I wouldn't remove them. In fact you need a little more mulch in the form of straw, shredded newspaper or other coarse material to keep your berries clean this season. While adding that just cover the dead leaves. I like to have mulch on lightly very early so new growth will emerge through the mulch.

The diseases that you need to be most concerned about like Red Steele or Verticillium are best controlled by planting resistant varieties. Cutting off dead leaves may actually just expose plants to infection.

My experience has been that dead strawberry leaves take a LONG time to dispose of themselves. I clip off dead leaves during spring cleanup.

i clip them off as well. agree if you are in a humid area it will improve air circulation.

I am in the PNW so it is very wet. Hoping the straw will keep the berries from rotting this year.

I usually cut it down to the crown in the winter so it can have fresh growth in the spring. Old leaves promotes fungus and bad things. Strawberries are very close to the ground so you want to keep it clean of dead leaves and bugs.

What soil do you have them planted in? I am starting a pyramid bed this year and need advice!

Thank you!

I hope it works out. My kids love strawberries and I had a planter last year with all the random levels on it. This year I'm going bigger! We only had 10 strawberries last year. I ordered 10 ozark beauties and 10 Gurneys whopper berries. I already have 9 blueberry bushes and 4 raspberry bushes but my kids are an unstoppable eating force! I'm lucky to even get a berry! (& when I do, it's becuase the kids have deemed it funny looking hahaha)

Yeah I had blueberries and raspberries in the same raised bed but then the acidic soil was killing my raspberrys and I had to move the hahaha. People told me it would be fine but it was not. Lol!