How to Replant Wild Strawberry

Wild strawberries (Fragaria virginiana) are creeping fruit-bearing plants that grow wild in forests, meadows, along roads and streams. This variety of strawberry plant reaches up to 6 inches tall with tri-leaves 1 to 1 1/2 inches long. The leaves are edged with small, jagged teeth. Wild strawberries put out runners, which are stems that grow sideways and produce new plants. These plants bloom from April through June and form strawberries after the blossoms disappear.

Bucket
Shovel
Hand trowel

Instructions

- 1
  Place the wild strawberry plant roots in a bucket of air temperature water. Do not use cold water, as it might cause the plants to go into shock. Let the plants soak for 30 minutes.
- 2
  Dig up the soil to the depth of 6 inches with a shovel and break up the dirt clumps. Locate the strawberry bed in an area with full sunlight. Loose sandy soil with lots of organic material is best for replanting wild strawberry plants.
- 3
  Dig a hole as deep as the roots with a hand trowel. Place a 2-inch mound of soil in the middle of the hole. Do not compact the soil, keep it loose.
- 4
  Place a wild strawberry plant in the hole and spread its roots down the sides of the mound. Adjust the soil mound so that the wild strawberry crown is just above ground level.
- 5
  Cover the roots with soil and firm it around the roots. Plant the rest of the wild strawberry plants 12 inches apart in rows 30 to 40 inches apart. Water the soil and keep the plants moist until they are growing vigorously.

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