Strawberry foliage not died off.

 My existing and new strawbs foliage is still present.
I thought that they should wilt and die before spring.

Baz

 

Mine's the same. Conventional wisdom says that, about now, we chop off
the dead stuff to let the new green growth develop. This is new
territory for me but I'm planning to work on the basis that the old
growth will simply suck nutrient from the flowers/berries and at the
moment it's bigger than the new so while I've got that distinction I'm
going to chop it off.

Cheers, Jake
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Urgling happily from the dryer end of Swansea Bay where
the four seasons are salt,pepper,mustard and vinegar.

 

You cut off the old stuff, as soon after harvest as possible, clears
away all the bugs and nasty's, and allows the sun to get to the
crowns, so boosting the next year crop.

but this year we got a second crop, and the leaves grew and confused
all. I am going to wait until march, and remove all leaves again, but
willing to listen to anyone with a better idea.


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3 ideas all saying cut off last years foliage. That's what I am going to
do. When it is done, it's done, no going back. Let's hope we are right, but
no big deal we will have our strawbs, maybe bigger, maybe smaller. Time
will tell.

If you read this, what feed do you use? I use tomato liquid feed, probably
not the best thing.

Baz

 
(Sulphate of?) potash.  But we're migrating the strawberry patch to a
covered patch full of mixed-animal-poo this year, as it's getting too weedy
and the soil is horrid.  Need to get the runners from last year put in asap.