How Do I Prepare My Strawberry Plants For Winter?

@WebMann (4731)
Canada
October 28, 2009 11:44am CST
I planted some strawberry plants two years ago. The first year I just let them go so they would get stronger and this past summer we had a lot of strawberries. It was awesome. Now the summer is over, we have had a couple of frosts already and I am wondering if there is something I should be doing before we get snow? How do you prepare you strawberry plants for winter?
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peavey
@peavey (16936)
• United States
2 Nov 09
Strawberry plants are very hardy. I live in northern Colorado and it gets pretty cold here and I don't do anything to my strawberries. The leaves stay green almost all winter. If you want to do something, just pile a little mulch loosely around them.
WebMann
@WebMann (4731)
• Canada
2 Nov 09
We have our strawberries in a raised bed. Last year we did absolutely nothing to them for the winter and we had a great harvest of strawberries. I was just wondering if we had lucked out or if they really were that hardy. Our strawberry plants have changed from green leaves to red leaves.
peavey
@peavey (16936)
• United States
2 Nov 09
Yes, the leaves will turn red or bronze... when I said "green" I meant that they don't die back. Sorry for not explaining it better! Your strawberries should do fine.