Strawberries, what do you think

[bramble]

Went down to the garden yesterday to check my strawberries which have been outdoors in containers, and as I Would expect they were a sorry looking sight after all the bad weather. Well I decided to bring them into the greenhouse and trim off the worst of the dead leaves. It looks as though I may have lost some as there doesn't seem to be any sign of life at all. I know strawberries are frost hardy but could some of them have given up the ghost due to such low temperatures

[Bigmallly]

I also checked mine bramble & like yours, some have died off but others have new growth. Looks like some you lose, some you win.

[braders]

Went down to the garden yesterday to check my strawberries which have been outdoors in containers, and as I Would expect they were a sorry looking sight after all the bad weather. Well I decided to bring them into the greenhouse and trim off the worst of the dead leaves. It looks as though I may have lost some as there doesn't seem to be any sign of life at all. I know strawberries are frost hardy but could some of them have given up the ghost due to such low temperatures

Dont give up hope...they are very hardy and will stand sub zero temperatures...

[selfraising]

As Braders says don't give up hope, mine have been outside in a container all over winter too, not looking to great either at the moment but they survived last years February snow despite it all so hang on in there!

[bramble]

Thanks for that Braders and Selfraising. Will watch tem with interest and let you know how they get on.

[FB.]

Strawberries usually die-back a bit during the winter.
Don't worry about them - most of them will be fine.

[Alison]

Strawberries should look a bit scruffy at this time of year, I usually ignore them until it warms up a bit then cut back the dead growth, give them a feed and look forward to the tasty berries.

[Two_Sheds]

I know strawberries are frost hardy but could some of them have given up the ghost due to such low temperatures

No, strawberries are hardy.
They will be coming back into growth when the spring comes around. Whatever you do, don't bring them from cold temps into, say, a warm greenhouse: the shock will kill them.

Just as you wouldn't plunge something from a greenhouse straight outside.

[Nicos]

Mine look dreadful too- I'm going to cut off the dead leaves soon close to the crown so as to reduce the potential for fungal problems/crown rot.
I'm pretty sure they'll be OK.

[HeyWayne]

In my experience Strawberries are tough as old boots. I've tried killing mine off (they're spread about all over the ground from the previous tenant).

I still keep finding plants popping up all over.

[Nicos]

In my experience Strawberries are tough as old boots. I've tried killing mine off (they're spread about all over the ground from the previous tenant).

Don't tell anyone, but I'm admitting to having left about 12 plants in a plastic bag inside the garage for the past 7 weeks!!! This thread has just reminded me!!!!

I'll let you know Wayne how successful that method is of killing them off!

[HeyWayne]

Don't tell anyone, but I'm admitting to having left about 12 plants in a plastic bag inside the garage for the past 7 weeks!!! This thread has just reminded me!!!!

I'll let you know Wayne how successful that method is of killing them off!

Cheers Nicos.

I've done a similar thing with some Asparagus crowns...

Opened the shed to get the leaf rake out at the weekend, and Lowenbrau hold - there they were!