacteria that attack them are probably undesirable as well. Chopping them off can help a bit. -- __________ |im |yler http://timtyler.org/ Remove lock to reply. |
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Gary Poston wrote or quoted:
On digging my allotment today and general tidying up, I noticed that some of my strawberry leaves have become old and brown, what I would like to know is, Do I cut off all the old leaves so this would encourage new growth? The old leaves can stop light from getting to the new ones - and the molds, fungi and bacteria that attack them are probably undesirable as well. Chopping them off can help a bit. -- __________ |im |yler http://timtyler.org/ Remove lock to reply. |
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