Show SET strawberry IN SPRING if planted in summer they may suffer from dry weather fall second best beat time terly spring while the ground Is still ni olst t Is considered the best time for setting strawberry plants gay any the fruit men at the new york state college lege at It linca they may be set any time during the spring summer or early fall tout fiut bet beit results are usually obtained from early spring plant planting lAg those set t ct late laie in the spring or summer glimmer are likely to buffer from dry weather kven hven though moisture conditions are favorable it Is usually impossible to get cot ai 89 good a stand of vigorous well developed lev eloped plants when nhen other than early spring planting la Is practiced setting plants in the fall under favorable winter conditions may succeed the wrin main objections to fall planting tire that the plants may dry out before becoming established in the soil thus necessitating the filling of 0 the vacancies in tile the spring and also that unless carefully mulched there may be winter injury with fall planting moreover the plants have to go through two winters before fruiting thus doubling the likelihood of damage by winter injury fall set plants further need more or less hand hoeing in the lie spring to loosen the soil near tile plants and to rid tile the field of weeds needs this cannot be doni done successfully with a cultivator most successful growers agree that early spi spring ing planting it Is to be P referred to planting at any other season |