[doug hutch]

SHOULD I CUT OFF NEW GROWTH ON MY 1ST YR STRAWBERRT PLANMTS

[monkeywobbler]

No, just leave the leaves alone and next year you'll get some fruit. You can remove flowers if you like. Some people say it makes no difference, but I have found it increases second year yield.

[Trillium]

Doug, so that you know, writing in Caps is considered shouting, so in future if you could write in lower case it would be appreciated by all who read your posts.

[m1ckz]

maybe he was shouting

[doug hutch]

thank you for that info re typing in full case sorry i did nt know

[Yorkie]

No worries 

[sunshineband]

Opinions differ about cutting off the leaves 

I trim away any that are discoloured to give the new ones space to grow and flourish.

Werks fer me