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Friends of Hospice Volunteers meet on March 26

The monthly meeting of the NEK Friends of Hospice Volunteers met on Wednesday, March 26, at the Hospice office in Horton, KS. Those in attendance were President Rosemary Schooler, Vice President Alisa Britt, Secretary Betty Robison, Historian Dixie Westervelt, Charlene Branch, Donna Bottom, Nancy Burns, Shirley Browne, Terri Watkins, Social Worker Kendra Cowley, Office Manager Danielle Vaughn, Abby Boos RN, Clinical Supervisor, NEK Chaplain Mike Lehmann, and Michelle Bottom, Volunteer Coordinator.

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On the Extension Line: Remove Blossoms on Newly Planted Strawberries

Spring-bearing strawberry plants that were set out this spring should have blossoms pinched off. New plants have a limited amount of energy. If blossoms remain on the plants, energy that should go to runner development is used to mature fruit instead. Plants that are allowed to fruit will eventually produce runners, but those runners will not be strong enough to produce a good crop of berries the following year. For an adequate strawberry plant population and a good crop next year, early runner development is necessary. Early runners will produce far more strawberries than runners that form later in the season.

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