In message , Jake
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On Sat, 6 Nov 2010 15:43:03 +0000, Gordon H
wrote:

I am offered some by my daughter and her partner who want to get rid of
some.

Is this a daft time of year to be planting them?
No frost yet, but will they need protecting with fleece?

If you're ground planting, now's a good time. But if you're using tubs
of any sort, it's best to wait until the spring (after the heavy
frosts - once they're established in tub type planters strawberries
are fine thru the winter.) Incidentally, I picked one today.
Delicious! But I think that's the last one this year.

Thanks, I'm near Manchester, BTW, so the cropping is well over.
I tasted some of my daughter's earlier in the year and they were small
but delicious, and it put me off bought strawberries.
Slugs and birds may be a problem, but I may try some black plastic
matting which I have stored, and top it with grit.
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Gordon H
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