dyzzypyxxy said:Kim, definitely in England you will need to grow your strawberries in as much sun as you can find for them. I'm originally from British Columbia, so a very similar climate there, but they do grow strawberries commercially around Vancouver, too. We did keep our plants for more than one year, but still separated and planted the offsets (once they have roots) as well, to increase the size of the yield. I would move them as soon as possible to the sunnier location.
Strawberries are sadly one of those things that everybody likes - including bugs, mice, birds, squirrels, rabbits, raccoons, deer, bears and other people. The smell of ripening strawberries will attract wildlife like nothing else! You might want to consider surrounding them with a cage made of something strong like window screening or even chicken wire to keep as many others from your berries as possible. Oh, and I'd plant more than 4 plants if you ever want to have enough for a dessert or two . . .
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