[gavinjconway]

I was given some very dry plants in pots a few months ago and I re-potted them into  big long tubs. They are now flourishing and producing a lot of runners.. I am harvesting these into new pots for next season.

Once they are growing well i'll obviuosly snip them from the mother plant. Should I just leave them in the their smallish pots or can i repot them into bigger pots now ready to transplant into my plot in Spring?  Also should I over-winter them in the open or in my cold greenhouse? 

[sunshineband]

In reverse order:

overwinter outside as the extreme cold is what promotes good flowering. Then take some into your cold greenhouse early spring and they will flower before the ones outside.

and I would repot into laregr pots as soon as the new plants are well established as they have less chance of drying out then.


Hope that helps 

[gavinjconway]

Thanks for the quick advice... it all makes sense..

[sunshineband]

Thanks for the quick advice... it all makes sense..

Perhaps you could say that really loud please 


(Someone thinks I talk sense  )

Glad it helped 

[gavinjconway]

SUNSHINEBAND MAKES SENSE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[gavinjconway]

wes that Loud enuf!! Thanks again...

[sunshineband]

I can see we are going to get on very well 

[gavinjconway]

 

[suziet88]

To Sunshineband  (aka strawberry expert) - and everyone else - what is the advantage of potting strawberry runners in pots rather than let them root themselves near their mommy?

[operabunny]

Spacing! Once rooted in its little pot the baby can be placed exactly where you want it so it isn't competing with the mother plant for space, water and nutrients.

[gavinjconway]

For me space is critial as my pots / tubs are on my flat roof I dont have abundant soil for them to just root themselves as in a plot. So.... I have interspaced with similar long tubs and trained and pegged into them ... Now I seem to have run out of tubs so have resorted to pots placed strategically for the runners... At this rate I could have a good few to plant out in the Spring. My promised garden-share has not materialised so pots it is for now and still looking out for new plots to use.  Thanks again for all the advice...

[sunshineband]

To Sunshineband  (aka strawberry expert) - and everyone else - what is the advantage of potting strawberry runners in pots rather than let them root themselves near their mommy?

Some runners are long enough for you to peg the new plant down where you want it, and then cut the chord (as it were  ) when it is established. Pots are not essential, and it is easy enough to move rooted plantlets later if they are in the wrong place.