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Last years strawberries dead, too many runners?
johnbaron
Posts: 75
in Fruit & veg
Planted half a dozen strawberries last year (red gauntlet / symphony) and all they did was send out hundreds of runners. I tried to keep up with giving them hair cuts to reduce the runners but they basically didn't stop and produce any flowers and I couldn't keep up with cutting the runners as they would literally put out another half dozen overnight. In the end I just pinned a load of runners down and got about 25 extra strawberry plants.
The original strawberry plants over wintered ok but seem in the last week to have died off completely, all dry and crispy and loose in the soil (despite the rain). The young plants, having looked like they were going to perish, have suddenly flourished.
A) I'm assuming that the original plants are proper dead? If so I'll space the young plants in to the two tubs the originals were in.
B ) Is there any way of stopping the new young plants sending out runners or do I just have to be ruthless with the haircuts this year?
Cheers
The original strawberry plants over wintered ok but seem in the last week to have died off completely, all dry and crispy and loose in the soil (despite the rain). The young plants, having looked like they were going to perish, have suddenly flourished.
A) I'm assuming that the original plants are proper dead? If so I'll space the young plants in to the two tubs the originals were in.
B ) Is there any way of stopping the new young plants sending out runners or do I just have to be ruthless with the haircuts this year?
Cheers
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Old plants look a bit a bit worse for wear from cutting all the dead runners back rather than having been chomped drastically. To be honest I think the May have worn themselves out sending out runners and not had enough to over winter?