| Site Selection and Preparation (1) Strawberries require full sun (2) for optimum fruit production (3). Plants which receive a minimum of six hours of direct sunlight each day should grow well and produce a harvestable crop (4), but berries will be fewer and fruit quality reduced compared to plants receiving more sun. Ten or more hours of sunlight each day is ideal (5). Choose a site located away from trees and buildings which will cast shade (6) for more than a few hours each day. Because trees will compete for water and nutrients (7) as well as cast shade, the strawberry bed should lay beyond the root zone (8) of large trees. In general, the root zone roughly (9) corresponds (10) to the canopy of a tree (11). Soil should be both water-retentive (12) and well-drained as strawberry plants will tolerate neither drought nor standing water (13). Excessively drained soils should be amended (14)with peat (15) or compost to improve water retention (16), while heavy clay soils (17) will benefit from the addition of a mixture of peat and a coarsely textured organic material (18) such as chopped leaves (19) or straw (20)to improve drainage and aeration (21). Strawberry plants perform best in slightly acid soil. A pH of 5.3 to 6.5 is optimum, but readings from 5.0 to 7.0 are acceptable. Conduct a soil test to determine any necessary pH adjustment (22) as well as fertilizer needs. The site selected should be free from weeds, grubs (23) and soil-borne diseases. For this reason, a site composed of newly-dug sod (24) may present problems since such a site is prone to attack (25)by grubs and perennial weeds. Because solanaceous plants (26) (tomatoes, peppers, eggplant and potatoes) can carry a soilborne disease known asVerticillium Wilt (27), to which many strawberry cultivars are susceptible (28), avoid planting where these plants have been recently grown. If avoidance is not possible, choose resistant cultivars (29). | 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. , 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. pH 23. (, ) 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. |
Exercise 2 b. Mach the phrases in column A with their equivalents in column B:
| A. Ten or more hours of sunlight each day is ideal. | 1. . |
| B. Choose a site located away from trees and buildings which will cast shade for more than a few hours each day. | 2. , () . |
| C. In general, the root zone roughly corresponds to the canopy of a tree. | 3. , , , .. |
| D. Strawberries require full sun for optimum fruit production. | 4. , , . |
| E. Soil should be both water-retentive and well-drained as strawberry plants will tolerate neither drought nor standing water. | 5. . |
| F. Excessively drained soils should be amended with peat or compost to improve water retention, while heavy clay soils will benefit from the addition of a mixture of peat and a coarsely textured organic material such as chopped leaves or straw to improve drainage and aeration. | 6. , , , , . |
| G. Because trees will compete for water and nutrients as well as cast shade, the strawberry bed should lay beyond the root zone of large trees. | 7. , . |
| H. Plants which receive a minimum of six hours of direct sunlight each day should grow well and produce a harvestable crop, but berries will be fewer and fruit quality reduced compared to plants receiving more sun. | 8. (, , ) , , ³ (), , , . |
| I. Because solanaceous plants (tomatoes, peppers, eggplant and potatoes) can carry a soilborne disease known as Verticillium Wilt, to which many strawberry cultivars are susceptible, avoid planting where these plants have been recently grown. | 9. , , . |
| J. The site selected should be free from weeds, grubs and soil-borne diseases. | 10. . |
| K. Strawberry plants perform best in slightly acid soil. | 11. , , . |
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