[sarah-king]

My strawberries have finished fruiting but haven't produced any runners yet, is this normal? The plants look healthy enough

[gimli]

i have same problem

[goodegg]

it could be the weather that we have had keep an eye on them you may get runners when it cools a bit

[mjpalin]

I have them on some plants - not yet all, but as I have several varieties of early, mid & late i'm not surprised. They will all catch up! Last year i was still potting runners in august

[JaK]

I hace a couple with runners now ( not many). When and how is the right point to start potting them up?

[mark0912]

i bought some plants cheaply last year and they did not produce any runners

so far same this year and they also dont give me a great deal of fruit either...

[Yorkie]

I hace a couple with runners now ( not many). When and how is the right point to start potting them up?

It is recommended not to let the plant grow runners in its first year, so that it concentrates on building up its own strength rather than that of the runners.

In subsequent years, runners can either be pinned down into pots at the outset so that they set their roots into the pot, or else allowed to set roots properly into the soil and then potted up at that point (removing enough soil so as not to disrupt the roots).

[JayG]

My single Albion strawberry plant (actually I think it might be a siamese twin!) planted last autumn has already produced about a dozen delicious strawberries, and a week ago started putting out runners (about 6 so far) and is now flowering again!

With only 1 plant to play with (and wanting more) I can't afford to be too kind to it and it is obviously very strong and obliging; my question is really about potting up the runners.

Pegging down into a 3" pot seems like a good idea but at the moment the runners won't stop, well, running! I presume there is an ideal time to do this but not if you have to keep moving all the pots every day to keep up with them! 

[mobilekat]

Pegging down into a 3" pot seems like a good idea but at the moment the runners won't stop, well, running! I presume there is an ideal time to do this but not if you have to keep moving all the pots every day to keep up with them! 

Put the pot on wheels?

[Dan78]

First year for mine and it was ALL runners and about 5 strawberries from 10 plants..  Seriously have hundreds of runners if anyone near Woodley (Reading) wants to come and take any away let me know!