Can any of the members suggest the best way of overwintering my pot grown strawberries. I do not have a green house but do have a largish open sided lean to shed.

regards,
mike.

If i was you i would remove any plant runners from the parent and pot them
up,then store all of your plants in a frost free place.Then next year repot
them in fresh compost & feed, water as normal! I left some out last
year,they have done nothing this year!
i hope this helps?
thanks keith
"m.payne3" wrote in message
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Can any of the members suggest the best way of overwintering my pot grown
strawberries. I do not have a green house but do have a largish open sided
lean to shed.

regards,
mike.

On Sun, 31 Aug 2003 09:21:51 +0100, m.payne3 wrote:

Can any of the members suggest the best way of overwintering my pot
grown strawberries. I do not have a green house but do have a
largish open sided lean to shed.

Personally, I don't see why overwintering strawberries in pots should be a
problem - I did so succesfully last winter. I overwintered half a dozen
rooted runners in pots. The pots were all packed into a tray, and were on
a bench adjacent to the garage wall facing south, and came through with no
problems (I'm in N.Wales). I did use plastic pots, and made sure the pots
were well watered when they needed it, and not flooded at others.

HTH,

Sarah

On Mon, 01 Sep 2003 20:30:15 +0100, "Sarah Dale"
wrote:

Can any of the members suggest the best way of overwintering my pot
grown strawberries. I do not have a green house but do have a
largish open sided lean to shed.

I kept 3 strawberry plants in pots on my allotment last winter. They
are still in those pots. I only had a couple of fruits and the plants
have been sadly neglected, but in spite of little water in recent
weeks, are still OK and I hope to get them planted soon if we get some
rain to soften the soil.
This should give you confidence that they are quite tough plants!

Pam in Bristol