Overwintering strawberries.

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Kleftiwallah

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Overwintering strawberries.
« on: October 15, 2021, 13:30 »
Do strawberry plants benefit from being under cloches overwinter, or should I expose them to the wind,snow, hail and frosts of a North Wiltshire winter?

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Re: Overwintering strawberries.
« Reply #1 on: October 15, 2021, 14:13 »
I just clean off old, scruffy leaves and leave them to it.

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Re: Overwintering strawberries.
« Reply #2 on: October 15, 2021, 17:34 »
Strawbs in pots i like to move to a sheltered spot as i have lost a few in the past but those in the ground seem to do just fine in the same exposed position.

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Re: Overwintering strawberries.
« Reply #3 on: October 15, 2021, 17:55 »
You're a couple of hard hearted gardeners!  But I shall follow your advice. :)

Cheers,   Tony,

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Re: Overwintering strawberries.
« Reply #4 on: October 15, 2021, 20:05 »
I cut all of the remaining leaves off them and detach the stems to the runners that have formed. I read somewhere that exposing the centre of the plants to the cold initiates more blossom for the next year, and therefore more fruit. I remove all netting for the winter period and leave it off until the fruits start to form next year.  It just makes keeping the beds weed free much easier. Any decent rooted runners can be dug up and used to start another bed, or to give away to other plot holders.

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Re: Overwintering strawberries.
« Reply #5 on: October 16, 2021, 23:01 »
I grew up in the State of Indiana.

The record cold winter temperature there was -37 C, there are strawberry farms there.  Strawberries in the ground lived through that cold, I think yours will be fine.
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Re: Overwintering strawberries.
« Reply #6 on: October 31, 2021, 16:30 »
I've got my strawberries from runners, in pots in the greenhouse. Should they be frequently watered or just left to their own devices, or something else? :)
I am have a new bed for them down the allotment, as the old bed had been there 4 or 5 years and the plants weren't looking good at all and not bearing fruit anyway. So I got rid of all those. I put runners which were from last years plants, in the new bed last year, they didn't produce much this year, so plan to add the ones I have in pots next year. Is this a sound plan? Thanks for any input.

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Re: Overwintering strawberries.
« Reply #7 on: November 01, 2021, 18:42 »
I've got my strawberries from runners, in pots in the greenhouse. Should they be frequently watered or just left to their own devices, or something else? :)
I am have a new bed for them down the allotment, as the old bed had been there 4 or 5 years and the plants weren't looking good at all and not bearing fruit anyway. So I got rid of all those. I put runners which were from last years plants, in the new bed last year, they didn't produce much this year, so plan to add the ones I have in pots next year. Is this a sound plan? Thanks for any input.

I would avoid watering too frequently - cold and wet tends to kill plants off.

The rest of your plan sounds fine - but beware of expecting too much from any plant in year 1.
I try to take one day at a time, but sometimes several days all attack me at once...

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Re: Overwintering strawberries.
« Reply #8 on: December 18, 2021, 15:38 »
These are aforementioned strawberries (see picture), I have potted from runners in the greenhouse, some don't look too well. Are they ok? Anything I should be doing now to them? Any advice appreciated.
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Re: Overwintering strawberries.
« Reply #9 on: December 18, 2021, 16:18 »
I'm always amazed at the ones which don't look well that then seem to come back and catch up.

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Re: Overwintering strawberries.
« Reply #10 on: December 18, 2021, 17:11 »
we potted about 100 plants from runners a couple of months ago and there outside open to the elements  and there looking fine they will stay in the pots till we plant them out come spring also the beds we cleaned up on the allotments are also ok

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Re: Overwintering strawberries.
« Reply #11 on: December 18, 2021, 18:43 »
Some of our plants were dug up the other day, a misunderstanding  :(
They are rescuable from the sack. Is it worth re-planting them?
They're 3 years old, about 50 plants.

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Re: Overwintering strawberries.
« Reply #12 on: December 18, 2021, 20:04 »
They would probably survive but after about 4 years strawberries' vigour and productivity will usually fade away - so how much longer it would be worth keeping them anyway is up to you.

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Re: Overwintering strawberries.
« Reply #13 on: December 19, 2021, 11:13 »
They would probably survive but after about 4 years strawberries' vigour and productivity will usually fade away - so how much longer it would be worth keeping them anyway is up to you.

Thanks, that is what I was thinking. They'll stay in the sack. New plants in the spring.



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