Summer (June-fruiting) strawberries give one crop per season - better quality and more of them than perpetual strawberries which give two crops a year.

• Plant in spring (fresh runners), or summer (using cold-stored runners), or autumn until October (fresh runners again).   The earlier you plant, the better the crop next year - and October planting will yield a modest crop.
• Plant at 15 inches between plants, and 24 inches between rows.   The crown should be at soil level, and not buried.   The bed should be well manured or composted.
• Care
  • Water well during dry spells.
  • Protect the berries from the birds with a net!
  • Lay a mulch under the fruit - traditionally straw was used, but black plastic is easier.
• Propagate from runners on healthy plants, by pegging a runner into a 3.5 inch pot, stuck well into the soil.   When the runner has set a strong root system, after 4-6 weeks, it can be detached from the parent plant.
• After three or four years, the plants will be exhausted and need to be removed.   Start a new bed somewhere else in the allotment.