Persephone wrote:
On Wed, 02 May 2007 04:20:59 GMT, Carl 1 Lucky Texan
wrote:


Persephone wrote:


On Mon, 30 Apr 2007 11:08:25 -0700, Persephone wrote:



...strrawberry, that is.

I have 3 varieties planted in maybe too-small area this year.

They are aggressively sending out runners.

In the past (another area) I used to cut off the runners
and plant the rooted end elsewhere.

Should I now:

a. throw away the runners?

b. plant them between rosebushes there is sufficient room)

c. enlarge the area (involves a LOT of work digging up & amending
horrible lawn).

d. plant them between veggies. In that case, which
ones to AVOID?

Tx for your thoughts.

Persephone



Please, folks- somebody decide for me what I should do with these
aggressive runners, before a tendril comes through the open window
while I'm asleep...g

P.

I've read that the mother plants often decrease fruit production after
a few years and the 'runners'/daughter plants should be encoraged to
bear fruit. Dunno if that means digging up the mother, shifting the
runners over or replanting or ????

Carl



Carl, these plants are brand new! I just put them in
about 3 months ago. They just started to bear this month,
and already the runners are going nuts!



I 6think that's the nature of them. Indeed, the very name seems to come
from 'strewn about' - not 'straw' as many people think (grown in/on top
of straw, etc.).

I suggest either more searching ( try www.davesgarden.com ) or do an
experiment and pinch the runners back on a plant to compare to the
others. Also, Sow Teat/Alpine strawberries have a more upright habit I
think, maybe switch to that variety?
Honestly I;m just guessing as thois is our first year with strawberries,
there seems to be a lot of misinformation and 'old wives tales'
associated with them. One person told us they wouldn't bear fruit until
they were root bound!

Carl




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