What to do with strawberry plants

My strawberry plants have stopped fruiting so unsure what to do next I know some people on my allotment site cut them all back and they re-grow next year.

 

Trim them back, clean them off, pot up any runners and feed with fish blood and bone Paul.

 

Fishbone and blood is that a liquid feed

 

Nope , a powderish type of product, available in most places, a handful per square mtr. lightly forked in as a general guide line, though do use gloves and avoid inhaling any dust.

 

Prob the best all round organic fertiliser. I prefer to use it in granular form

 

Hi Verdun when you say trim them back do I just remove all the leaves.I have potted up some runners.

 

Morning Paul, I actually cut everything back hard. It cleans the plants of rubbish and they regrow fast. Feed, water and mulch for great crop next year

 

What is the best thing to use to mulch them I was thinking of bark or straw.

 

Yes, either Paul. I prefer straw from spring onwards though so maybe bark for now and straw when fruit is forming (keeps fruit clean, dry and slug free)