I dug up all my old strawberries to plant new ones. Can I do anything with the old ones? I was thinking I could plant them in an out of the way corner and harvest the runners off of them for planting next year. And what about dividing them? Does that encourage new fruit growth?
Thanks in advance for your help

From what I see, strawberries are perennials living 3 yrs approx. before they die, can be used to create daughter plants from runners, but will die as production reduces. I don't believe dividing will help, but a higher NPK like 18-18-21 might give them a boost? It seems they fare best with keeping 3 runners to each plant. Luck!!!

I can't say for sure, but it feels like (unless there is disease carried in the tissue) runners are new baby fresh plants every time, so why can't they develop to good mothers, given the right care? (space, fertilizer, water, sun) I'd be very tempted to take the best looking of the old plants and try them.