My strawberry plants have gone crazy they have about 50 runners and many rooting what shall I do HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Soobeth would suggest if you can pot the runners on (two from each plant) into little pots of good compost and keep them to increase your strawberry bed next year. Usually you only keep strawberry plants for about four years before replacing them. If you keep some runners you can probably get rid of some of your old plants this year, and then the other half next year. Just a thought!Last edited by Squirrel; 05-09-2006, 02:19 PM.
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lift them when they are rooted & wash of as much of the soil as you can & then put them into some sarnie bags to keep the moisture in & then you'll nedd to put them into a small box & pack a bit of newspaper or bubblewrap around them just to be safe. Write live plants on the box as wel just to be sure
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re strawberry plants: I lopped off all the foliage as I was informed i should & it has all grown back again - do I leave it like this or do they need chopping back again?How can a woman be expected to be happy with a man who insists on treating her as if she were a perfectly normal human being.”
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I've always lopped mine off after fruiting and then only removed dead / diseased leaves after that - seems to work OK but am willing to be proved wrong by more experianced grapes.
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Originally posted by Sunbeam View Postre strawberry plants: I lopped off all the foliage as I was informed i should & it has all grown back again - do I leave it like this or do they need chopping back again?
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If they're producing good growth on their own sounds like they've routed OK, I usually give them a very gentle tug to check they're roots are good then cut them free from the main plant. Depending on where you plant your stawberries you can either plant them out straight away, or better, keep them potted up until next spring - I usually nurture mine in the greenhouse / cold frame so that they're a bit ahead of the outside ones. Don't know if this is what anybody else does but seems to work for me!
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Not 100% sure MissyMoo but would go for planting out as it's quite a good time of year to plant out at the moment as the ground is nice and warm and the plants would have time to establish themselves before any frosts etc. You could look to give them a bit of protection if the weather gets really bad but they shouldn't need it. If you want to give them a head start next spring you can rig up a cloche or something to get them moving but make sure you remove it when they flower otherwise the flowers won't be fertilised. I've got mine in a huge stawberry pot which I heave into the green house for a few months but it nearly kills me every year so may not bother this year!
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Why has every one turned this into a strawberry worries thread.Hi! Please look at my 'brilliant' site about dolls houses and miniatures! I can always use new members, not matter how much you visit or not! Also, the more members I get the more things I can put on, so go on, do me a favor and at least look!
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