6. Pruning
Pruning is an essential part of growing most types of different fruit plants, and it’s one of the parts of gardening that novice gardeners will have the most questions about: How much do you prune, and how often do you do it? Can you prune a strawberry plant too far, or too frequently?
The best way to approach pruning for your strawberry plants is to keep an eye on your plants and develop a keen “feel” for when your plants need pruning instead of through trying to schedule it.
While you can easily guide nature and plant growth, you should never try to force it. Thus, pruning should be done in cases where leaves start to die off or strawberries start to drop away – and generally not before or after this stage.
Remove parts of the plant so that there’s enough left for it to continue growing; trim too closely and you’re only delaying the growth of your plant.