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lilwing
True Blue Farmgirl
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Brooke
Fulshear
Texas
USA
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 Posted - Jul 16 2008 : 2:10:03 PM
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I hope I'm not asking goofy questions today(!), but how do you plant a strawberry plant? I know the seeds are on the berry itself.. so would planting the berry work? If not, How do you harvest the seeds then? What works?
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miss wilma
True Blue Farmgirl
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Wilma
Knob Lick
Ky
USA
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eskimobirdlady
True Blue Farmgirl
700 Posts
connie
fairbanks
ak
USA
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Posted - Jul 16 2008 : 11:17:55 PM
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| they have to be grown from plant sets. bareroot plants are best. i harvested almost a quart today! this is really early strawberries for interior alaska. peace connie in alaska |
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lilwing
True Blue Farmgirl
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Brooke
Fulshear
Texas
USA
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lisamarie508
True Blue Farmgirl
2648 Posts
Lisa
Idaho City
ID
USA
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Posted - Jul 18 2008 : 08:08:03 AM
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Strawberry plants send out runners that have babies on them. Those are what you would plant and like Miss Wilma said, don't bury the crown. I have babies by the hundreds this year and I have to build another strawberry bed to put them in. Then I plan to have the new bed just produce the berries and not allow babies to develop and just keep the smaller, old bed as the baby factory! Hoping to get that done before snow flies.
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
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Alee
Worland
Wy
USA
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Posted - Jul 18 2008 : 08:41:43 AM
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Hey Strawberry Expert Lisa!
I just bought my plants this year, they lived for a few months getting big in a pot, moved to Montana, got stuck in the ground and now they seam happier than ever (and bigger too!) So when should I expect them to start sending out runners? I would love to double or even triple my strawberry plants.
Also how is the best way to separate the strawberry runner from the mother plant?
Alee
Farmgirl Sister #8
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lisamarie508
True Blue Farmgirl
2648 Posts
Lisa
Idaho City
ID
USA
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Posted - Jul 18 2008 : 09:51:39 AM
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Alee, they might send out runners before snow flies, but not a lot as they are newly planted. Next summer, you should have plenty of babies and, like spider plants, they will root wherever they rest. You can cut them from the mother plant just like you do with spider plants and stick them in fine dirt with plenty of compost and keep well watered until their roots develop. Also, some varieties are better at sending out runners than others. I had ordered mine 3 years ago and purposely picked a variety that said it "readily reproduced" so I could start small (cheap) and gain more over time. And boy, howdy, these strawberry plants send out tons of runners. My little bed is spilling over with babies! I think the variety I got was Tristar Everbearing.
Farmgirl Sister #35
"If you can not do great things, do small things in a great way." Napoleon Hill (1883-1970)
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lilwing
True Blue Farmgirl
1403 Posts
Brooke
Fulshear
Texas
USA
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homemakerkate
True Blue Farmgirl
143 Posts
Kate
Ewen
Michigan
USA
143 Posts |
Posted - Jul 19 2008 : 01:52:38 AM
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| plant each set 12"-18" apart this is to give the runners space. With strawberry plants you have to be carefull not to plant them too deep or too shallow. Remember too that you should pluck the flowers off the first two years for a healthy berry. It is worth the wait and your mature plant will have a higher yield. |
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