"sherwindu" wrote in message
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Here in northern Illinois, I have noticed that winters with heavy snowfall
take a
toll
on the strawberry patch. I don't know if it is weight of the snow or some
lack
of
atmosphere and sunlight that is killing them. I have tried straw and
small
branches left over from pruning, but with not much improvement. I guess
that the
strawberries
go dormant over the cold winters, so what is killing them?


Physical damage to the roots; stems etc?

Roger C