OCR Text |
Show Best Method to Control Strawberry Leaf Roller If the strawberry bed ls severely infested in-fested with leaf roller, the best method of control is to burn off all vegetable mutter. If the bed is not heavy, straw- can be spread over it to insure more thorough burning. This will kill nil the rollers since they live within the rolled leaves. The burning Is most effective ef-fective when done during the middle of miy It Is best to mow or pull the vinos and allow them to dry some before be-fore attempting to burn them. If the ground is firm, the burning will not Injure the strawberry plants. Ihe new growth should be practically free of the pest. |