[Robster]

A friend of mine up the lotty offered me some strawberry plants from the plot he has just acquired.  These were from the previous owner and probably quite old.  I was minded to take some of the plants and just use them as a source of runners to pot on and then pl;ant out in the autumn.  I planned to start a strawberry bed in the autumn anyway so IO'm quite keen but worried about poor quality due to virus infection.  Appreciate your views.

A similar situation with raspberries he wants to get diid of.  Thought of taking the new shoots of these.

This'll save me a pretty penny if it makes sense, so appreciate your advice

Thanks

[jondav14]

strawbs = have em and see what happens, take the new plants off the runners in late summer

same again with the rasps, don't put them in where you want them to go eventually though, in case of disease etc.

[gobs]

Pot them up, if worried.

Chances are, they would show signs of serious disease.

[Goosegirl]

Good idea Gobs - best to choose last year's plants if you can as they should be more vigorous.