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Pam Moore · 14-10-2007, 06:13 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening

On Thu, 11 Oct 2007 09:32:01 -0700, wrote:

On 11 Oct, 11:20, JakeD wrote:
Sorry, I'm kind of new to gardening. I have some newly prepared beds
to plant vegetables in. A friend has offered me a load of free
strawberry plants, after she thinned out her own crop on her
allotment.
The trouble is, they all have leaf spot. Some of the smaller leaves
have no visible infection, but they are few. Should I destroy the lot?
I don;t want the ionfection to spread to other vegetables and fruit
trees etc. Is it likely to?

I always cut most of the leaves off my strawberries, usually in
Aug/Sept, but this year in October!
Then in Spring they make healthy new growth.
If you don't want them, I'm sure you will not have much difficulty
finding someone who does.

It is a similar thing with Hellebores. The old leaves often get leaf
spot, and it is usual to cut off all the old leaves at the end of the
year, so that the flowers, followed by new leaves, can come up
unimpeded.

Pam in Bristol