Thank you for making it clear about the zones. Some of us get so discouraged when we are watching gardeners in warmer climates. Thank you for a great video! Happy gardening!!!!
Thank you for taking Zones into account when making your videos. So many gardening content creators act like everyone lives in Southern Alabama (9 Plants You Should Start in November)
ZONE 8b here on the West Coast. I never prune back the foliage and always fertilize... then apply 4 inches of mulched deciduous leaves(Do all of this first week of November). Come the spring...I leave the mulch on(I never remove the mulch...added nutrients and organic matter for the soil). I don't even cut the runners. Let it grow, let it produce, eat, mulch. Patch has been going strong for 5 years! I just knocked on wood.😃
I grew strawberries for the first time a few years ago. I didn’t expect them to come back the next year. I did nothing to assist with the wintering process. I’m a newbie at gardening 😅 I really like the visuals you include in your videos!!
Im a newbie too. Its gonna be my 1st attempt at winterizing my strawberries i grew from seeds. A bit nervous. I have 10 kent plants in the ground im not worried about as this variety is good for zone 3. However, i have whole bunch in containers, the variety that is not good for my cold climate (fresca). I didnt put them in theground. Instead im hoping to overwinter them in a shed wrapped up in blankets.
I like your teaching style! You do good videos. Answers many of my questions about winterizing my strawberries. I am in zone 7b. This was my first year to grow strawberries. Thank you!
Great as I was just going to ask that very question. I am in 5b NE IL and was wondering if my greenstalk with the strawberries in it would work in my unheated garage.
This is a great video. My first attempt at strawberries last summer 2022 and I had no idea what to do. I found this video and did it exactly the same and had a great harvest this summer! Thanks!
Thank You!! I live in ZONE 4a and I am going to try to save my potted berries! I love how slowly you teach ….it is a lot of info but You speak clearly & easily to comprehend! So, I will buy straw and whew…place the metal tub😳 between some things in the back…We def get COLD here…! and so do YOU SASKATCHEWAN berry grower! 😎
So, I agree with most of what you've said. I'm a backyard gardener, with 30+ years experience, in zone 5b. Last year, we uprooted, literally, and moved to zone 4b - Mattawa, Ontario. I had 3 year old, raised bed strawberry garden in Guelp, Ontario that started from 4 potted plants. I munched it when I planted it, then pushed the runners in the soil as they came. By Fall, I had 63 plants. By the following June, we were munching fresh berries. Come Fall, I added more straw, about 2 inches, and left it. Come Spring, we had berries. We came North (zone 4b) in May. I uprooted my healthiest big plants, putting them in containers. Hubby didn't follow me until July 31st so beds couldn't be made. It wasn't until the following Spring that we were able to move the berries out of 12 inch containers into bigger 18 inch deep totes. But we got berries and runners last Spring. They were fat and juicy. Come Fall, I tucked them in close to the house, threw some grass cuttings (I know! But it's all I had) on them and hoped for the best. Come Spring, I had starters! So, into the deeper totes which are black, onto a tarp which is killing the weeds and very little grass we have . . . We are on VERY gravelly/Sandy soil with excellent drainage and ABSOLUTELY no nutrients. Everything here will be raised bed with LOADS of compost/manure. Well. My strawberry babies have produced and sent out runners galore! What was one tote is now 5. Hubby's backhoe is now here on site, along with a full dump truck load of top soil. We have a pick up truck load of cow manure so well fill the raised bed perennial garden this weekend, October 6th, and park the totes for the Winter. Ill mulch it with leaves from the bush and again, hope for the best. There are wild strawberries ALL over this property, growing in that gravelly/sand, nutrient poor soil. The plants are healthy and yield small, sweet berries. I'm not worried about my strawberries as long as the totes are in the ground, protected from the long 40 below weather which is the norm up here. As you say, strawberries are a tough plant. I plant them, mulch them, water them and leave them alone. And them EAT them!
Thank you so much for this video! I recently moved my potted strawberry plant along with the runners to a new raised bed that will be our new strawberry patch and had no idea how to care for it over the winter. I live in zone 8b so now I am not as panicked as I was. I didn't want it to die after all the hard work I've invested it in keeping it alive since earlier this year. The plant didn't yield much fruit at all but our summers can get pretty hot so I'm hoping that we will see a decent crop in the Spring.
Overwintered my strawberries in zone 3 in containers in my unheated garage last year. I waited until we had frost and brought them in. It gets really cold in my garage but they survived and produced well this year.
I’m growing strawberries in some tubs for the first time, they are new plants so I’m letting the runners spread and fill the tub, not expecting much of a harvest this year, from what I understand the first year they don’t usually yield much. I live in southern MB zone 4a so I’ll have to see what works best for me. Glad to see some folks having success with putting them in unheated garages as that’s where my mind was going.
im in 4a also and just planted for the first time in pots. I wish i know to leave outside or put into my unheated garage and what would be the best way
@@GMPCI am in zone 5a. Last year my potted strawberry plants were kept under the covered porch in the corner, next to the brick house.... they didn't make it. 😢😢
Mine have been mulched over and a burlap overlay for a month n half now.. Heard organic kelp a MARVELOUS fertilizer, so plan on buying some in spring.. Will uncover, mix existing soil with fresh, adding biochar and compost to replant in for next year when they wake back up. I'm thrilled to have found you, and learning all the time!!
@@TheRipeTomatoFarms I have them in cinder blocks... they only get afternoon sun, and mostly shaded at that, but the plants and berries were HUGE last year, and only in potting soil!! I know variety bears in, andi went with Quinaults... I have automatic sprinklers so a powder to ward off slugs (appeared last year) is out... am thinking I'll put whole oyster shells around.. Too sharp for them to crawl over and leach calcium into my soil.. Any other ideas would sure be appreciated!!
@@lenorekoch6494 yeah, oyster shells or even sand... They hate crawling on that stuff. Everything else though, if it's working, just keep doing what you're doing!
I just checked my plants and I am surprised to see its still hanging in there! They were pretty thirsty after the long winter here in Alaska, but im glad to see theres still hope. I wasn't able to get to the rest of my plants, but the two I saw has me hopeful. I'm not sure if the little green sprout I saw was a little strawberry shoot, but I left it alone just in case.
Another great video! Thanks so much for this terrific guide - I love your videos! You're such a good teacher. Hello again from Virginia Beach, VA. All the best to you!
