Jan:

Curling leaves on strawberries in not normal, and probably indicates that your plants have a fungal disease. Have you had a lot of rain lately? Normally, you think of a raised bed as having good drainage, but is that true of yours? Do you have any mulch or other organic material around your plants that might encourage the development of fungal diseases? The best way to grow strawberries in difficult, humid climates is through black plastic laid down before the plants are installed.

Google "strawberry diseases" and you will find that there are dozens of different fungal infections that can affect strawberries, some more common than others. Most of these are promoted by consistently damp soil and/or the presence of nearby mulch or other materials that hatch out fungal infections.

Some of the newer strawberry varieties have been developed with some disease resistance, though none are invulnerable. What variety of strawberry are you growing?

Don Yellman, Great Falls, VA

The entire month of May was wet here in Georgia. Bed drainage is good. And yes, I put leaf mulch around the plants thinking that it would preserve moisture as the soil is Mel's mix and does not hold water.

I am growing Evie (which seems to be doing a tad better) and Jewel. The Jewel has a wine stain color on the under side of the leaves.

What's a mother to do at this point? Are the plants shot, will it be like this next year also?

Same situation here. It's been pretty wet in DC lately, and I've been watering the mesclun seeds that border the strawberries daily. Does this look like fungus?

Here is a link that might be useful: Sad strawberry leaves