On Tuesday, August 26, 2014 9:01:16 AM UTC-7, Steve Peek wrote:
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:

Higgs Boson 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.

So low-tech & practical! Tx!

Any other suggestions?

HB