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Strawberry replant: salt, nematodes and wilt in the same bed

A new variety in old soil is still old soil.

Same crop againSalty-alkali land
Speed
  1. Year five in a strawberry house: salt, nematode, wilt together.
  2. Death plus frost.
  3. Worse after every feed is not a shortage.
  4. Sort salt, nematode and Verticillium apart.
  5. Don’t only fertilise; don’t one-bottle the stew without splitting the road.
  6. EC: Over the line: wash and stop the feed first. Strawberry is salt-shy
  7. Name what you see before you feed.
  8. If leaves, roots and the surface disagree, stop.

What you see in the field

Year five in a strawberry house: salt, nematode, wilt together. Death plus frost.Patchy dead plants: look at the roots first — knots, brown rot, stained pipes — not the thin white roots of hunger. A rotated neighbour that still looks well is the contrast that counts.

A sketch. Do not fertilise from the picture alone.

Tap to enlarge. The caption says what to photograph. Missing field photos are marked as to-be-added.

Why it looks like this

The field looks like this because the root cannot take water or nutrients the usual way. Fix the soil condition first — drainage, salt, acidity, compaction or a salt of fertiliser — then a thin feed. Rates live in the range on this page; confirm with a local station and the label.

Easy to mix up

  • Looks like “Short of fertiliser”

    Worse after every feed is not a shortage.

  • Looks like “Yellow leaves alone”

    Sort salt, nematode and Verticillium apart.

Do this / don’t do that

  1. 1Compare the worst plants with a neighbour ridge. Photograph whole plant, close-up and soil surface before you add fertiliser.
  2. 2Match roots, leaves and the soil surface to this guide. If they do not line up, do not copy a bag count.
  3. 3Use the rate range on this page only as a range. Confirm with a local station and the product label.

Don’t do this first

  • Don’t only fertilise; don’t one-bottle the stew without splitting the road.

Rate range

EC

Over the line: wash and stop the feed first

Strawberry is salt-shy.

Rotation / substrate

Follow the local agronomist

The same house year after year is high risk.

These are ranges. Confirm with your local extension station and the product label.

EC

Salty

Strawberry’s threshold is low.

Root knots / vascular tissue

Insect or disease

Use it to sort the path.

When you see Year five in a strawberry house: salt, test. Walk an S and mix — one hole is not the field.

Lesson video

2026-03-16 · Li Zeyu · For learning. Serious damage: local agronomist or a soil test.

For learning only. Fertiliser and pesticide decisions need a local agronomist and a soil test.

Not sure? Photograph the field to identify the problem