I think we’re finally ready to put our strawberries to bed in zone 6 in SW Pa. We’ve had an extremely warm fall so far but it’s finally supposed to stay cold. We appreciate your videos and have learned a lot about strawberries. This was our first time growing strawberries. We planted bare roots in a couple 4x8 raised beds. I was surprised how well they did for the first season. We’re looking forward to seeing how they do with mature plants next spring 😊
@@richhailwood7244 We were surprised to see how well they did for the first year. We got a couple dozen berries from the June berries and even more from the Seascape everbearing variety. They put out a lot of runners and this year, the beds are absolutely beautiful! They’re full of blossoms and some are little green berries. Couldn’t be happier with them. 😊
Hi! I live in Alberta, zone 3b. I grew fresca strawberry in containers but this variety is not cold hardy for my zone. It gets to -35 here. I have a shed here. Do you think they will survive the winter if i wrap them in blankets and put them in the shed? Thanks
Thank you so very much , you were very detailed and informative. Last winter I kept them alive and I was very disappointed with the amount of berries all summer . I didn’t know they needed to rest , I just thought they did because of the cold here in frozen hell Wis
Thank you for this awesome video. I live Southeast Missouri. I guess we would be zone seven. This was my first year for growing strawberries and I wanted to take care of them over the winter.
This is so awesome! I had winterized container strawberries too early this year and they sprouted this past month in the unseasonably and unexpected warm weather. Now have no idea if I should cut back the sprouts and toss more straw and leaves on them. We are in zone 5B Southern New Hampshire (normally much colder outside now, but it’s been in the 60°-70° range this past month). Have also had a few early morning frosts too. I absolutely love watching your videos and have learned so much about gardening. A greenhouse with a wood stove is in the near future. We’ve been stocking up on used windows and lumber.
Hi Danielle! Yes, the whole secret with strawberries is you have to let them start the dormancy process before doing anything. Too early and they'll sprout, thinking its spring, messing with their whole cycle. I wouldn't cut any foliage now....let the plan experience winter (as you'll see in the video) and you should be good.
I am totally winging it with strawberries here in 6b. My first winter with them! I have some in an unheated greenhouse and some in a raised bed. I figure I have to learn their limits. It was great to have some fresh berries this year for sure! Thanks for all the great tips!
Yeah where I live we usually get -30 or colder for 2 weeks or so. I also have mine in raised beds, but built the boxes with stud sides so that I can put styrofoam insulation into the cavities.
That was REALLY useful. I have a ton of strawberry plants most of which I have grown from runners this year in the UK but I wasn't sure what to do over winter. Hopefully next year will be a bumper crop ! Best regards from the UK !
Hi I'm definitely going to do this now especially when I have my strawberries in a vermicompost bed. It'll insulate the worms and the strawberries, I will probably net the bed to to stop the wind blowing the leaves away.🙏💚👍😊
I ended up taking my alpine strawberries and two other ones I winter sowed from the containers and put them in my garden where I had pulled out tomatoes and beets. I hope they make it. I will repot in the spring.
My strawberry’s didn’t produce much this year but I believe they will next spring. Thanks for all the information on them. Im in zone 6. I have a pump room I think I will put them in there this winter since there is snow in the mountains already. ❤
This video is so good, it has me subscribing to your channel! I have container strawberries that I will overwinter in our unheated greenhouse. Thanks for your help!
Jeff you make my winter easier, thank you! Where do get seedless straw? I have way to many strawberries, most of them in ground. Also 6 buckets and 12 pack of starters. I brought my starters in, that's a mistake. We've had 3 night of frost. They missed it. Love this class today!
Zone 7 is fine. I think anything from 6 and lower is a bit trickier if you don’t bring them indoors. Here on long island we don’t really get below 20-25f often. Pretty sure adding some straw over the plants in containers and throwing a tarp over it should be perfect outdoors protecting it from unexpected harsh temps that dip close to 0 which again isn’t common at all. Upstate New York going more north which I believe is zone 6 gets horrible winters so for them it can be a bit more tricky.
We are in zone 3 and are able to overwinter containers, thick mulch and pile snow on top, just make sure they aren't in the sun where they freeze and thaw constantly.
Thanks for all the information, Jeff. I really need to get some strawberries growing next year in my grow bags. I do have a few plants, compliments of a bird, growing among my perennials 😂. But I would like a better dedicated area for them!! Happy gardening and have a wonderful day!!
I am in zone 6a. My strawberries are planted in raised beds. We have not had a frost yet. I have four consecutive nights coming of below freezing in the 20s, then high 50s/low 60s in the day with 40° nights for the available long range forecast. Should I cover them with straw after the third night? What do you recomend doing with them during the warmer winter days?
Zone 6b North Carolina mountains… we had an especially bad cold spell last year. Burst all the pipes in our cabin. Killed back the hydrangeas, butterfly bushes, akuba, lilac, and more to their crowns. I did NOTHING to protect my 6 first year in ground strawberries and they all survived! Beginners luck? 🤔 Since they did so well, I added 18 more this year. Some are in a sunny south facing slope. Some in a rock wall raised bed, which retains heat. So probably the locations I chose helped.
I just found your content. I bought my first strawberry plant in June! I had 2 but one died immediately (got them from Wal-Mart so go figure) and the other nearly did. Got it back and was even able to get 3 new strawberry plants from the runners and have 2 tiny ones growing from skinning a strawberry and using those seeds. I have a question regarding wintering the plants. I'm in zone 6 and am looking at building a small greenhouse for my growing hobby. Would an unheated greenhouse be ample EXTRA protection for potted strawberries on top of mulching and trimming? Awesome videos btw. I credit my strawberry coming back from the brink of death and it's new thriving due to watching your videos. So thanks for that! My 5 year old son thanks you too. He was so excited to eat a fresh strawberry that he just picked one and ate it without checking with me first and it still wasn't ripe. Haha. But he checked with me on the second and was thrilled to eat it.
Love your videos! Theyve been helping me learn so much!! Ive got some new strawberries i planted in May that I bought off Etsy, theyre supposed to be "pineberries", a pineapple flavored strawberry. (We will see, maybe i got scammed lol) It will be the first fruit I've grown and im so excited to get a harvest next year! Im in 7A and they are in containers. The leaves are still bright green and tall despite the temps just dropping to around freezing, for the 2nd day. Should I be waiting for 3 consecutive days of freezing temps, or actual frost on the ground/plants? Thank you!
