Show I Benefits of Mulching Mulch for strawberry beds serves four Important purposes viz 1 Preventing Preventing Pre Pre- venting alternate freezing and thawIng thawIng thaw- thaw Ing lag In late spring or when the winters winters winters win win- are open 2 It keeps down the weeds between the rows 3 It conserves conserves con con- serves senes moisture and the berries need all nil they can cnn get at time of ripening I 4 It prevents the fruit from being I soiled or splashed with sand or earth at nt the time tine the fruit Is ripening |