Protect strawberries

Place straw, black polythene or special matting under strawberries to protect the fruit from getting spoilt by mud-splash. Scatter slug pellets along the rows to prevent slugs and snails and cover ripening fruit with bird-proof netting. Prevent birds feeding through the netting by making sure it is held well off the crop using wire hoops or short bamboo canes with upturned plastic pots on the end.

Tools required

strawberry matting, slug pellets, plastic bird-proof netting

Skill rating

easy

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