Sometimes clipping the runners don't take to soil well, so I also put pots of soil under the live plants, and stick the runners in the soil, in hopes that they will get rootbound.
Wednesday, June 29, 2011
Free Plants!
I noticed that our strawberry plants are sending out runners like crazy again. It's a great way to get "free plants". I clipped some of the runners and planted them, hoping that some of them will get root bound.
This one already had roots forming!
And this one!
One more!
I was able to get four potted, I'll have to see if the roots take to the soil. If so, I will give these away!
Strawberries are such great perennials! Not only do they grow back, they reproduce like mad! I'd say they are pretty invasive the way they send out runners! I'm so happy with the fruit production of these strawberry plants, that I don't even mind if they take over my entire yard! LOL.
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I'll have to remember to do that this year. Last year I planted a topsy turvy so to conserve energy into producing fruit, I clipped runners. I didn't expect the plants to survive outside but they did. Now runners are growing. I'll have to try to clip and plant too for more plants.
ReplyDeleteThat's a good idea about trying to root them still attached to the mother plant.
ReplyDeleteI'd really like to move some of the runners from our strawberries because I'd like to get the berries up off the ground. I'll have to keep this in mind :)
ReplyDeleteThis is what I like about strawberries (& Raspberries and Blackberries) -- you never have to BUY another plant again. They're the plants that just keep on giving year after year!
ReplyDeleteI just bought 3 plants the other day, and have not figured out where to plant them. I am thinking about planting them in the new bed in the front yard. I better figure it out soon.
ReplyDeleteThose runners really are nice, aren't they? Too bad all of our favorite plants won't put out runners. :)
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing this information.
ReplyDeleteWill follow your instruction and let you know the result soon
Great idea! So now I have a few strawberry plants rooting well (still attached to mama), but what should I do with them? When should I attempt to transplant? and... Could I somehow attempt to get them through the winter in the pots they are in?
ReplyDeleteHi Joel, You can put little pots of soil under the runner plants with roots. Soon enough they will grab hold of the soil and dig their roots in, upon which you can snip off the runner from the mama plant. Tada, free plant!
ReplyDeleteHi Joel, I'm not sure what zone you are in, but we have some strawberries in one of those bags that we put in out zone 5 egress window well for the winter. We have had them over 8 years. We don't fertilize them or change the dirt, so we only get a few berries each season. They are one of the few plants that are my husband's. I'm not sure why he is so attached to them, since what few berries they produce, the birds eat. We should plant them in a bigger container or the ground.
ReplyDeleteAlso Joel, you can leave the strawberry plants outside all winter. They will grow back in the spring.
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