Strawberries

[caseylee]

my husband bought me some strawberry plants last year which did not produce any fruit ( sorry only three or 4) but I put them in the cold greenhouse through winter, and replanted some of the buds.  This year i have made  a raised bed for them and they look very well.  When do strawberries usually produce fruit, adn what do I do with them come winter should I dig them up and pot them in the cold greenhouse or leave them where they are

[caseylee]

[star]

Leave them out in situ caseylee, strawbs are tough old things and dont mind cold winters. They should do well for you ;)

[saddad]

They crop better in the second and third years then go into terminal decline...
:)

[Robert_Brenchley]

Give them a year, and if they don't fruit, get some runners to grow on for next year, and get rid of them. I inherited some strawberries on my plot, which were never any good at all; after several years, I discovered that they do eventually get viruses. The raspberries I inherited were the same.