transplanting strawberries

[canuck]

I was wondering if it is better to transplant the strawberry runners in the fall or leave them until spring?

[hendi_alex]

In general young strawberry plant panted in the fall will produce a decent crop of full sized fruit the next summer. Strawberry plants planted in the spring usually don't set a full crop until the next year. Here in S.C., fall transplanted strawberries do not go fully dormant and enjoy a good bit of growth prior to the next fruit season. So for me, fall panting is the hands down winner in that decision.

[aqh88]

Up in canada I'd move them in the spring. It's suggested here unless you really mulch in the new plants and cover them in several inches of straw.