Since what you describe is a possible symptom of many different nutritional
disorders (from nitrogen to magnesium, etc deficiencies), without seeing the
plants and knowing your soil type, where in the US you are beside z7, I'd
recommend a balanced fertilizer with micronutrients. And cut off those
runners in the first year!
Gary
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On 21 Jul 2003 20:37:10 GMT, (Lauradog) wrote:

We put in new strawberry plants this year and they looked really healthy
all
summer, putting out runners all over the place. But during the past week
their
leaves have begun to pale, not yellow, just a paler green. Any idea what
could
be causing this? We had the same problem a few years ago with
blackberries.
TIA
Lauradog

Is the leaf pale all over, or has darker green veins?

If so, may be chlorosis; needs iron (chelated).

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Persephone