pruning/mowing strawberry plants

[RenishawPhil]

Do people prune their strawberrys once they have finished harvesting?

Ive read that you need to cut them right back?

[RenishawPhil]

[antipodes]

Not at all. The leaves die back naturally in the autumn, and i leave them to dry out, then give them a haircut at the end of winter. Once the first signs of spring come they will make new leaves.

[Stevens706]

I give them a trim when the leaves start dying down in late Autumn, if you do it too early the plant will grow morw leaves before Winter