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Janet · 28-06-2013, 12:54 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening

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Hi all

Using straw to raise stawberries off the ground seems to bring lots of
unwanted weeds into the garden.
This may be down to the source I suppose, a local pet supplies store.

The only seedlings you should get from straw, are wheat oats or
barley.

Are you sure you've not used hay, which is dried medow grass, full of
seeds from wild grass, buttercups and meadow plants... and more often
sold in petshops as hay combines food with bedding.

Straw goes through a thresher to remove seeds, hay doesnt.

Janet