strawberry runners

[Crystalmoon]

I have strawberries planted through black membrane so there is nowhere for the runners to attach themselves to the soil. Ive got a couple of questions about how to cultivate the runners -
When should I disconnect them from the plants?
Can I then put them on soil in seed tray or in pots?
If I can grow them in trays/pots how do I pot them up? Do I just leave them on the surface or bury part of them?
How long will they be ok in trays/pots before needing planting out into permanenet spot?
Thanks for any advice

[Crystalmoon]

[Fork]

Fill some small pots with compost.You can then put your runners(still attached to the main plant)in the pots and hold them in place with a paper clip or something similiar.

Keep checking and when the runners have rooted you can remove them from the main plant.

[Crystalmoon]

Thanks so much for this advice I would never have thought to keep the runner attached to the main plant

[Baaaaaaaa]

I potted my runners (still attached to the mother plant) in Sept. into 3.5 inch pots.
I used fairly thick gauge wire bent into a hoop to hold the runners in place in the pot while the root.

No more than 3 runners to a mother plant otherwise the mother plant will be too stressed.

About 6-8 weeks on, I cut the link with the mother plant and kept the babies in a sheltered spot over winter.

Mid April, I then plated the babies into their desired positions.

[Tee Gee]

This link might help you; http://tinyurl.com/3n6kvl  and this one; http://tinyurl.com/284egs

[Crystalmoon]

Thank you so much Tee Gee for such a fantastic link, Im a very visual person so this is just perfect for me  ;D

Baaaaaaaa thanks for the detailed insturctions, they match the visual link really well  ;)