That sounds delicious Faye!! For the frost, I really wait for dormancy to trigger....3 hard frosts is the minimum...more can work better sometimes, especially in warmer areas where winter might not hit like a ton of bricks. 🙂
11/03/2024 Zone 8 (Greenville SC). Temps 50°f to 85°f; I want to to move strawberry plants to small containers so I can use that garden space for collards. I presume it is OK to dig up and put in small pots now. Then after three hard frosts start mulching and keep them dormant? Astounding video! Thx!
First, I love your video's they are so informative, and I can understand them and still not feel confused by some. This is my first year planting strawberries. I got some runners from my daughter and some of my own. It is the first week of September in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. I put my runners in water like your video showed and the roots are growing like weeds. What I want to know is, is it too late to plant them in my garden or should I pot them and keep them in my basement until next spring.? I could really use your help. I need to do something with them before it's too late. Thank you
@@christineberube2122 hi Christine, thanks for the kind words! Ideally you would plant them in the garden now. You do need at least 4 weeks until your first fall frost date though for them to get established. They are designed to go dormant, so you don't want to grow them inside at any point. You could pot them up and place them in a more protected area however, if you're running short on time, but they still need to go dormant over winter. Best of luck!
Hey Jeff, I have 5 3-gallon plastic pots of strawberries and wondering if I can overwinter them in my unheated greenhouse. They are currently sitting in the greenhouse in a raised bed, which I can cover with plastic covered hoops. I am in zone 5b. Thanks for ALL your great videos!
Hi Jeff. Love your videos and thanks for sharing. I have a question that I hope you can help me with. Should I separate the mother plant which has about 5 plants together now being the first of October or wait for spring. If I separate them now will the plants survive.
If your runners have roots growing out of them clip the string connected to the mother plant and plant them separatley. They will live if you dont clip the string but it helps keep your new plants from eventually becoming a tangeled mess.
Thank you for another excellent video, full of useful information 😊 but a couple of questions, What size grow bag would be suitable for growing strawberries and how many plants would comfortably fit🍓? Enjoying your videos from the land down under (Australia) 🇦🇺
I'm in zone 4a and this is my first year to grow strawberries. I just put the root ones in pots and know they will not grow this year. but our winters suck so I want to make sure to do this right. I have a sun room that is closed off during the winter but has 0 heat. if I put them in the sun room do I need to mulch them still since snow cant get them? do I mulch them as if they were outside? or should I put them in my basement that can fluctuate between 65-80 deg during the winter months? its only 10 pots and i don't want them to die being my first batch. will a basement work to keep them alive? they will get no sun light so should i still cover them with mulch or just leave them exposed in the basement?
Hi! Your videos are very helpful - thank you! I went from 4 dead strawberry plants to 2 thriving Albion’s that gave me 3 runners that are successfully on their own now! Question: is there anything you recommend doing when there is likely 6-8 weeks where my strawberries will have significantly decreased direct sun, decreased temperatures, but the first frost will not have happened? I’m decreasing watering but anything else? My zone is 7b on Long Island and even when we eventually get snow it’s often rained away by the end of the day.
Follow up question: The three runners that are rooted on their own, anything special in winterizing these? (They’ve been in smaller pots in full sun.) One seems very unhappy - leaves turning brown and almost fuzzy looking.
Hey Jeff, am I right in thinking that you are using the Canadian issued zones? I did a deep dive into this issue a while back and found the official Canadian zone numbering is very different then the USA zone numbering. Not only that, but the Canadian version of the USA zone numbers is different again! ARGH! It appears that most of the shops I visit, their suppliers use the US hardiness zones as their guide. 😥 😥
If I grow in hanging baskets in the greenhouse (poly) do I need to take them outside or can they just stay inside? If they are are in said pots do I still mulch them? Great details as always Jeff, have a super week, Ali Langley BC 🇨🇦
Hey Ali, they do need sub zero temps during the winter at some point. If your greenhouse stays too warm, they won't get their much needed rest and dormancy.
@@TheRipeTomatoFarms perfect thank you Jeff although it can get quite cold in there subzero most likely is a stretch so I’ll put up on a table all together 👍👍
I just started gardening 3 years ago and I put 1 strawberry plant in 10 Gal. grow bag, well now there’s like 7-8 plants in some of the bags and real crowded can I dig up and replant some without killing them and when is the best time to do it. Thanks in advance for any help. I’m in CT.
Hi, this year I bought a Greenstalk for my strawberries, because I was tired of losing my harvests to the slugs by planting them inground. I'm in Vermont, zone 5 B/ microclimate zone 6, by the way. So it's cold, and in recent years, it's been damp. At first, the Greenstalk seemed to work, all my strawberries set lots of fruit, but once the strawberries started ripening, the slugs managed to find them, and possibly a bit of bird action too, and I never seemed to get a whole unscathed strawberry, without some kind of pest damage. What do you suggest? I really like your approach to strawberries, and that you take all the zones into account. Thank you!
In wny I put a "U" shape fence up in the corner of the yard, open side facing into the prevailing winds and put all my potted plants, strawberries, small tree clones, blackberry clones, and just leaf blow to fill the fill the "u" with maple leaves. It can be 2-3 feet deep and maybe 12x12 ft, full of my potted fruit plants. Come spring I pull the fence and leaf blow the mulch back off and bam...I haven't lost straw, black, blue berries and I clone a lot of currents so 1-3yr "sticks" of current bushes. Everything makes it just fine
Looks like you’re using the tack straw mulch. I’ve bought that at Tractor Supply for $16. 🤔Would cutting back the plants and doing a “chop and drop” be ok? I’m thinking it would cut back on how much straw I needed to use plus add nutrients back into the soil🤔🤔 I also have access to free burlap/jute sacks from a local coffee roaster. 🤔Would these be ok as an added layer over the straw? I live in NJ (zone 7b?)
I planted seeds quite a few years ago and could never find the plants. Well the birds etc must have been eating them and spreading the seeds because now the whole East side of the house and a few spots in the backyard have plants. The berries are very small though. Thinking of making a bed in the sun next year and transplanting some in good soil. I've never had to do anything for them in zone 5 Ontario Canada. Thanks for all the tips.
Those sound like actual wild strawberries, they are the best tasting of all, though small 😄 Spread some manure thinly and cover with leaves, I would consider that like a gold mine.
