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Produce => Edible Plants => Topic started by: andrea66 on November 18, 2017, 18:41:06
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Hello I have had my strawberry bed for three years now and they crop well. I have been informed that I should create a new one as they could become diseased ?? Can anyone please advise and if I do have to do a new bed do I have to buy new plants or just transplant the ones I have ?? Many thanks.
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The crop decreases after three years, disease should not be a problem. Ideally you should have taken some runners late summer and made a new bed. If you get plenty of fruit anyway no worries, but take runners next year and plant in a more fertile bed.
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Thank you ACE thats brilliant advise - thanks again :-)
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I would suggest pegging some runners # next summer into 1 litre pots and feeding well. I picked that up on a thread here and have always been very pleased with the results. Then planted out in late September when some space appears. They fruit well even the first year. I put real compost into the posts. I use my own or recycled. I do not think that potting compost has enough nutrients.