| Show transplanting strawberries F Es 11 when is the best time to transplant strawberries after it has been omitted in spring G W C As soon after the bearing season as practicable the earlier they are set out the better will be the growth they will make before winter and the more perfect will be the crop next year many persons lose all the plants they remove at midsummer mid summer even after laborious watering by not doing the work right As soon as the plants are taken up the leaves should all be removed but the small mall central ones not yet half expanded the oie roots should be immersed in mud and the plants then set out the earth should be settled about them by pouring ino on water and then the earth drawn around gheem them to form a mellow surface A coating of fine manure two inches thick should then be placed about them which will keep the ground moist and prevent baking if any subsequent watering is needed which will scarcely ever be the case on suitable s soil oil not one plant in twenty will be lost cultivator ti |
