Are these strawberries cooked?

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The leaves shriveled after transplanting. A few of them have little greenish fuzzy sprouts, but don't seem to be growing much more. Is there any hope they'll make new leaves
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Been keeping them in the shade as per the instructions that came with them.
 

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Strawberries have amazing powers of recovery, they don't look great, bbut keep them damp and hang on a bit longer, how long since you planted them?
If you do have to replace them I don't know what they are, but I bought some Malling champions, they are perpetual strawberries, produce from May to first frost rather than just in a couple of weeks in June. Not quite as prolific as the old ones, I'm keeping a bed of them for jam when you want a whole bunch at once, but great for a few fruits to add to things.
 
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That sounds delicious. These ones are actually locals, the same or very close to the wild ones chat grow outside. I know them to be sturdy neighbors that take over edges of lawns, so if I can get them to establish well they'll last forever. But I won't ever make jam out of them. More of a snacking, garnish type of berry but very tasty. Will have to keep the name Malling in mind if I ever need lots of fruit.

It's been a couple of weeks for these ones, but I'll hold out hope a bit longer.
 

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Most strawberries stop producing after three or four years, so look out for runners when you get them going. If yu can find a runner pegging it down in a pot next to the plant is just about the best way to reproduce strawberries.
Malling is a plant research centre in Kent, those particular ones may not be available in the US, but look for perpetual strawberries, not perennial, that's something different. Perpetuals should produce from early spring to first Autumn frosts, they don't produce huge amounts, for that I grow the normal ones that only produce in early summer, those I found already planted in the last garden but three I moved into and have kept going with runners each time I moved.
 

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