I know ,I should know better by now, BUT
my stawberry plants have long shoots with wee green leaves at the end comming out of them.
Is this what I have heard of known as runners?
The plants all have loads of leaves and flowers that are turning into green strawberries, which I know will turn red,
but I have never seen these shoots before.
I am growing the strawberries in growbags to deter slugs and they are doing fine.
Yep they'd be runners. You can pin the new plantlets to small pots of compost ( slightly opened hairgrips work well ) and once they've rooted cut them off.
Hi, I have just cut all my runners of,you want the plants to keep their strength for fruits, youll still get runners later on use them
Thanks djbrenton,
That's a great idea, I'll use that one when I get the next lot of runners, but this time I am greedy for the fruits ;D
grotbag,
I've cut the runners off as I want the fruits, but when they are finished fruiting will I get more runners this year or will I have to wait until net year?
What can i say ...........I want it all, and I want it Now :o ;D ;D ;D
Just remember not to let your new plants from runners to crop in the first year.