Cutting off first strawberries on brand new plants?

[frdnicholas]

I'm remembering vaguely something with new strawberry plants cutting off the first little strawberries. Does this sound familiar or am I remembering wrong? These are brand new in pots. I'm in Southeast Coastal Georgia if that bears anything.

 

[MowgFace]

What type of strawberry?

Since you are getting pretty close to June, if your berries are June bearing you may want to preserve any of the flowers/forming berries.

If your plant is everbearing, you can always trim back the flowers or berries in order to encourage more vegetative growth prior to your large summer harvest.