How to Weed Around Strawberry Plants

Apply a non-selective herbicide to the soil where you intend to plant strawberries in the summer or fall before you plan to start growing the plants.

Till the soil with a garden till or spade about one week after applying the herbicide. Look for signs that weeds and plants in the area have started to die back before tilling the area.

Reapply the non-selective herbicide several weeks after tilling it, once weeds begin to grow back. Continue this process as needed until perennial weeds no longer grow back after applying an herbicide.

Pull hands by weed as they appear in the bed. This is especially important for weeds you find near the plants themselves, because they may stifle plant growth and hamper your harvest.

Pile soil on weeds growing between garden rows to stifle their growth and prevent them from spreading elsewhere in the bed space.

Apply spot applications of the herbicide to the strawberry bed space as weeds pop up during the growing season. These types of applications are best for controlling weedy grasses or broadleaf weeds.