Show Benefits of Mulching Mulch for tor strawberry beds serves four Important purposes v viz z 1 Preventing Preventing Preventing Pre Pre- venting alternate freezing and thawIng thawing thawing thaw thaw- ing in late spring or when the winters winters win win- tern are arc open 2 It keeps down the weeds between the rows 3 It conserves conserves conserves' con con- serves serves' moisture and the berries need all they can cnn get at time of ripening 4 41 It prevents the fruit from being I soiled or splashed with sand or earth at the time the fruit Is ripening I |