Um, where I live it is usually very up and down during all of winter. We usually get snow for a coupple of days and then around 5°C maybe, for a week or so and then snow again for a night or two and so on... How do I best protect them from thinking it is spring every other week? Is it better to just leave them to handle it by themselves or should I still cover them? And if I don't cover them maybe they need the extra cover and insulation from the dead folige? This is my first year growing stawberries ever and my country is very ...um long , that is to say it's been snowing for weeks up north already but here it is just raining and we usually don't see much snow until after christmas, if then... (Sweden) so I'm having troubble finding advice for my area. It is not very cold but it is darker than most other places in europe in the winter time. I really liked your video but I am still not sure about what to do with my own plants. Should I wait for the night temp to go below zero 3 days in a row nomatter what follows or should I wait for snow (but by the time it comes the light has already turned again) or should I focus more on the light than the cold and the fact that it is darkest around dec 21st? It was very nice to hear that I shouldn't start fixing things too early though. I thought I was late already. Huge relief. Thank you for all this advice and if you have any extra for me it would be super appreciated.
I am considering growing strawberries next year (2025). I live in Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada and in an apartment though. I use containers of course and pile then up them up close to the building over winter. Could I use shredded paper instead of straw? I am sorry for these strange questions but I don't know who to ask! Your videos are very informative! Thank you!
12:56 Hi. I have planted my strawberries in barrel. Now, realizing it's nearly impossible to move, how do i prep and save them through the up to -45 degrees? Zone 2b.😢
Super helpful. All of my strawberries are in containers. It was my first year with them. Almost 100. We’re in 9b. I’ve been starting at them scratching my head trying figure out what to do next and then boom, your video pops up lol
4 inches of snow and -4C on Saturday has but on hurt on our extended warm fall in Southern ontario. Time to winterize the berries. also I will be prepping rows for next year. My question is can I put tomatoes where my peppers are and peppers where my tomatoes are now for next year??
I let my first time ever planting, first year strawberry plants in upright garden go crazy. (I was mad no strawberries at all ) Before I put the mulch on them for winter, should i separate and replant or wait till after winter?
Thanks, Jeff… I rely on all of your videos for the best way to grow strawberries! I live in Zone 7 and have 5”x5” wooden planter troughs hanging on a fence. Last winter I lost almost all of my strawberries because I didn’t winterize properly. In addition to the thick straw mulch layer, what is your opinion of also covering these planters with a light blanket during the coldest part of winter?
Hello, I watched all Of your strawberry winterizing videos. The one short one says not to bring into unheated garage. Anyway I’m in WI and I brought one in last year and it died. I read it was because I didn’t water them occasionally in my garage. None of your videos say that so if I bring them in how often and how much do they have to be watered? Thanks
I live in Pennsylvania, 6B. Usually only gets down to the single digits. Should I mulch after three frosts and leave outside or mulch and put in my garage which is not heated?
Strawberries can take it pretty cold.... The worst thing is having them actually break dormancy in the middle of winter. If your garage can stay cold enough, that would be viable too.
do we cut back the leaves that have a few flowers and the few berries on them, when I trimming back for winter, most of our leaves have turned brown to yellow, we in Canada, zone 3b, it's been -2C to -4C over night for the last 4 nights
I trim either everything, or nothing. I tend not to leave just a few shoots or berries. Definitely don't cut any flowers during mid winter.... It can be COLD when the plants start to put out next year's flowers!
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I am confused by the climate zones what map are you using ?
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You’re so friendly to newcomers- the visuals are the best!!
Thanks Crystal, appreciate that!
Thank you for making it clear about the zones. Some of us get so discouraged when we are watching gardeners in warmer climates. Thank you for a great video!
Happy gardening!!!!
@@rosenurse7687 thanks for noticing. Glad you liked and best of luck with your berries!
Thank you for taking Zones into account when making your videos. So many gardening content creators act like everyone lives in Southern Alabama (9 Plants You Should Start in November)
I too am frustrated with articles that don't mention, ones. You covered all the bits in other articles and what wasn't overed. Thank you.
Really good point. Up here in Zone 6, I found this content really useful.
ZONE 8b here on the West Coast. I never prune back the foliage and always fertilize... then apply 4 inches of mulched deciduous leaves(Do all of this first week of November). Come the spring...I leave the mulch on(I never remove the mulch...added nutrients and organic matter for the soil). I don't even cut the runners. Let it grow, let it produce, eat, mulch. Patch has been going strong for 5 years! I just knocked on wood.😃
Very detailed and step by step on your explanation and reasoning. Thanks, great video
You have such a soothing "narrator" voice! I bet you're the best bedtime storyteller 😊
I grew strawberries for the first time a few years ago. I didn’t expect them to come back the next year. I did nothing to assist with the wintering process. I’m a newbie at gardening 😅
I really like the visuals you include in your videos!!
Im a newbie too. Its gonna be my 1st attempt at winterizing my strawberries i grew from seeds. A bit nervous. I have 10 kent plants in the ground im not worried about as this variety is good for zone 3. However, i have whole bunch in containers, the variety that is not good for my cold climate (fresca). I didnt put them in theground. Instead im hoping to overwinter them in a shed wrapped up in blankets.
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I like your teaching style! You do good videos. Answers many of my questions about winterizing my strawberries. I am in zone 7b. This was my first year to grow strawberries. Thank you!
Happy to hear! 🙂
I really like the way you explained the right way to winterize your Strawberries. I live in a zone 7. This will really help me out. Thank you.
That's great to hear Sharon! The key is to not cover them too early.....you don't want them to sprout in the beginning of winter! Best of luck!
For me, my unheated garage in zone 5b worked really well for my container strawberries.
Perfect!
Great as I was just going to ask that very question. I am in 5b NE IL and was wondering if my greenstalk with the strawberries in it would work in my unheated garage.
Thanks
So they don't need light? My garage is so dark...
I am in Michigan, 5b. I am putting my greenstalk in an unheated garage. That way I can water occasionally.
This is a great video. My first attempt at strawberries last summer 2022 and I had no idea what to do. I found this video and did it exactly the same and had a great harvest this summer! Thanks!
Thanks Michael! Hope you get an epic harvest for 2024!!
So helpful thank you so much you saved me from winterizing way too early you are so knowledgeable:)
Happy to help, best of luck with your strawberries!
Thank You!! I live in ZONE 4a and I am going to try to save my potted berries! I love how slowly you teach ….it is a lot of info but You speak clearly & easily to comprehend! So, I will buy straw and whew…place the metal tub😳 between some things in the back…We def get COLD here…! and so do YOU SASKATCHEWAN berry grower! 😎
Thanks so much Dawn, and best of luck with the overwintering!!
