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throughout the summer and irrigate when necessary during dry periods to keep plants growing steadily. Fertilize again in the fall and renew mulch after freezing weather begins.
Early next spring, it would be a good idea to start a new strawberry patch so that you can turn the one you renovated this year into a fall garden or plant a cover crop in its place. Two really good harvests are about all you can expect from one patch so it’s nice to have another one ready.
Some people report maintaining the same patch for many years. Either they have been incredibly fortunate with insects and disease and have the most unbelievable soil in the area, or they have become accustomed to poor quality and low yield, and forgotten that things can be much better.
Don’t try to scavenge plants from last year’s beds to start a new patch. Old plants will likely infest the bed with red stele or other diseases and insects. Instead, order disease-free plants and experiment with new varieties.
If your strawberry harvest comes from a strawberry jar, crock, raised pyramid or other container, it is equally important to renovate it and insure vigorous growth for next years. Try the “hill” system of cultivation for such containers. Select the most vigorous plants and remove all others that developed oyer the last year. Keep all runners removed so that all of the plant’s energy goes into development of the primary plant. Use hand shears to remove last year’s foliage one inch above the soil level to eliminate insect and diseases that they may harbor.
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