Strawberry plants

[northernballer]

I'm trying to get into growing more fruit and veg with varying degrees of success but did well this year with my strawberry plant.

It sent out runners so I planted these into little pots in the ground and have now snipped off the runner bit and taken the pots out of the bed.

There is conflicting advice about whether I should now plant them jn the ground or leave them in their pots and plant out in the spring, I read I can keep them in the garage with no light to protect them from the frost this way?

Bit confused so any help gratefully received!

They will need some light, so best to plant out if yours doesn’t have light.

disclaimer- I didn’t plant them so am not in the know, but I have strawberry plants in the front garden which have a bumper crop this year. They were planted by previous owner and I moved last year. This is my first winter with them.

from what I have read, mine are staying in the ground and I was going to get some mulch covers to go around the stems. I don’t know if this helps you OP but hopefully some experts will be along shortly!

I'm no expert with strawberries, I just leave my lot to make their own arrangements and root their runners wherever they want to. If any are in the wrong place I just move them somewhere else. I've never protected them in the winter.

I’d plant them out now. Th3 soil is still warm and moist. They will root well and you won’t have to worry about them over winter. The6 don’t need winter protection.

Thank you all, planted them out today and will forget about them till the spring.

They grow like weeds here. Never protected them.