A Gardeners Forum Forums General Discussion The Food Garden Forum Fruit Forum How to put strawberries to bed

for the winter.

Do I need to do anything special? They have put out runners. Should I cover them with leaves?

In Rochester, NY mine were naturally covered in pine needles for the winter and i cleared them off for spring.
The commercial fields here in Cal restart brand new plants every year.
I have heard to cover them in straw or something in other posts. So leaves might work too

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sheri, when i lived in fl, we always buried ours under pine straw. not much, just enough to cover them well. and then gently raked it off in the spring.

i don't have any here. and the commercial growers here cover them with floating row covers.

thanks.