Can I dig up my strawberries to transplant them somewhere else now?

Evening all,

I wish to move the strawberries I planted summer just past to another area in the allotment where other fruiting crops are growing and I was wondering if I can do this now or should I wait until it gets 'warmer'?

Is there a set 'seasonal time' when strawberries can be planted?

Many thanks,

Samuel

 

My strawberries are showing signs of growth, so I should shift them now with as large a soil ball as you can to ensure least chance of root disturbance. Cheers, Tony

 

Hopefully you can as I've just moved my strawberries. First time the weather has been good enough. Hopefully they will now grow away as it warms up.
Nigel

 

Firm them in well, with the heel of your boot. If you can pull them up by pulling one leaf, then you've not firmed them in well enough

 

Autumn would have been better, time is a bit short to establish them this year before flowering & fruiting (I think conventional advice is that for Spring planting remove flowers to prevent fruiting, in order to favour plant development, in the first year - the exception being if you buy in plants that have been cold-conditioned - which causes them to then fruit in X weeks)

I've always thought the advice contradictory though ...

http://apps.rhs.org.uk/advicesearch/profile.aspx?pid=306

• Plant in early autumn or in mid-spring
• Remove flowers from spring-planted strawberries in the first season to encourage their roots to establish