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    How do you care for strawberrys in winter? Do you remove all dead leaves? In the past I have just left them and not bothered touching them, but what's the best way to do it?

    Do you remove everything and just leave the green?

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  • #2
    cut the dead leaves off

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    • #3
      I just cut them back grab a bunch of leaves and cut about 2 or 3 inch from ground.
      mind you i do mine in autumn

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      • #4
        Originally posted by 21up View Post
        I just cut them back grab a bunch of leaves and cut about 2 or 3 inch from ground.
        mind you i do mine in autumn
        Ah so am I a little bit late in doing it then?

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        • #5
          I just leave them till they start to grow and then chop the dead ones off, I think the dead leaves keep the frost off the plants a bit
          Living off grid and growing my own food in Bulgaria.....

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          • #6
            I give them a good hair cut after they've fruited and I've taken off any runners but then leave them (unless there are diseased bits) until spring. The don't need any protection though, they're tough as old boots.

            Some of us live in the past, always talking about back then. Some of us live in the future, always planning what we are going to do. And, then there are those, who neither look behind or ahead, but just enjoy the moment of right now.

            Which one are you and is it how you want to be?

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            • #7
              I am like Starloc waiting until spring then tidy them up. No particular reason just something I have always done.
              Potty by name Potty by nature.

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              We hang petty thieves and appoint great ones to public office.

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              • #8
                Like Alison, once fruited n harvested, I give em an haircut, then as the winter draws in I take off the dead n browning leaves for no other reason than to eliminate any problem from diseases!

                Yep! They are tough as old boots!

                But remember, a strawberry bed once set up will only give you an optimal yield over a 3 year period!

                So runners being produced in year 3 need nurturing to replace the parent plants that have now done there bit, and the total bed now needs to be renewed!

                That's where I'm at this year! So my runners are gunna be well looked after!
                "Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit, wisdom is knowing not to put it in a fruit salad"

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                • #9
                  I replace a third of my plants every year so they're a mixture of years 1, 2 and 3. As they tend to produce most in years 2 and 3 then I ensure I don't have a low yield year by replacing them all at the same time.

                  Some of us live in the past, always talking about back then. Some of us live in the future, always planning what we are going to do. And, then there are those, who neither look behind or ahead, but just enjoy the moment of right now.

                  Which one are you and is it how you want to be?

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                  • #10
                    Thanks everyone, took off a few of the dead leaves/runners today, will do rest in a few weeks.

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