Not without advantages. Love that double negative way of emphasizing a point.
That is good. It's not not good.
This is everything I needed to know! Thank you!
@@johnnyroman3888 happy to help!
So, I agree with most of what you've said. I'm a backyard gardener, with 30+ years experience, in zone 5b. Last year, we uprooted, literally, and moved to zone 4b - Mattawa, Ontario. I had 3 year old, raised bed strawberry garden in Guelp, Ontario that started from 4 potted plants. I munched it when I planted it, then pushed the runners in the soil as they came. By Fall, I had 63 plants. By the following June, we were munching fresh berries. Come Fall, I added more straw, about 2 inches, and left it. Come Spring, we had berries.
We came North (zone 4b) in May. I uprooted my healthiest big plants, putting them in containers. Hubby didn't follow me until July 31st so beds couldn't be made. It wasn't until the following Spring that we were able to move the berries out of 12 inch containers into bigger 18 inch deep totes. But we got berries and runners last Spring. They were fat and juicy. Come Fall, I tucked them in close to the house, threw some grass cuttings (I know! But it's all I had) on them and hoped for the best.
Come Spring, I had starters! So, into the deeper totes which are black, onto a tarp which is killing the weeds and very little grass we have . . . We are on VERY gravelly/Sandy soil with excellent drainage and ABSOLUTELY no nutrients. Everything here will be raised bed with LOADS of compost/manure.
Well. My strawberry babies have produced and sent out runners galore! What was one tote is now 5.
Hubby's backhoe is now here on site, along with a full dump truck load of top soil. We have a pick up truck load of cow manure so well fill the raised bed perennial garden this weekend, October 6th, and park the totes for the Winter. Ill mulch it with leaves from the bush and again, hope for the best.
There are wild strawberries ALL over this property, growing in that gravelly/sand, nutrient poor soil. The plants are healthy and yield small, sweet berries.
I'm not worried about my strawberries as long as the totes are in the ground, protected from the long 40 below weather which is the norm up here. As you say, strawberries are a tough plant.
I plant them, mulch them, water them and leave them alone.
And them EAT them!
Thank you so much for this video! I recently moved my potted strawberry plant along with the runners to a new raised bed that will be our new strawberry patch and had no idea how to care for it over the winter. I live in zone 8b so now I am not as panicked as I was. I didn't want it to die after all the hard work I've invested it in keeping it alive since earlier this year. The plant didn't yield much fruit at all but our summers can get pretty hot so I'm hoping that we will see a decent crop in the Spring.
Good job on the bigger bed... That'll smooth out the higher temps likely and you should see more harvests! Best of luck!
You inspired me to propagate more strawberries 🍓 😊thank you
Right on Annabelle... You can never have enough!
Excellent the way you explained things
Thank you!!!! Best video I could find. I live in northern michigan and you Covered Everything I was looking for!!!!!! 😊❤
Overwintered my strawberries in zone 3 in containers in my unheated garage last year. I waited until we had frost and brought them in. It gets really cold in my garage but they survived and produced well this year.
Nice work, way to adapt!
Did you mulch them? Water them?
@gloryb5513 no, covered them watered them once well in the fall.
Perfect! You answered all of my questions! Thanks! 😊
I’m growing strawberries in some tubs for the first time, they are new plants so I’m letting the runners spread and fill the tub, not expecting much of a harvest this year, from what I understand the first year they don’t usually yield much. I live in southern MB zone 4a so I’ll have to see what works best for me. Glad to see some folks having success with putting them in unheated garages as that’s where my mind was going.
im in 4a also and just planted for the first time in pots. I wish i know to leave outside or put into my unheated garage and what would be the best way
@@GMPCI am in zone 5a. Last year my potted strawberry plants were kept under the covered porch in the corner, next to the brick house.... they didn't make it. 😢😢
Mine have been mulched over and a burlap overlay for a month n half now..
Heard organic kelp a MARVELOUS fertilizer, so plan on buying some in spring..
Will uncover, mix existing soil with fresh, adding biochar and compost to replant in for next year when they wake back up.
I'm thrilled to have found you, and learning all the time!!
That sounds PERFECT Lenore! You'll have the best berries on the block!! Yes, almost all the seaweed fertilizers work wonders. Truly.
@@TheRipeTomatoFarms I have them in cinder blocks... they only get afternoon sun, and mostly shaded at that, but the plants and berries were HUGE last year, and only in potting soil!!
I know variety bears in, andi went with Quinaults...
I have automatic sprinklers so a powder to ward off slugs (appeared last year) is out... am thinking I'll put whole oyster shells around..
Too sharp for them to crawl over and leach calcium into my soil..
Any other ideas would sure be appreciated!!
@@lenorekoch6494 yeah, oyster shells or even sand... They hate crawling on that stuff. Everything else though, if it's working, just keep doing what you're doing!
I just checked my plants and I am surprised to see its still hanging in there! They were pretty thirsty after the long winter here in Alaska, but im glad to see theres still hope. I wasn't able to get to the rest of my plants, but the two I saw has me hopeful. I'm not sure if the little green sprout I saw was a little strawberry shoot, but I left it alone just in case.
Another great video! Thanks so much for this terrific guide - I love your videos! You're such a good teacher. Hello again from Virginia Beach, VA. All the best to you!
Thanks Therese!! Always nice to hear!!
I think we’re finally ready to put our strawberries to bed in zone 6 in SW Pa. We’ve had an extremely warm fall so far but it’s finally supposed to stay cold. We appreciate your videos and have learned a lot about strawberries. This was our first time growing strawberries. We planted bare roots in a couple 4x8 raised beds. I was surprised how well they did for the first season. We’re looking forward to seeing how they do with mature plants next spring 😊
What happened to the strawberries
@@richhailwood7244
We were surprised to see how well they did for the first year. We got a couple dozen berries from the June berries and even more from the Seascape everbearing variety. They put out a lot of runners and this year, the beds are absolutely beautiful! They’re full of blossoms and some are little green berries. Couldn’t be happier with them. 😊
I’m glad you spoke about what you can do in what zones. We are in zone 3 so I will avoid using raised beds or containers for sure. Thanks.
So true Jollena.....one epic winter and that's it, all the plants would be wiped out!
