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This is the area where I planted my strawberries. This is before. I planted them then covered them with leaves because we still have some cold days coming up.

I think you could give 'em a few days and then expose just the leaves...cover 'em back when a hard freeze is expected. Once they're hardened off, they can take a frost. Not saying I'm an expert on strawberries, though.

thanks. I hope I didn't plant them too deep.

probably not sheri. we always had them come back after loads of dirt was dumped on them. at home, they were at the end of the plowing row, and they still made it.

Sheri, I think it would be fine to just let the leaves lie. The strawberries will come up right through them. That's what I did with my strawberries the first year, and I used an even thicker layer of leaves than you did. Now, I cut off my ornamental grasses and use my shredder to chop it fine to make straw and use that to mulch the strawberries. The straw helps keep the strawberries off the ground and reduces rot.

that picture is before I planted them. After I planted them I covered them over with leaves. I think I'll put some straw too so the strawberries won't be on the ground.

Thanks for the info Jiffy. That's good to know.

Oh I can't wait to get some of my stuff going.. I will be trying Strawberries for the first time this year!!

For some reason strawberries always taste better homegrown.

That's 'cause they're not pumped full of inorganic fertilizres & harmful pesticides. I've grown strawberries before but them berries always stay small.Then again,I never pinch off the blooms the first year;I face too much pressure to produce fruit.Their leaves are also mottled with yellow;virus perhaps?

maybe. Our plants always produce small berries too, but they still tast delicious. :)

Don't plant your berries too deep, the crowns sit kind of level with the soil, not under it. You need good air circulation to keep any fungus away.

Oh and berries get smaller after 3 or 4 years, that's when you replant a new crop.

These are my first strawberries too. They're growing. Am I really supposed to pull off the first blooms. That's so sad.

Hey I never do.

We eat them. But they tell you to.

the blooms?

Daaaaaaaaaa,
i dont eat blooms. I eat berries.
Kopish?

kapish. Everything I've read and heard from others says to pull off the first blooms. I don't want to do that.

Do half and dont half.

good idea.

Pinching the blooms gives stronger growth and a better root system for the following years. I agree half and half is just as good.

I have never grown strawberries before. Is it too early for northern Ohio to plant them?

I had a few blooms and with much sorrow I pinched them off. That's the saddest thing.

1stTime, I don't know about Ohio. Can you check online?

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We didnt obey the rules .. We ate ours.

No pinch.

I pinched a few - not all.

I am itching to get mine in the ground too.. I wonder when it will be safe.. I need to find something online to see.. I would like to get all my stuff in as soon as possible.. but do NOT want to have to do it twice.

Don't plant til the danger of frost has passed.

WRONG

YOu plant strawberries right now.. Frost has no ill effect.
Mine I transplanted about 3 weeks ago.. THey are doing great.. Just make sure there is lots of water..

Frost damages and kills tender strawberry plants.....Sorry Barb. I have to disagree with you.

I bought some of the Walmart shots the 10 per package ones. Only a few are coming through so far. I hope I won't be sorry. I planted them into pots in my greenhouse way too cold to plant them outside just yet.

I always buy those Rosepetal, so much cheaper. This time I planted Tri-star. I change the variety ever 4 to 5 years..