On Monday, August 25, 2014 8:01:20 PM UTC-4, Hypatia Nachshon wrote:
On Saturday, July 12, 2014 9:39:32 PM UTC-7, songbird wrote:

Higgs Boson wrote:



songbird wrote:



Higgs Boson wrote:



songbird wrote:



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Any comment on runners vs. fruit?







if you don't need the extra plants to fill a space then it is better to not have the plants putting energy into runners.





Aha! That's what I thought but was misled by contrary info. As I noted earlier, since we're told that strawberries should be pulled after 3+ years, need action now!



Update: Need advice on how to "tie down" the runners. Went to some strawberry groups but none specific on this point.



http://strawberryplants.org/2010/05/...nners-stolons/



I have tried to root them, but doesn't seem to take. Would you use clothespins, or some hardware, or...?



Have given up on strawberries this year, so thought I might as well take advantage of mass quantities of runners to make more plants.



TIA for any runner tie-down techniques.



HB

I usually place a small stone on top of the runner very close to the new leaf set. It wouldn't hurt a thing to leave it there until next spring.