NilaJones on Nostr: npub1zt30r…g0v09 You need to pull out the chicken wire to get at the clover. Mulch ...
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You need to pull out the chicken wire to get at the clover. Mulch is not going to do it. Clover has huge root systems!
After that, you can lay the chicken wire over the top of the mulch and the plants. You don't need to bury it. That way you can remove it easily when you need to. Like to pick the berries
Traditionally, the way people grow strawberries is in rows, with pathways in between the rows. They let the runners grow into the row, then they mulch over the parent plants, and the runners are the new plants. This is for replacing the plants when they get too old, and are not productive anymore -- which is after one or two good years (not counting the year you planted them, when they probably didn't make any berries)
Your question made me curious, so I searched, and apparently the modern recommendation is to just rip the plants out after 2 or 3 years and plant new ones. Although I didn't see anything, in my quick look, to say why that might be better than using the runners. It seems kind of wasteful!
You need to pull out the chicken wire to get at the clover. Mulch is not going to do it. Clover has huge root systems!
After that, you can lay the chicken wire over the top of the mulch and the plants. You don't need to bury it. That way you can remove it easily when you need to. Like to pick the berries
Traditionally, the way people grow strawberries is in rows, with pathways in between the rows. They let the runners grow into the row, then they mulch over the parent plants, and the runners are the new plants. This is for replacing the plants when they get too old, and are not productive anymore -- which is after one or two good years (not counting the year you planted them, when they probably didn't make any berries)
Your question made me curious, so I searched, and apparently the modern recommendation is to just rip the plants out after 2 or 3 years and plant new ones. Although I didn't see anything, in my quick look, to say why that might be better than using the runners. It seems kind of wasteful!