Strawberries gone wild

I had a wonderful patch of June bearing berries this year. Over the summer/fall they have spread into the flower beds and other garden areas where corn had grown. What should I do? When do I cut the runners off and plant them in a better situation so they are not a huge mass of vines? I never dreamed they would produce so many fines in a single summer. What would you recommend I do to plant them so they do not fill the entire garden space next year? I do not have room for the 'strawberry rings' where layers are made.

Any info will be welcome. Kathy

Junebearers should be cut down to the crowns and thinned out after they are finished bearing for the year. Otherwise they will spread to cover the globe.

You can probably still do this now - at least the thinning part.

Oh great. Well, if they spread that much does that mean I will just have tons more berries? Or just more plants? I must get them under control at some point, maybe after they fruit this June. It the thinning part just to contain them or will the new plants not produce the first year? I never expected them to spread like this.
Thanks for the info and I hope you can provide more.

You'll have more berries next year, but after that returns will diminish. Daughter plants from this year will definitely fruit next year, but returns per plant diminish when they are crowded. Plants crowded together promote disease , don't get enough sun, and make it harder to pick when you can't see the berries in all the tangle, or reach them.

After they fruit, run the lawmower over them, then thin them back to one per 8 - 12 inches apart in the row, and get rid of the ones that escaped the row.

Got it. Thanks for the clear instructions!

Kathy

I just spent the afternoon on my knees, digging some invasive weed out of my Junebearers.

How large is your patch? The honeycoe or something like that is the variety I have. They were wonderful berries.
Kathy

Honeyoe, probably.

I have one 24 ft row of Junebearers and another row of everbearers, but I dug them up this year and will replant with Tribute in a different location.

I'm not really sure what the Junebearers are now, as I planted different varieties on either end of the row.

Do you put plant food on them in spring?

I feed them after thinning.

They like a 10-10-10 fertilizer, not too heavy on the nitrogen, or you get all leaves and few berries.

Thanks!