What all advanced gardeners do with strawberries in the fall: protect your bushes from freezing
If you want the strawberries grown on your plot to survive the winter well and, accordingly, give you a bountiful harvest next year, you will have to put in a little effort – just a little bit.
According to the expert of the online publication BelNovosti, scientist-agronomist, landscape designer Anastasia Kovrizhnykh , for this you will have to mulch the bushes.
Mulch will prevent strawberries from freezing even if the snow cover is unstable next winter.
In addition to the fact that the covering material will protect against severe frosts in the absence of snow, it will also provide reliable protection against possible frosts.
So, to achieve all of the above, you will need to lay straw around the bushes.
If you don’t have the required amount of straw, try to get hold of large sawdust shavings.
But you shouldn’t get carried away with hay – there’s always a chance that it contains weed seeds that will clog your beds.
In the spring, the mulch needs to be removed, after which you will only be able to enjoy watching the strawberries bloom en masse.
