44 YEARS AGO
1911
4 April 1979
2023
There are good reasons for growing strawberries on plastic-covered beds.
Using plastic sheeting when growing strawberries eliminates a number of problems that are otherwise time consuming and costly to correct. One of the difficulties in growing strawberries is the control of weeds. The strawberry plants send out runners and also spread out. This means their growth is thick and dense, and weeds are not easy to extract without damaging the plants, nor are they