Strawberry tips

Kathy

Thank you so much. I need to move my plants to a new location. I was wondering if this is a good time of the year.

Kathy

6 weeks before average frost date works great.  Let's roots get established.

Jens the Beekeeper

I select the best fruit bearing plants and once the runners show up I tug the little plant down to the ground, preferably in a small pot and let it root. Once the small plant starts growing I cut the runner but leave the plant in place. T

In autum I dig out the small pot or plant and plant to the new place.

Angela

My strawberries were growing out of control last summer, they were overtaking their established boundaries and crowding in on some of my other plants.  In early October, I dug out around the perimeter, taking chunks of the connected runners and roots, and then replanted them in a new area.  The only "special" thing I did was I was singing while I was working, and I had the best strawberry crop this summer of any of my neighbors. When I put in the transplants, I made sure I had a nice bed of compost with a lot of worms under the potting dirt, and then I just let them be and they did great.

I have the same problem this year as they seem to want to take over my garden, but it is a good problem to have.