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What's a good mulch for Strawberries?
Right now they are just growing in the dirt. I was going to use grass clippings from the lawn as mulch. But I'm afraid that it will attract slugs. I can't use plastic because the plants are already in the ground. So I'm thinking about using rubber mulch (basically ground up ribber chips). Anyone ever done this? How well does it work.
Grass, newspapers, straw, etc will attract slugs. That's why I was asking about inorganic rubber mulch
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- TQLv 79 years agoFavorite Answer
Pine straw is best.
Wood chips would also work as would straw altho straw brings wheat and weed seed along with it.
Avoid using grass clippings b/c they'll compact when wet and promote fungal disease.
Rubberized mulch?
Wouldn't be my 1st choice b/c 1) it doesn't add anything to the soil...2) concern about the coloring agent might somehow taint the fruits...and 3) it won't prevent slugs.
Source(s): Older than dirt Zone 7 gardener. - Anonymous9 years ago
My dad uses leaves in the fall. Then again, he moved into his house 15 years ago, and never noticed the strawberries at the edge of his lawn and the beginning of the woods, so he was really just raking leaves off his lawn back into the woods. I'm the one who found the berries about 5 years ago, when I was walking around his yard, waiting for him to come home. (I don't live with him. Just visiting.) The strawberries were great, so I am guessing years of leaves thrown on them every fall worked. ;)