Hi! I live in Alberta, zone 3b. I grew fresca strawberry in containers but this variety is not cold hardy for my zone. It gets to -35 here. I have a shed here. Do you think they will survive the winter if i wrap them in blankets and put them in the shed? Thanks
@@SH-jy6lc Yes it should work, but beware our winter sun, if it warms them enough to thaw and freeze a few times then they are toast! 😞
Well I almost bought strawberries last year but now I will for sure. Thanks 😋
Right on Pamela, look forward to hearing about your harvests!!
Thank you so very much , you were very detailed and informative. Last winter I kept them alive and I was very disappointed with the amount of berries all summer . I didn’t know they needed to rest , I just thought they did because of the cold here in frozen hell Wis
Great vid, lots of information in an understandable format.
Thank you for this awesome video. I live Southeast Missouri. I guess we would be zone seven. This was my first year for growing strawberries and I wanted to take care of them over the winter.
@@healthcoachkathy9034 yes, just don't mulch too early and you'll be golden!
i started with 2 strawberry plants now i have over 6 healthy plants ready for the fall and winter, next year i'm starting a jam factory, lol
This is so awesome! I had winterized container strawberries too early this year and they sprouted this past month in the unseasonably and unexpected warm weather. Now have no idea if I should cut back the sprouts and toss more straw and leaves on them. We are in zone 5B Southern New Hampshire (normally much colder outside now, but it’s been in the 60°-70° range this past month). Have also had a few early morning frosts too. I absolutely love watching your videos and have learned so much about gardening. A greenhouse with a wood stove is in the near future. We’ve been stocking up on used windows and lumber.
Hi Danielle! Yes, the whole secret with strawberries is you have to let them start the dormancy process before doing anything. Too early and they'll sprout, thinking its spring, messing with their whole cycle. I wouldn't cut any foliage now....let the plan experience winter (as you'll see in the video) and you should be good.
We just started up our wood burner in our 16x24 green house last night
@@gretchendavis8974 Nice Gretchen!! Is it like a rocket stove or a traditional one?
I am totally winging it with strawberries here in 6b. My first winter with them! I have some in an unheated greenhouse and some in a raised bed. I figure I have to learn their limits. It was great to have some fresh berries this year for sure! Thanks for all the great tips!
I think as long as they aren't bare exposed to negative 20 degrees, nor kept so warm that they break dormancy, they should be all right!
Yeah where I live we usually get -30 or colder for 2 weeks or so. I also have mine in raised beds, but built the boxes with stud sides so that I can put styrofoam insulation into the cavities.
That was REALLY useful. I have a ton of strawberry plants most of which I have grown from runners this year in the UK but I wasn't sure what to do over winter. Hopefully next year will be a bumper crop ! Best regards from the UK !
hey, I've grown strawberries for the first time this summer and I'm dreading winter, may I enquire how your plants were this summer(2023) ?
Hi I'm definitely going to do this now especially when I have my strawberries in a vermicompost bed. It'll insulate the worms and the strawberries, I will probably net the bed to to stop the wind blowing the leaves away.🙏💚👍😊
Sounds like a perfect plan Nick!
I ended up taking my alpine strawberries and two other ones I winter sowed from the containers and put them in my garden where I had pulled out tomatoes and beets. I hope they make it. I will repot in the spring.
Nice Andrea, what zone are you growing in.
My strawberry’s didn’t produce much this year but I believe they will next spring. Thanks for all the information on them. Im in zone 6. I have a pump room I think I will put them in there this winter since there is snow in the mountains already. ❤
Hey polly, if they were young or this was their first year in your patch, you can definitely expect a much bigger harvest next year!
You are so friggen amazing. Period. Thank you!!
Thank you for this video 😊
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Thanks so much for watching Danielle! 🙂
This video is so good, it has me subscribing to your channel! I have container strawberries that I will overwinter in our unheated greenhouse. Thanks for your help!
Thanks for this video!! Zone 6 and first time growing strawberries and was worried what to do this coming winter
Jeff you make my winter easier, thank you!
Where do get seedless straw?
I have way to many strawberries, most of them in ground. Also 6 buckets and 12 pack of starters. I brought my starters in, that's a mistake. We've had 3 night of frost. They missed it. Love this class today!
Zone 7 is fine. I think anything from 6 and lower is a bit trickier if you don’t bring them indoors. Here on long island we don’t really get below 20-25f often. Pretty sure adding some straw over the plants in containers and throwing a tarp over it should be perfect outdoors protecting it from unexpected harsh temps that dip close to 0 which again isn’t common at all. Upstate New York going more north which I believe is zone 6 gets horrible winters so for them it can be a bit more tricky.
We are in zone 3 and are able to overwinter containers, thick mulch and pile snow on top, just make sure they aren't in the sun where they freeze and thaw constantly.
@@jay90374are your plants in beds or planters?
Nice video, very informative tips. Thank you!
@@irismania thanks, glad you liked it!
Thanks for all the information, Jeff. I really need to get some strawberries growing next year in my grow bags. I do have a few plants, compliments of a bird, growing among my perennials 😂. But I would like a better dedicated area for them!! Happy gardening and have a wonderful day!!
Right on Eileen, let's plan to plant some in the spring! 🙂
I’m in 6a and mine are in large pots. I just mulch with chopped straw and they do great!
Perfect! Don't fix what isn't broken.
I love your videos from Chilliwack BC
So beautiful
Thanks! 🙂
Very useful and beneficial video thank you
@@SteveRoscoe-t2t cheers Steve, thanks for watching! :-)
Great presentation! I have never grown strawberries, and have a new 50 plug bed of them.
Excellent info. Thank you.
Cheers, thanks for watching!
Great video, I bought straw so I'll wait for the cold to come. Go Riders! next year. 😕
Yep I’m still harvesting fruit and runners
Isn't it the best Liam??
Excellent!! Thank you!
Cheers, thanks for watching!
I am in zone 6a. My strawberries are planted in raised beds. We have not had a frost yet.
I have four consecutive nights coming of below freezing in the 20s, then high 50s/low 60s in the day with 40° nights for the available long range forecast.
Should I cover them with straw after the third night?
What do you recomend doing with them during the warmer winter days?
Thank you 😊
@@ninclarke1357 cheers!
Zone 6b North Carolina mountains… we had an especially bad cold spell last year. Burst all the pipes in our cabin. Killed back the hydrangeas, butterfly bushes, akuba, lilac, and more to their crowns. I did NOTHING to protect my 6 first year in ground strawberries and they all survived! Beginners luck? 🤔 Since they did so well, I added 18 more this year. Some are in a sunny south facing slope. Some in a rock wall raised bed, which retains heat. So probably the locations I chose helped.
