Topic: Transplanting strawberries.

[carolinej]

Hello :)

I am getting my allotment ready for my first year. There is a badly overgrown strawberry patch. I want to relocate the plants to another area. I was reading a book on gardening last night and it said that the strawberries wont crop if I move them, as autumn was the right time.

What do you all think? Thanks

cj :)

[kenkew]

If they are really in the way, you will be able to move some of the better ones now. Make sure you get a decent amount of soil around the plant as you lift. They should take ok.
One thing, If you don't know how old the plants are they could be past their best.
Bets bet is it to pot some runners to make new plants.

[tim]

Yes - look for runners to move, rather than the oldies.

[jennym]

To be honest, at this stage, I wouldn't bother potting the runners up, would just dig them out and replant immediately in the new spot. You can identify very old strawberry plants because the crowns go a bit woody, scrabble around in the soil and give some a squeeze, the smaller plants are probably self rooted runners and you'll probably find older ones that have tougher crowns. Plant the runners you dig up about a foot apart.

[kenkew]

Now that's what I like.
A question answered with straight forward sound advice. End of problem.
It's amazing how a thread can go on...and on...and on...when the answer was their all the time.

(I'm on a mission to embarrass needless thread prolonger-merchants...)  :D

[carolinej]

Thanks everyone ;D Will get the runners transplanted.

cj :)

[kenkew]

Just like that.

[jo9919]

thread prolonger-merchants

AND.....a picture to boast with  ;D ;D ;D  ;) ;) ;)

Looks good to me.

Jo.

[kenkew]

Na!  :P

[tim]

That's not transplanting, Ken - that's propagating??

And, of course, I meant rooted runners!!

[cacran]

I have a strawberry patch on my new lottie. There are lots of plants which have runners. Do I need to do anything or do I just leave the whole thing to it's own devices? I want to keep the plot where it is but want to do the right thing.