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Goodnight Strawberries!

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  Posted by sazacb (U3407451) on Monday, 18th July 2011

  After an amazing harvest the strawberry season in my garden is over. What's the best way of tucking them up and getting them ready for winter? Please don't say that I should move them - I must have over 50 plants! Should I feed them? What should I do about runners? Any other advice?
  
  Thanks to anyone who can help

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  Posted by glatz167 (U8027439) on Monday, 18th July 2011

  Hello Sazach.
  You should remove any damaged leaves and generally tidy the plants up.
  They are at there most productive for around 3 years after which it is recommended that you replace them with new plants.
  They are quite expensive to buy from the garden center and it is so easy to propergate them from the runners. So if you need new plants just place the runner in pot with some compost, they strike very easily.
  If you dont require any more plants cut the runnners of so as the plant can put all its energy into getting ready for the winter.
  They are very tough and frost hardy so know need tho move them.
  Hope that helps.
  Kind Regards.
  Neil.

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  Posted by honeysuckle (U8412568) on Thursday, 21st July 2011

  I no longer bother with pots. Left to themselves, they produce excellent roots ater a month or longer.I snip them off and plant where needed, or just leave them and pull up the old ones. The old ones seem to produce lots of smaller berries, the new ones, fewer larger berries. That's just my experience. This way, the plants renew and rotate all by themselves, allowing me to enjoy a strawberry tea in the orchard!.

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  Posted by sthlndngrower (U14310155) on Saturday, 30th July 2011

  My strawberries haven’t had a good year, maybe because of position- a bit shaded & crowded by other plants, or maybe they're all just getting a bit past it. So I’ve decided to start over for next year, I will use any rooted runners, but would like to start anew. Do any other GYOers have suggestions about which varieties to go for? What do you all think are the tastiest, easiest to grow, most prolific fruiters? Is there a best of all?
  Would love to have your suggestions, also, if planting form seed, should I start them now? I’m guessing that plants grown form seed early next year probably won't see much fruit till the following year.
  Your wisdom welcomed
  

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