I just found your content. I bought my first strawberry plant in June! I had 2 but one died immediately (got them from Wal-Mart so go figure) and the other nearly did. Got it back and was even able to get 3 new strawberry plants from the runners and have 2 tiny ones growing from skinning a strawberry and using those seeds. I have a question regarding wintering the plants. I'm in zone 6 and am looking at building a small greenhouse for my growing hobby. Would an unheated greenhouse be ample EXTRA protection for potted strawberries on top of mulching and trimming?
Awesome videos btw. I credit my strawberry coming back from the brink of death and it's new thriving due to watching your videos. So thanks for that! My 5 year old son thanks you too. He was so excited to eat a fresh strawberry that he just picked one and ate it without checking with me first and it still wasn't ripe. Haha. But he checked with me on the second and was thrilled to eat it.
Love your videos! Theyve been helping me learn so much!! Ive got some new strawberries i planted in May that I bought off Etsy, theyre supposed to be "pineberries", a pineapple flavored strawberry. (We will see, maybe i got scammed lol) It will be the first fruit I've grown and im so excited to get a harvest next year! Im in 7A and they are in containers. The leaves are still bright green and tall despite the temps just dropping to around freezing, for the 2nd day. Should I be waiting for 3 consecutive days of freezing temps, or actual frost on the ground/plants?
Thank you!
That sounds delicious Faye!! For the frost, I really wait for dormancy to trigger....3 hard frosts is the minimum...more can work better sometimes, especially in warmer areas where winter might not hit like a ton of bricks. 🙂
@@TheRipeTomatoFarms Thank you for the info!! :)
@@MrsFaye no problem!
11/03/2024 Zone 8 (Greenville SC). Temps 50°f to 85°f; I want to to move strawberry plants to small containers so I can use that garden space for collards.
I presume it is OK to dig up and put in small pots now. Then after three hard frosts start mulching and keep them dormant?
Astounding video! Thx!
Great info, thank you
Cheers, thanks so much for watching!
First, I love your video's they are so informative, and I can understand them and still not feel confused by some. This is my first year planting strawberries. I got some runners from my daughter and some of my own. It is the first week of September in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. I put my runners in water like your video showed and the roots are growing like weeds. What I want to know is, is it too late to plant them in my garden or should I pot them and keep them in my basement until next spring.? I could really use your help. I need to do something with them before it's too late. Thank you
@@christineberube2122 hi Christine, thanks for the kind words! Ideally you would plant them in the garden now. You do need at least 4 weeks until your first fall frost date though for them to get established. They are designed to go dormant, so you don't want to grow them inside at any point. You could pot them up and place them in a more protected area however, if you're running short on time, but they still need to go dormant over winter. Best of luck!
Hearing zone 3B hard Frost hits about first week of November. Early October. Almost ready
Subscribed the second i saw the rough riders toque
Yessssss.....see the tie game last night? Ooooh boy.....
Thanks!
Thanks so much Kathleen... Too kind!
Hey Jeff,
I have 5 3-gallon plastic pots of strawberries and wondering if I can overwinter them in my unheated greenhouse. They are currently sitting in the greenhouse in a raised bed, which I can cover with plastic covered hoops. I am in zone 5b. Thanks for ALL your great videos!
Hi Jeff. Love your videos and thanks for sharing. I have a question that I hope you can help me with. Should I separate the mother plant which has about 5 plants together now being the first of October or wait for spring. If I separate them now will the plants survive.
If your runners have roots growing out of them clip the string connected to the mother plant and plant them separatley. They will live if you dont clip the string but it helps keep your new plants from eventually becoming a tangeled mess.
Do you have a video talking about and stating the different zone areas?
I'm in zone 3 and come spring when the snow melts I will often still have green leaves on the strawberries under the mulch.
Tough plants eh?!!
Thank you for another excellent video, full of useful information 😊 but a couple of questions, What size grow bag would be suitable for growing strawberries and how many plants would comfortably fit🍓?
Enjoying your videos from the land down under (Australia) 🇦🇺
❤ thank you so much
I'm in zone 4a and this is my first year to grow strawberries. I just put the root ones in pots and know they will not grow this year. but our winters suck so I want to make sure to do this right. I have a sun room that is closed off during the winter but has 0 heat. if I put them in the sun room do I need to mulch them still since snow cant get them? do I mulch them as if they were outside? or should I put them in my basement that can fluctuate between 65-80 deg during the winter months? its only 10 pots and i don't want them to die being my first batch. will a basement work to keep them alive? they will get no sun light so should i still cover them with mulch or just leave them exposed in the basement?
Hi! Your videos are very helpful - thank you! I went from 4 dead strawberry plants to 2 thriving Albion’s that gave me 3 runners that are successfully on their own now! Question: is there anything you recommend doing when there is likely 6-8 weeks where my strawberries will have significantly decreased direct sun, decreased temperatures, but the first frost will not have happened? I’m decreasing watering but anything else? My zone is 7b on Long Island and even when we eventually get snow it’s often rained away by the end of the day.
Follow up question: The three runners that are rooted on their own, anything special in winterizing these? (They’ve been in smaller pots in full sun.) One seems very unhappy - leaves turning brown and almost fuzzy looking.
Thanks dude
Cheers! Thanks for watching!
Thank you for info
thank you
Omg it snowed by you already, it was 72f yesterday, 53f today but no freeze yet
Yup, sadly Timothy! Don't usually get it until January!
Hey Jeff, am I right in thinking that you are using the Canadian issued zones?
I did a deep dive into this issue a while back and found the official Canadian zone numbering is very different then the USA zone numbering.
Not only that, but the Canadian version of the USA zone numbers is different again!
ARGH!
It appears that most of the shops I visit, their suppliers use the US hardiness zones as their guide. 😥
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For ease of understanding, I always use the USDA zone descriptions.
If I grow in hanging baskets in the greenhouse (poly) do I need to take them outside or can they just stay inside? If they are are in said pots do I still mulch them? Great details as always Jeff, have a super week, Ali Langley BC 🇨🇦
Hey Ali, they do need sub zero temps during the winter at some point. If your greenhouse stays too warm, they won't get their much needed rest and dormancy.
@@TheRipeTomatoFarms perfect thank you Jeff although it can get quite cold in there subzero most likely is a stretch so I’ll put up on a table all together 👍👍
I just started gardening 3 years ago and I put 1 strawberry plant in 10 Gal. grow bag, well now there’s like 7-8 plants in some of the bags and real crowded can I dig up and replant some without killing them and when is the best time to do it. Thanks in advance for any help. I’m in CT.
