Cover with straw now and in early spring, when you remove the straw, remove some of the daughter plants so that it is not too crowded in the bed. If the small plants have rooted you can transplant them to containers or another garden bed. If you leave some of the small plants in the raised bed cut the runners from the mother plant. See our strawberry page at http://www.almanac.com/plant/strawberries for more information.
Cover with straw now and in early spring, when you remove the straw, remove some of the daughter plants so that it is not too crowded in the bed. If the small plants have rooted you can transplant them to containers or another garden bed. If you leave some of the small plants in the raised bed cut the runners from the mother plant. See our strawberry page at http://www.almanac.com/plant/strawberries for more information.