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Long shoots on strawberry plant?

CraighBCraighB Posts: 758
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Hi guys,

Can anyone tell me what these long shoots are coming off my strawberry plant? 

Is there any way to tell which type of strawberry plant it is too?

Thanks
Craigh

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  • Alan Clark2 in LiverpoolAlan Clark2 in Liverpool Posts: 2,190
    It is Nature's way of making new strawberry plants. Peg the end into a pot of compost and it will soon root, then you can cut the connection and have a new plant.
  • CraighBCraighB Posts: 758
    That's great! Will do that. However slightly disappointed as I thought it might be strawberries growing at the end lol
  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    If the "parent" plant is young, I'd leave no more than one of those "runners" . Keep the energy in the parent plant for next year.
    If the parent plant is older, let them all grow and you'll have lots of free plants ready to fruit when the parents gives up ( usually around 5 years old  ,or so )
    Devon.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    This'll show you how https://www.gardenersworld.com/how-to/grow-plants/how-to-propagate-strawberries-from-runners/

     :) 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





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