plots. This rate falls within the recommended amount of between 3 and 6 tons/acre of straw added to a strawberry field for winter protection ( Pritts and Handley, 1998 ). Organic amendments were sourced from university farm services with assurance that
to encourage robust vine development, and graft unions were provided winter protection via an application of municipal compost (City of Monett, MO, USA) and/or mushroom compost (J-M Farms, Inc., Miami, OK, USA) held in place around and above the
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