Last year I planted six strawberry plants in my Original Earth Box. At the end of the season, I cut the plants down to the crown and drained the box. I stored the box in my unheated garage. In the early spring my plants started to grow. Today I did the re-fertilizer thing. I want to apply a new mulch cover but can't quite figure out how to get those holes properly positioned over the plants because they are really taking off. I tried it once and already wasted one cover--along with breaking many plant stems. I'm thinking of trimming the plants close to the soil--even though I have some growth with flowers on it already--to make the positioning easier. It will grow back, and its still early. I'm in Pennsylvania, and its even supposed to snow this week. Any suggestions? I did think of digging up the plants and then replanting after the mulch cover is on...but decided not to do that. HELP!
