what do i do to my strawberry plants in the winter?

Question

my daughter planted a couple strawberry plants this summer and now that it is fall, i don't know what to do to them for next year. we live in ohio. thanks

Answer 1

I live in Ohio, and have many strawberry plants. I do absolutely NOTHING to them, and they come back in increasing numbers every spring. (Could be I'm just lucky, but I think that maybe they aren't as fussy as all that)

They will die back in the fall, but grow again in spring.

Oh - my strawberry plants in pots above ground would die from exposure - and if I brought them in, I'd forget to wanter them and they'd croak. but plants in ground do great in Ohio winters.

I have also read that when the plants are spent in the fall, to literally MOW them with your lawn mower. Plants grow all new leaves every year, so the old ones serve no purpose. And by mowing and removing the old leaves, you remove any lingering diseases and funguses that overwinter in the leaves. (I have not done this myself - partly because I haven't had mush trouble with illness in the plants, but more because the areas where I have the plants are tiered, and not mow-able)

Answer 2

I additionally planted strawberry flowers exterior. yet what I do is that I leave them yet water them well-known. And it actual works! They survive for the time of the iciness with Little harm. you're fortunate which you planted in a basket so which you ought to save it interior the shed yet nonetheless water it daily many times interior the Morning or right till now sunset. it works for me i'm 13 and my backyard is blooming in early fall.

Answer 3

Rake your leaves and dump them over the plants. My Grandmother grew strawberries for years. She also had to divide them for they over took her garden sometimes.

Answer 4

Mulch them with some pine needles and straw. They'll just go to sleep for the winter.

Answer 5

my granfather used to cover his with roofing felt paper, weight it down some so wind can't move it. come spring remove and your plants will be there but almost white. let the sun get to them and they will green up fast

Answer 6

make sure they're well watered in, then cover them with straw. They'll come up beautifully in the spring

Answer 7

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Good luck

Answer 8

my mom has a nice large starwberry patch and she just covers them up with leaves right before it frosts heavily