Why replant strawberries?

TZ-OH6 · May 18, 2009

I'm a bit confused about the need to replant strawberries every 3-4 years. I understand that the mother plants run down, but can't you just take out the 4 yro mother plants and leave the still productive younger plants that grew up from runners? Is it a matter of density inhibition/thinning out the bed? I'm thinking that there should be some type of yearly maintenance that could keep a small plot producing well year after year. And exactly how do you replant the bed? Pull up young plants and reset them or do you have to buy new sets (and why are they different)?

May 18, 2009	#1
TZ-OH6 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Mid-Ohio Posts: 850	Why replant strawberries? I'm a bit confused about the need to replant strawberries every 3-4 years. I understand that the mother plants run down, but can't you just take out the 4 yro mother plants and leave the still productive younger plants that grew up from runners? Is it a matter of density inhibition/thinning out the bed? I'm thinking that there should be some type of yearly maintenance that could keep a small plot producing well year after year. And exactly how do you replant the bed? Pull up young plants and reset them or do you have to buy new sets (and why are they different)?