whens the best time of year to put some strawberry plants in my planter?

[milkgoddess]

anyideas?

was thinking sometime soonish....

anyone? according to the sign in the garden center you can pot them up now, but they wouldsay that wouldn't they

come on, im sure theirs some sberry growers in here somewhere!

Well, I've got a pot out the back that has a strawb plant I planted 2 summers ago and has survived 2 winters, so yes I'd have thought so .... tho' of course it could be a softy pampered greenhouse-grown plant that may need a bit of sheltering when it first meets the harsh outdoors!

oh thanks pv,thought i had the lurgy or something do you think i should get them now then or wait a few weeks ?

I'm trying to think when I planted them originally ... I have a feeling it was around April.

Hmmm, most varieties fruit in June, they need to grow and flower before then .... I'd say risk it and put them out now. If it looks as though you may get some hard frosts after they've first gone out you could aways throw a sheet of newspaper or something over them to protect them.

Good luck!

ok ill put them out then, thanks pv