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First-year care Remove blossoms Remove blooms on newly planted strawberries. If berries are allowed to develop, they deplete the food reserves of the plant and delay runner production. Cultivate Perhaps the most important practice in a new strawberry planting is cultivation. For the first six weeks or so it should be frequent — perhaps once a week. Culivation has two benefits: It kills weeds. It loosens soil for better runner penetration. If necessary, herbicides can be an effective tool in controlling weeds in strawberries. Train runners To establish manageable rows, train runners to root in the row rather than the aisle between rows all code from someone else