Strawberry cultivation is a whole art. There are lots of tricks. An
old guy(!) told me things such as you have cull out 1/3 of the plants
every year and use the strongest runners to generate the replacements.
When and how you fertilized has a lot to do with the taste. And you
can't let weeds take over the walk ways or they will compete for the food.

When I was growing up we always prized "wild strawberries" for their
intense flavor in spite of their small size.

I believe you'll be able to find some good advice through Google or your
local library. Try to filter the opinion from the fact. Good luck!


Doc wrote:
I had some strawberries in a garden at growing in a garden at a house I was
renting out. One of my tenants had planted them. The were large delicious
and spreading themselves quickly. I transplanted several of the to my new
house. The first year they did not do much, which I kind of suspected would
happen.

This year they took off. First the plants grew tall and had a flower. I
saw bees around them and figured they were being pollinated. They stared
sending out spreaders which was great. However all the berries are the
small tasteless things what we used to call wild strawberries.

What happened to my berries? Can I do anything to save them? If I have to
replant new strawberries how do I keep this from happing again?