Hi, this year I bought a Greenstalk for my strawberries, because I was tired of losing my harvests to the slugs by planting them inground. I'm in Vermont, zone 5 B/ microclimate zone 6, by the way. So it's cold, and in recent years, it's been damp. At first, the Greenstalk seemed to work, all my strawberries set lots of fruit, but once the strawberries started ripening, the slugs managed to find them, and possibly a bit of bird action too, and I never seemed to get a whole unscathed strawberry, without some kind of pest damage. What do you suggest? I really like your approach to strawberries, and that you take all the zones into account. Thank you!
In wny I put a "U" shape fence up in the corner of the yard, open side facing into the prevailing winds and put all my potted plants, strawberries, small tree clones, blackberry clones, and just leaf blow to fill the fill the "u" with maple leaves. It can be 2-3 feet deep and maybe 12x12 ft, full of my potted fruit plants. Come spring I pull the fence and leaf blow the mulch back off and bam...I haven't lost straw, black, blue berries and I clone a lot of currents so 1-3yr "sticks" of current bushes. Everything makes it just fine
Keep doing what's working for you.... Don't fix what isn't broken!
Looks like you’re using the tack straw mulch. I’ve bought that at Tractor Supply for $16. 🤔Would cutting back the plants and doing a “chop and drop” be ok? I’m thinking it would cut back on how much straw I needed to use plus add nutrients back into the soil🤔🤔 I also have access to free burlap/jute sacks from a local coffee roaster. 🤔Would these be ok as an added layer over the straw? I live in NJ (zone 7b?)
I planted seeds quite a few years ago and could never find the plants. Well the birds etc must have been eating them and spreading the seeds because now the whole East side of the house and a few spots in the backyard have plants. The berries are very small though. Thinking of making a bed in the sun next year and transplanting some in good soil. I've never had to do anything for them in zone 5 Ontario Canada. Thanks for all the tips.
Those sound like actual wild strawberries, they are the best tasting of all, though small 😄 Spread some manure thinly and cover with leaves, I would consider that like a gold mine.
Um, where I live it is usually very up and down during all of winter. We usually get snow for a coupple of days and then around 5°C maybe, for a week or so and then snow again for a night or two and so on... How do I best protect them from thinking it is spring every other week? Is it better to just leave them to handle it by themselves or should I still cover them? And if I don't cover them maybe they need the extra cover and insulation from the dead folige? This is my first year growing stawberries ever and my country is very ...um long , that is to say it's been snowing for weeks up north already but here it is just raining and we usually don't see much snow until after christmas, if then... (Sweden) so I'm having troubble finding advice for my area. It is not very cold but it is darker than most other places in europe in the winter time. I really liked your video but I am still not sure about what to do with my own plants. Should I wait for the night temp to go below zero 3 days in a row nomatter what follows or should I wait for snow (but by the time it comes the light has already turned again) or should I focus more on the light than the cold and the fact that it is darkest around dec 21st? It was very nice to hear that I shouldn't start fixing things too early though. I thought I was late already. Huge relief. Thank you for all this advice and if you have any extra for me it would be super appreciated.
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I am considering growing strawberries next year (2025). I live in Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada and in an apartment though. I use containers of course and pile then up them up close to the building over winter. Could I use shredded paper instead of straw? I am sorry for these strange questions but I don't know who to ask! Your videos are very informative! Thank you!
@@patriciawight5989 both shredded paper and dried leaves work as an insulating mulch
Thank you! Growing strawberries is worth a try!
@@patriciawight5989 oh, it most certainly is. Once you find your groove with them, they will be superstar performers for you!
12:56 Hi. I have planted my strawberries in barrel. Now, realizing it's nearly impossible to move, how do i prep and save them through the up to -45 degrees? Zone 2b.😢
Super helpful. All of my strawberries are in containers. It was my first year with them. Almost 100. We’re in 9b. I’ve been starting at them scratching my head trying figure out what to do next and then boom, your video pops up lol
Right on Lidia! 9b is literally utopia for container strawberries!!
4 inches of snow and -4C on Saturday has but on hurt on our extended warm fall in Southern ontario. Time to winterize the berries. also I will be prepping rows for next year. My question is can I put tomatoes where my peppers are and peppers where my tomatoes are now for next year??
I let my first time ever planting, first year strawberry plants in upright garden go crazy. (I was mad no strawberries at all ) Before I put the mulch on them for winter, should i separate and replant or wait till after winter?
@@TheCmg061 if they aren't over crowded, I'd just leave them
How would I know what zone I am in? I am in Thunder Bay, Ont Canada
A USDA Hardiness Zone Map is used, or, more easily, you just look it up. Thunder Bay is usually considered zone 4b. 🙂
Thanks, Jeff… I rely on all of your videos for the best way to grow strawberries! I live in Zone 7 and have 5”x5” wooden planter troughs hanging on a fence. Last winter I lost almost all of my strawberries because I didn’t winterize properly. In addition to the thick straw mulch layer, what is your opinion of also covering these planters with a light blanket during the coldest part of winter?
I would recommend a burlap cloth to allow for air flow.
Hello, I watched all
Of your strawberry winterizing videos. The one short one says not to bring into unheated garage. Anyway I’m in WI and I brought one in last year and it died. I read it was because I didn’t water them occasionally in my garage. None of your videos say that so if I bring them in how often and how much do they have to be watered? Thanks
I live in Pennsylvania, 6B. Usually only gets down to the single digits. Should I mulch after three frosts and leave outside or mulch and put in my garage which is not heated?
Strawberries can take it pretty cold.... The worst thing is having them actually break dormancy in the middle of winter. If your garage can stay cold enough, that would be viable too.
Thank you so much! I appreciate you answering me back and for all the great info in your videos!!
i’m in zone 8a in virginia beach. it never snows here. only has once in the 4 years we’ve been here. do i need to winterize my strawberries still?
do we cut back the leaves that have a few flowers and the few berries on them, when I trimming back for winter, most of our leaves have turned brown to yellow, we in Canada, zone 3b, it's been -2C to -4C over night for the last 4 nights
I trim either everything, or nothing. I tend not to leave just a few shoots or berries. Definitely don't cut any flowers during mid winter.... It can be COLD when the plants start to put out next year's flowers!