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strawberry runners
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Yes I know there's another thread about these going on below, but it's descending into chaos, and I was wondering wether to remove the runners from the plants which are becoming a tangled mess. I have pegged down several to increase the stock, but what I want to know is will removing the surplus runners prolong/increase the fruiting? TIA Steve |
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In article , shazzbat shazzbat@spaml
essness.fsnet.co.uk writes Hi folks. Yes I know there's another thread about these going on below, but it's descending into chaos, and I was wondering wether to remove the runners from the plants which are becoming a tangled mess. I have pegged down several to increase the stock, but what I want to know is will removing the surplus runners prolong/increase the fruiting? We peg strawberry runners into 3.5in. polypots and let them grow on still attached to the main plant. When they are large enough, we plant them directly into their new growing positions. That way the new plants have the earliest possible start to give us a good first year crop the following season. We replace strawberry plants after 3 or 4 crops. -- Alan & Joan Gould - North Lincs. |
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In article , shazzbat shazzbat@spaml
essness.fsnet.co.uk writes Hi folks. Yes I know there's another thread about these going on below, but it's descending into chaos, and I was wondering wether to remove the runners from the plants which are becoming a tangled mess. I have pegged down several to increase the stock, but what I want to know is will removing the surplus runners prolong/increase the fruiting? We peg strawberry runners into 3.5in. polypots and let them grow on still attached to the main plant. When they are large enough, we plant them directly into their new growing positions. That way the new plants have the earliest possible start to give us a good first year crop the following season. We replace strawberry plants after 3 or 4 crops. -- Alan & Joan Gould - North Lincs. |
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"shazzbat" wrote in
: Hi folks. Yes I know there's another thread about these going on below, but it's descending into chaos, and I was wondering wether to remove the runners from the plants which are becoming a tangled mess. I have pegged down several to increase the stock, but what I want to know is will removing the surplus runners prolong/increase the fruiting? My Ken Muir 'grow your own fruit' book says you can chop 'em off to get bigger better single plants, or you can let 6-9 runners per plant root to form 'matted rows'. From single plants "a higher proportion of large sized fruit may be expected than from matted rows which though more difficult to keep free from weeds, bear a heavier crop of fruit". It doesn't say that letting runners develop will affect this year's crop, but it doesn't say it won't either. Anyone want to swap a few strawberry runners? I have Gariguette and alpine strawberries. Gariguette has a very good flavour, and is an early variety: I would like some later-cropping or perpetual ones. Victoria -- gardening on a north-facing hill in South-East Cornwall -- |
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