Q.
I have a two-tier planter box with strawberries from last year. It was the first year so do I remove all plants or do they regrow? If regrowing should I just feed?
A.
- Plants can be left in the planter boxes over winter.
- Plants will produce fruit but in the second season they don't fruit as prolifically as they did in the first season.
- The crop and fruit size will be reduced.
- It is always good to take runners off the mother plant at the end of summer and replant or put into pots to hold until ready to plant.
- Feed your strawberry plants at the end of the season with Tui Strawberry Food or Tui Strawberry Superfood Liquid fertiliser and replenish the soil with Tui Strawberry mix before next spring.
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Will strawberries grow and fruit again next season? Comments
I have learnt something from this. I grown our strawberries in bags and last season i chopped the runners off and tossed them:) this season i will keep them and morelike toss the old plant. Thx
Margaret Hansen
Hi Margaret, that's great! Glad to hear this question was of help to you :) Thanks, Tui Team
jenna
After the first year do my strawberries grow again?
Christina Aish
Lianne, Tui Team
Hi Christina, yes you will get 2-3 years out of your strawberry plants, after that fruiting reduces and fruit size is smaller and those plants can be discarded. Every year plant runners that are produced at the end of summer so that your strawberry patch is continually being replenished. Remove dead leaves from around your plants, remove any straw mulch as this is a great place for slugs and snails to hide in winter and replace the straw in spring. Feed your plants in late winter, early spring when you see them starting to flower, continue feeding every 4-6 weeks with a specialty fertiliser such as Tui Strawberry food. You may get deformed fruit appearing through winter, these are partially pollinated flowers and will not amount to much so it is best to remove them.