Gardening Series: Tips for Harveting and Storing Fruits & Vegetables from Your Garden P5

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Harvesting

Methods:

• Freezing

• Dehydrating

• Salt Curing

• Sugar “Curing”

• Pickling

• Fermenting

• Water Bath Canning

• Pressure Canning

• Freeze Drying

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Fertilizing

• If June-bearing plants do not produce many runners by mid-July this usually means the plants need more nitrogen.

• You can apply compost or an organic fertilizer, such as blood meal, around the plants to increase nitrogen for plant growth.

• Before plants begin to grow in the spring of the second year, you may need to add more compost or organic nitrogen to encourage plant growth and fruit development.

Weeding

• Because strawberries are poor competitors, keep all weeds out of the strawberry bed.

• Hand-weeding is recommended for home gardeners.

• Careful cultivation with a hoe is effective for managing weeds in strawberry plantings, but be careful not to dig too deeply, as you could damage the plant's shallow root system.Shidonna Raven Garden & Cook How to: Clean Cooking & Eating

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