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Old 18-11-2005, 02:45 PM posted to rec.gardens.edible
OmManiPadmeOmelet
 
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Default Covering Strawberries

In article ,
sherwindu wrote:

Should strawberries be covered with say mulch for the winter? It is rather
cold here
in the midwest, but the strawberries still have green leaves. I covered them
one year
with straw, but I felt it did more harm than good.


Straw tends to mold and rot... Might try old sheets, leaf mulch
generally has been pretty harmless to any of my perennials plants.
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