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Overwintering Strawberries

Last post 18-10-2008 2:13 PM by Hosta. 7 replies.

• 06/09/2008 06:54 PM
  Anne-Marie Location: Gloucester Joined on: 10 Aug 2008 Posts: 6	Reply | Contact HI I have 5 strawberries growing in a growbag on my patio, and a couple of runners which have taken root in pots. What do I need to do with them over the winter? Do they need to be potted and put in the greenhouse? Or will they die off and come back next year?

• 07/09/2008 10:58 AM	In reply to
  Digger Location: Northern UK Joined on: 18 Jul 2005 Posts: 4,743	Reply | Contact Hello Anne-Marie, Your strawberry plants will be fine outside and should die back and re emerge in spring, just don't let them dry out in their pots completely, if you want an earlier crop bring them indoors to an unheated greenhouse in February.  digger

• 13/09/2008 09:16 PM	In reply to
  Anne-Marie Location: Gloucester Joined on: 10 Aug 2008 Posts: 6	Reply | Contact  thanks :)

• 18/10/2008 11:00 AM	In reply to
  Hosta Location: UK Joined on: 21 Sep 2008 Posts: 39	Reply | Contact I have also potted up runners which I am going to store over winter in  the greenhouse. Can I ask about the original plants which I took the runners from - will they die back and grow again next year and produce fruit ? Or do I just throw them out ? Thanks.

• 18/10/2008 11:34 AM	In reply to
  Digger Location: Northern UK Joined on: 18 Jul 2005 Posts: 4,743	Reply | Contact Hi Hosta, the original or parent plant will die back for the winter and then re emerge in spring, sometimes people only keep the parent plants for three seasons because the fruit yield declines a little, but i've had plants for five seasons that still produce ediblr fruit, but if you take runners each year you will have more than enough plants digger

• 18/10/2008 12:29 PM	In reply to
  filippo lippi Location: Nottingham Joined on: 25 Feb 2005 Posts: 297	Reply | Contact My understanding is that strawberries WILL NOT fruit without so many days of cold weather over the winter. Leave them outside. ------------------- Ow! My most of me!

• 18/10/2008 01:19 PM

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  Phot's-Moll Location: The sunny South coast. Joined on: 06 Jan 2007 Posts: 3,347

  Reply | Contact They fruit indoors if you bring them in during late winter or early spring - my gran used to do that to have a few for Easter.  If you're not going to try forcing them, then they'll be better off outside. Inside they're more likely to rot or get pest and disease trouble. If they already have good roots, then the best thing to do would be to plant them out now. Whether you think you can do a thing, or think you cannot, you are right.

• 18/10/2008 02:13 PM	In reply to
  Hosta Location: UK Joined on: 21 Sep 2008 Posts: 39	Reply | Contact The parent plants are in one of those teracotta strawberry pots, will leave them outside and see what happens next year. If they dont fruit I will take them out, although I think its gonna be a nightmare to get them out of that pot !!  Thanks