Rural Gardening: On the May Homestead, 1 by darius

darius wrote:
I got sidetracked in the garden (don't we all?), and got a bonus. I can use strawberry plants as a ground cover around my apple tree, and the other day I bought just one for $2, remembering there are a few in a semi-neglected bed against the deck. Each year I get maybe half a dozen berries because the berries get lost amongst the hostas, spearmint and Siberian iris... and they get no sun at all except a couple at the edge. I really didn't have any idea how many strawberry plants were in there.

I just dug up between 50-75 to transplant!! A few (maybe 8-10) have some berries, which I assume may not survive transplanting... anyone know if I should just cut them off now or take a chance on fruit ripening? I know the plants will root and grow better without the berries... but selfishly I'd like to leave a few berries to ripen anyway.