. Manual of gardening; a practical guide to the making of home grounds and the growing of flowers, fruits, and vegetables for home use . fall is moist andthe plantation free from weeds, there will290. A potted^strawberry be j.^ occagion for CUltivati«a after the first of September, until just before the groundfreezes up, when a thorough cultivation should be given. In additionto the horse cultivation, the hoe should be used whenever necessary toloosen the soil about the plants and to destroy weeds that may startin the row. After the ground has frozen, it will be advisable to mulch the plantsby
. Manual of gardening; a practical guide to the making of home grounds and the growing of flowers, fruits, and vegetables for home use . fall is moist andthe plantation free from weeds, there will290. A potted^strawberry be j.^ occagion for CUltivati«a after the first of September, until just before the groundfreezes up, when a thorough cultivation should be given. In additionto the horse cultivation, the hoe should be used whenever necessary toloosen the soil about the plants and to destroy weeds that may startin the row. After the ground has frozen, it will be advisable to mulch the plantsby covering the space between the rows with some waste material tothe depth of about 2 inches. Directly over the plants a covering of1 inch will generally suffice. The material used should be free fromthe seeds of grass and weeds, and should be such as will remain uponthe beds without blowing off and that will not pack down too closelyupon the plants. Marsh hay makes an ideal mulch, but where it can-not be secured, straw will answer. Corn fodder makes a clean butrather coarse mulch, and where they can be held in place by some other. THE GROWING OF THE FRUIT PLANTS 449 e material, forest leaves do well as a mulch between the rows. In thespring the straw should be removed from over the plants and allowed toremain between the rows as a mulch, or all of it may be removed andthe soil worked with a cultivator. A large crop should be produced the second season; many personsthink it best to renew the plantation each year, but if the plants arehealthy and the ground free from grass and weeds, the plantation canoften be retained for a second crop. It will be well to plow the soilaway from the rows so as to leave but a narrow strip, and along this theold plants should be cut out so as to leave the new plants about 1foot apart. If this is done in July, the rows should fill up by winter,$o as to be in about the same condition as a new bed. Insects and diseases of the strawberry. The insect m
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