Laying Plastic Mulch For Next Years Strawberry Crop

[@rebeccajones8600]

Looks great!!! All the best this year for strawberry production!!!

[@johnhall1614]

My favorite TV show.. Cherry Hill Farm. Not really anything good to watch on a TV anymore, so I'm glad you make the videos. Thanks for sharing

[@chetreed2198]

I’m loving the videos

[@thestrawberrypatch5644]

I bet you do well doing tripple row and double drip tape.

[@hfussell3]

We’re supposed to get 12k plugs the end of this month. My supplier hasn’t mentioned any trouble with the plugs, but makes me nervous with this being our first go at berries. Good luck with the bare roots, interested to see the process.

[@doublebranchfarms501]

@hfussell3 Where did you order your plugs from?

[@jacobhess789]

Nourse Farms in MA makes a tool for bare root. Works good

[@Gmoneygrip1960]

Nice video do you use 6" drip tape?

[@CherryHillFarm]

@Gmoneygrip1960 No, I use standard 12" .45

[@CaseyThornbury]

HI, i am running 3 row planting as well. What's your rate on your drip tape? Do you regulate the psi? How tall are your beds? What fumigation do you use? WE are treating with switch after 2 weeks of planting and bravo 2 weeks later. What fertilizer do you use before bedding?

[@CherryHillFarm]

I use standard .45 drip tape I run 20 psi to the field My beds are 6" tall I fumigate with Vapam I put out 1000 lbs/ac 8-16-24 preplant

[@Greenbexarfarm]

Can you give the name of your strawberry supplier in California

[@CherryHillFarm]

@@Greenbexarfarm crown strawberry nursery

[@Chad-fh5zh]

I can send you a picture of the tool we had made to plant bare root strawberry plants if you would like.

[@CherryHillFarm]

@@Chad-fh5zh that would be great!

[@mariefradette7220]

@@Chad-fh5zh can you post the picture I would love to see it

[@LowesDepot]

What is plastic width? 5 feet?

[@CherryHillFarm]

@@LowesDepot 48"

[@LowesDepot]

@CherryHillFarm what is the bed height? Thank you for the response.

[@CherryHillFarm]

@LowesDepot 4-5 depends on soil

[@LowesDepot]

@@CherryHillFarm thank you

[@mariefradette7220]

What does fumigation to your beds mean?

[@CherryHillFarm]

@@mariefradette7220 we run a funigant thru the drip tape to gas the soil and simi sterilize it preplant.

[@mariefradette7220]

@@CherryHillFarm thank you we r new to strawberries this fall and our plugs are in their way. I wanted to see what I need to do to prepare the soil.we r in upstate New York! Love your videos

[@ericconkey9580]

We are fairly new to berries. We are in central Ohio in an extreme drought zone and our soil is way too dry to lay plastic let alone plant. Have minimal way to use drip to supplement but nowhere near enough water to saturate beds. If we don't get rain soon to get enough time to establish plugs before dormancy we are debating moving plugs into unheated greenhouse for the winter. Thought is they would go dormant and then plant around the time we would be taking straw off around early April. Thoughts on this approach?

[@CherryHillFarm]

@@ericconkey9580 I don't think that will have the desired effect. I would try to figure out a way to set up sprinklers and get the plastic laid. Worst case, lay it dry and run the drip about 10 hours a day, every day until they're soaked.

[@ericconkey9580]

Unfortunately our drip ability is just a few shuttle tanks and a pump. Well capacity in general is only like a 10 gpm pump. That and clay clods as big as cantaloupes. Its been unprecedented for us because usually we have problems with too much water and because of that and our clay we have never done much irrigation on any of our produce. ​@CherryHillFarm

[@berrymanmontgomery7875]

Thiram for the disease.

[@CherryHillFarm]

@@berrymanmontgomery7875 they say it helps some. Thiram, bravo, switch, omega all show some promise