Strawberry fertilizer trial: Tests in new strawberry planting on old potassium deficient apricot land indicated no response to potash or phosphate

Proebsting, E; Benson, L

Strawberry fertilizer trial: Tests in new strawberry planting on old potassium deficient apricot land indicated no response to potash or phosphate

Authors

E. L. Proebsting
Lee C. Benson

Authors Affiliations

E. L. Proebsting is Professor of Pomology, University of California, Davis; Lee C. Benson is Extension Specialist, University of California, Berkeley.

Publication Information

Hilgardia 11(5):4-15. DOI:10.3733/ca.v011n05p4. May 1957.

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Abstract

Lassen variety strawberries replacing an Alameda County apricot orchard—pulled because of severe potassium deficiency symptoms—provided an opportunity to work with low potassium strawberries on Dublin clay soil.

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