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Title: Strawberry runners £4 for 10
Post by: Melbourne12 on May 09, 2012, 14:54:15
Just got a notification from Blackmoor of their end of season strawberry sale - every variety half price, they say.

http://www.blackmoor.co.uk/index.php?cPath=197&osCsid=53huvisinleo76dps46iknpus6 (http://www.blackmoor.co.uk/index.php?cPath=197&osCsid=53huvisinleo76dps46iknpus6)

Title: Re: Strawberry runners £4 for 10
Post by: galina on May 09, 2012, 15:43:01
How much is their delivery?  Can't find out without giving them all my details and opening an account. :(
Title: Re: Strawberry runners £4 for 10
Post by: banksy on May 09, 2012, 16:49:37
Quote from: galina on May 09, 2012, 15:43:01
How much is their delivery?  Can't find out without giving them all my details and opening an account. :(

I was wondering the same and although not definitive, this may give you some idea of their delivery rates:

http://www.blackmoor.co.uk/shipping.php?osCsid=53huvisinleo76dps46iknpus6 (http://www.blackmoor.co.uk/shipping.php?osCsid=53huvisinleo76dps46iknpus6)
Title: Re: Strawberry runners £4 for 10
Post by: goodlife on May 09, 2012, 16:57:47
 £2.50 -  £5.50...hmm.. :-\  + £4 for the plants..

I just ordered 10 bare rooted red gauntlet strawberry plants from Ebay seller (nursery) for £7.00 and that included postage.
They arrived very quickly and all in good condition... ;D
Title: Re: Strawberry runners £4 for 10
Post by: grawrc on May 09, 2012, 18:24:10
Oh dear! I was consigning strawberry runners to the compost today!
Title: Re: Strawberry runners £4 for 10
Post by: Tee Gee on May 09, 2012, 19:20:13
This morning I was doing a bit of tidying up in and around my strawberry bed including removing rooted runners, and as  I had planned on replacing half of the stock at the end of this season by taking fresh runners, I decided to pot these runners up.

I was able to pot up  around 90 of them into 4" pots. ( so in commercial terms I have saved myself around sixty quid)


By potting these runners up, it means I  won't need to root any new runners, and hopefully, I will have plenty established plants to put  in come October,  meaning I should  get a good crop off them next year.

As I see it;   these will be 2nd year plants, as opposed to 1st year this time next year.