Previous crop may have been potatoes or other solanaceous crop. Symptoms are most pronounced in the planting year. Verticillium wilt Verticillium wilt, caused by the fungus Verticillium spp. is the culprit for the strawberry symptoms pictured below, although only a laboratory test can determine this with certainty. Verticillium is most likely to occur in fields … Continue reading Strawberries: Plants are wilting and collapsing in a young planting, outer leaves die first