Hey Pepe!!!

Do I cut the runners off the plants?? I want to put an hour in the garden tomorrow….. I have a few that need either cutting or what ever…..

Lucky1 said:

Hey Pepe!!!

Do I cut the runners off the plants?? I want to put an hour in the garden tomorrow….. I have a few that need either cutting or what ever…..

hi lucky one.

traditionally this is done in winter.
so you can cut them off and throw them away now. you cut the umbilical cord right back against the mother plant and clean up all her imperfect leaves at the same time.
- but if you want to pot them in good soil it would be best to keep them wet, and attached to their mother plant, until they sprout.

pepe said:

Lucky1 said:

Hey Pepe!!!

Do I cut the runners off the plants?? I want to put an hour in the garden tomorrow….. I have a few that need either cutting or what ever…..

hi lucky one.

traditionally this is done in winter.
so you can cut them off and throw them away now. you cut the umbilical cord right back against the mother plant and clean up all her imperfect leaves at the same time.
- but if you want to pot them in good soil it would be best to keep them wet, and attached to their mother plant, until they sprout.

Thanks, I’ll snip them off hopefully tomorrow.

yep..

leave attached to mother plant allow them to grow.. keep well watered in winter cut the mother plant out and toss her away.. leave the rooted runner where it is.

old advice used to be rake all the old plants out in winter, re-mulch the new plants.

Lucky1 said:

pepe said:

Lucky1 said:

Hey Pepe!!!

Do I cut the runners off the plants?? I want to put an hour in the garden tomorrow….. I have a few that need either cutting or what ever…..

hi lucky one.

traditionally this is done in winter.
so you can cut them off and throw them away now. you cut the umbilical cord right back against the mother plant and clean up all her imperfect leaves at the same time.
- but if you want to pot them in good soil it would be best to keep them wet, and attached to their mother plant, until they sprout.

Thanks, I’ll snip them off hopefully tomorrow.

we did all our runners a week or so ago…. don’t know if that is right or not?

pain master said:

Lucky1 said:

pepe said:

hi lucky one.

traditionally this is done in winter.
so you can cut them off and throw them away now. you cut the umbilical cord right back against the mother plant and clean up all her imperfect leaves at the same time.
- but if you want to pot them in good soil it would be best to keep them wet, and attached to their mother plant, until they sprout.

Thanks, I’ll snip them off hopefully tomorrow.

we did all our runners a week or so ago…. don’t know if that is right or not?

in the tropics.. you don’t get winters

roughbarked said:

pain master said:

Lucky1 said:

Thanks, I’ll snip them off hopefully tomorrow.

we did all our runners a week or so ago…. don’t know if that is right or not?

in the tropics.. you don’t get winters

Everyone’s a winter up here… I mean winner. D’oh!

Whens the Best time to Plant them?

Veg gardener said:

Whens the Best time to Plant them?

I daresay in the cooler months Veg, but only because the soil is normally moist at that time of year. I would almost say with the wet weather a lot of us are experiencing you could almost get away with planting them now, but they may get burnt in the sun…

Veg gardener said:

Whens the Best time to Plant them?

Winter/Spring in the cooler drier parts.. or whenever your wet season is.

pain master said:

Veg gardener said:

Whens the Best time to Plant them?

I daresay in the cooler months Veg, but only because the soil is normally moist at that time of year. I would almost say with the wet weather a lot of us are experiencing you could almost get away with planting them now, but they may get burnt in the sun…

Might give it ago, Put some shade cloth over them to give them some more shade.

roughbarked said:

Veg gardener said:

Whens the Best time to Plant them?

Winter/Spring in the cooler drier parts.. or whenever your wet season is.

Most of our rain comes during winter, or when ever it decides to rain.

Veg gardener said:

roughbarked said:

Veg gardener said:

Whens the Best time to Plant them?

Winter/Spring in the cooler drier parts.. or whenever your wet season is.

Most of our rain comes during winter, or when ever it decides to rain.

