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Strawberry runners are not rooting
antonio9227mcW9lDSO1g
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I'm pretty new to all this, sorry in advance if the question is dumb, but I wasn't able to find anything useful on google.
So a couple months ago I bought some strawberry plants and replanted them in larger pots on my balcony when they got too large, in a mix of potting soil and berry fertilizer (as per fertilizer package instructions). They're honestly doing great ever since. They look healthy, lots and lots of flowers and I already harvested my first batch of ripe strawberries (which were the best I've ever had tbh).
Two of my plants started a couple of runners before the replanting them. They even had some small roots forming so I planted them near the mother plant and made sure to keep the soil nice and moist.
One of those runners developed a pretty darn good root structure so I was able to plant it separately.
The other 3 runners (which came off the same pla t) never developed those roots. I checked on them and they have a darker colors than the successful runner. Is this normal? Will they ever develop those roots? The mother plant also started flowering like crazy (25+ flowers at the moment) so I'm guessing it might use it's energy for fruits instead (though as I said, I'm new to this so I'm not sure if that's the case).
Thanks in advance!
So a couple months ago I bought some strawberry plants and replanted them in larger pots on my balcony when they got too large, in a mix of potting soil and berry fertilizer (as per fertilizer package instructions). They're honestly doing great ever since. They look healthy, lots and lots of flowers and I already harvested my first batch of ripe strawberries (which were the best I've ever had tbh).
Two of my plants started a couple of runners before the replanting them. They even had some small roots forming so I planted them near the mother plant and made sure to keep the soil nice and moist.
One of those runners developed a pretty darn good root structure so I was able to plant it separately.
The other 3 runners (which came off the same pla t) never developed those roots. I checked on them and they have a darker colors than the successful runner. Is this normal? Will they ever develop those roots? The mother plant also started flowering like crazy (25+ flowers at the moment) so I'm guessing it might use it's energy for fruits instead (though as I said, I'm new to this so I'm not sure if that's the case).
Thanks in advance!
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I only cut them off at the end of the season when they have definitely rooted, but this is mostly because I forget about them 🙂.
Failure is always an option.