Leaf no strawberries,

[ripley]

Hi
Once again I have hit problems that I hope someone has the explanation for!

My strawberries were wonderful last year but this year they are all leaf and No fruit!?

Any idea what I have done wrong? I am finding it all a bit disappointing :'(

Thanks Ripley

[ripley]

[Stevens706]

Have you had any flowers on them at all, some of my flowers got caught in the cold snap and the centre turned black, and the fruit didn't develop.

[Digeroo]

The deer ate all the winter leaves from my neighbours plants while mine were nettled.  And then when netted and fed produced an amazing crop.  I thought I would experiment by leaving some unnetted over the winter for the deer next year. 

I bought some plants from Ken Muir and they came with a little book about growing strawberries and it says to cut off all the leaves after they have flowered.  Thought it was a bit drastic so have only done some but after only a few days they look very good with a nice crop of new fresh leaves.

[ripley]

Thank you for your replies.
I really have no idea what I am doing most of the time. I get my biggest guidance by reading what people have done today in their allotments.

So when the couple of strawberries I have are gone I will trim the plants right back ( not just old leaves?)
Then I will give a good mulching with good compost and fingers crossed for next year!

Thank you for support it is really making a difference as I don,t seem to be winning at the moment but I really don,t want to give up my Lottie as I love it there. However - no produce!

Thanks Ripley

[manicscousers]

Was last year the first year for your strawberries, they may have exhausted themselves, maybe a bit of a feed would help  :)
don't give up hope, you'll win in the end

[ripley]

Thanks I needed that encouragement Ripley

[pumkinlover]

I trim back the leaves after flowering and remove the runners.
Otherwise everything gets too congested and the fruits cannot ripen or get botrytis.

Seems drastic but works :)