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- Weed strawberry patches carefully; remembering that they have shallow roots. Now is also the time to plant new strawberry plants.
- Soak roots of bare-root apple, cherry and peach trees in water overnight; before planting.
- Cut back side branches of established Blackberry plants to aproximately one foot, for larger more abundant fruit.
- Rake up leaves and husks from walnut trees to prevent fungal diseases.
- Prune raspberries canes now. Cut out dead or weak canes and prune off all diseased canes.
- Cut out dead, or weak blueberry canes. Prune back late season growth and feed with an acidic fertilizer after the first year.
- Check soft fruit plants (planted earlier) and firm soil around the base, that was loosened by frost.
- Feed all deciduous fruit trees with a complete fertilizer. Add more to those that did not bear as much fruit last year.
- Keep a close eye on fruit trees for aphids this time of year.
- Prune dormant deciduous fruit trees before buds swell.
May all your weeds be wild flowers
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