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Old 27-04-2009, 10:17 PM posted to triangle.gardens
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On Sun, 26 Apr 2009 21:52:12 -0400 in Richard Evans wrote:
The strawberries in my container garden are bearing fruit, but as the
berries get heavier, they lie in the dirt and the side touching the
dirt rots.

Am I missing something here?

Mulch.

Why would that make a difference? I'm assuming the rot is caused by
trapped moisture. What difference whether it's trapped between berry
and dirt or berry and mulch?

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