Strawberry plants arrived from Daily Mail

[goodolpete]

They’re bare roots with the leaves just forming, ready to open.
Do I plant them out (frost?) or pot them up until May?
GOP

[Guest]

The fact you are asking shows you care. Stay on the safe side and pot them up

Edit: Sorry that sounded a bit harsh, but hopefully you get what I mean.

[Bren In Pots]

I’d also pot them up, it will give them time to adjust before planting out.

[greenishfing]

I'd just plant them out simply because it's what I've always done with no problems. Frost has never bothered my plants, only early flowers. Fleece has stopped that happening.

[bramble]

Strawberries are frost hardy.
My father always put his strawberry pots outdoors in the winter.
Mine are all outdoors and doing fine with no protection.

[Issy]

I removed mine from the plot - put them in the tunnel - they were trying to grow in the shade of next door’s walnut tree - hoping they will be happier and give us some strawberries.