potting up Strawberry plants

[firsttimersue]

I have two small raised beds, so space is needed for other veg, can I dig up the strawberry plants as they've finished producing and put them into biggish pots for the winter?

[kentvegplot]

I would certainly pot them up

Last year I moved house, and has to dig up strawberries and take them with us. They did well in pots (remember to water them) and, because I was able to take them into the polytunnel for some early warmth, I had a welcome early crop.

If the strawberries are producing runners, pot some of these up too to give you more plants for next year.

Good luck!

[firsttimersue]

Thanks,

[terrier]

Last year I grew strawberry plants in growbags. They've been sitting out the winter still in the growbags. I want to start off a new strawberry bed this year, so any advice as to the best medium to grow them in? Also, will I be able to use last years plants if I tidy them up now and put them into pots of compost, the plants are all now showing healthy growth.

[Norm]

I'm at the same point, but mine are all grown in pots of compost. Every year about now, I pull 'em up, split 'em up and re pot 'em. Last years plants will still be fine but they will probably start to get weak next year, so pot up this year's runners and sling the old ones. I give away about a hundred plants a year and still have enough to feed Wimbledon. "This week I are mostly been repotting 200 strawbs."
PS, I feed mine with tomato food, (fortunately, they can't read the lable)

[andrewo]

I plant mine in hanging baskets and in small terracota pots, and they always do well. They are so cheap now that I replace mine every three years with runners and a mix of bought plants to cut down on any diseases. I place comfrey leaves in the bottom of the pots and baskets and feed with comfrey mix.