Gardening Questions: Digging and saving Strawberries Good idea or bad?

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Vavoom Woodinville, WA October 27, 2009 10:20 AM	I want to dig up my strawberry bed and rework the soil due to "failure to thrive". The bed is over 5 years old and needs help. Can I save the plants until next year like bulbs or do I have to replant right away? Suggestions for the plants? Suggestions for the soil?
ecrane3 Dublin, CA (Zone 9a) October 27, 2009 10:34 AM	You could pot them up or put them in another bed temporarily, then replant them in that bed once you've got the bed redone.
Jim41 Delhi, LA October 27, 2009 10:37 PM	The way the strawberry growers do it is place a runner in a peat cup full of potting soil. When it roots, clip the runner. You then have new plants for next year.
Vavoom Woodinville, WA November 02, 2009 06:08 PM	Thanks all! Jim41 sounds like a goog plan for next year. I'll have the peat pots ready by then...hopefully.
Jim41 Delhi, LA November 02, 2009 09:48 PM	I don't know when you would set out strawberries in your part of the country. The commercial growers down in our are set in February.

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