Transplanting Strawberries (spring, nursery, frost, summer)

[guidoLaMoto]

I planted about 50 strawberry plants last fall in a less than ideal place, anticipating construction traffic over this summer. (Good harvest this summer.) I'd like to move them to a sunnier, permanent location now that the traffic is almost gone.

Anybody with experience/knowledge on this? Is fall or spring better? When in relation to frost dates?

[Hemlock140]

Actually, now is the best time, after the worst of the summer heat is over (early fall). They can survive the frost as long as the roots can have a chance to become established before the first one comes, hopefully not for another 6-8 weeks. If you get frost earlier than late October, better to wait until spring, after the last hard freeze.

[guidoLaMoto]

Thanks for the advice-- verified here: Transplanting Strawberries | Strawberry Plants .org

There's a website for everything, isn't there?

[Isleofpalms85]

I would say that whether spring or fall is a better time to transplant would depend on whether you live in a warm or a cold climate, here in central Indiana, I can recall transplanting strawberry plants in early or mid April(this was a little bit earlier than what the people at the nursery recommended, so we had to provide protection against frosty or freezing temperatures),
So, what I can tell you is that in a cold climate like Indiana, spring would probably be a better time to transplant strawberries, and I would presume that in warmer climates that either spring or fall would work, hope I helped