I’ve eaten frozen strawberries before.. but I can’t get them through summers without lotsa buckets of water just one day without the required water level and there are no more strawberries.

roughbarked said:

Veg gardener said:

roughbarked said:

Winter/Spring in the cooler drier parts.. or whenever your wet season is.

Most of our rain comes during winter, or when ever it decides to rain.

I’ve eaten frozen strawberries before.. but I can’t get them through summers without lotsa buckets of water just one day without the required water level and there are no more strawberries.

Might be an Idea to put them in pots here and place them near the chook pens so they can get water from the drinkers once they get cleaned out.

Veg gardener said:

roughbarked said:

Veg gardener said:

Most of our rain comes during winter, or when ever it decides to rain.

I’ve eaten frozen strawberries before.. but I can’t get them through summers without lotsa buckets of water just one day without the required water level and there are no more strawberries.

Might be an Idea to put them in pots here and place them near the chook pens so they can get water from the drinkers once they get cleaned out.

just like my bananas.

The best way too grow them in drier climates is to use an old bathtub or laundry tub. as these hold the moisture longer.

Had a small feed yesterday and gee they were so yummo and juicy and tasty.

Lucky1 said:

Had a small feed yesterday and gee they were so yummo and juicy and tasty.

they are v.v. sweet at the end of the season.

funny how they are more popular at the start of the season when they are a bit tart – well not funny – they are popular because they are an early fruit…. and they are bigger individual specimens (often tho’ not always)

also with strawbs you need a lot of plants. whereas 12 plants of most things will easily feed a family – to feed a family with strawbs you need about 120 plants.

MrS tends to cut the runners off and replants whenever they appear, but it is mostly in late summer/autumn.

pepe said:

Lucky1 said:

Had a small feed yesterday and gee they were so yummo and juicy and tasty.

they are v.v. sweet at the end of the season.

funny how they are more popular at the start of the season when they are a bit tart – well not funny – they are popular because they are an early fruit…. and they are bigger individual specimens (often tho’ not always)

also with strawbs you need a lot of plants. whereas 12 plants of most things will easily feed a family – to feed a family with strawbs you need about 120 plants.

I’m so happy with my plants:)

AnneS said:

MrS tends to cut the runners off and replants whenever they appear, but it is mostly in late summer/autumn.

The runners come after the fruit so, if want to grow runners your fruit harvest will suffer..

Make the runners grow roots and cut them from the plants. Keep feeding the plants while they want to keep flowering.

The fruiting plants will be exhausted by winter. The runners will be the next fruit bearers.

pepe said:

Lucky1 said:

Had a small feed yesterday and gee they were so yummo and juicy and tasty.

they are v.v. sweet at the end of the season.

funny how they are more popular at the start of the season when they are a bit tart – well not funny – they are popular because they are an early fruit…. and they are bigger individual specimens (often tho’ not always)

also with strawbs you need a lot of plants. whereas 12 plants of most things will easily feed a family – to feed a family with strawbs you need about 120 plants.

That’s the reason we are going to get rid of our strawbs after the present lot. They take up far too much room because you need so many plants. We want the garden space to grow other vegies etc. We might give them another go in a few years or so. Right now I’m over them.

roughbarked said:

AnneS said:

MrS tends to cut the runners off and replants whenever they appear, but it is mostly in late summer/autumn.

The runners come after the fruit so, if want to grow runners your fruit harvest will suffer.. Make the runners grow roots and cut them from the plants. Keep feeding the plants while they want to keep flowering. The fruiting plants will be exhausted by winter. The runners will be the next fruit bearers.

each plant bears fruit for three years where i come from. if you transplant a runner that becomes its first year.
they are subject to a lot of disease and so every three years it’s recommended you chuck ‘em and get in new certified stock.
the fact is most people don’t do this because the runners tend to acclimatise to a particular spot and often out perform new certified root stock.

because each plant lasts 3 years soil preparation is paramount – you are giving it 3 years worth of goodness. compost is the best so long as it’s slightly acidic and well balanced with plenty of the NPK and moisture holding properties.

pomolo said:

pepe said:

Lucky1 said:

Had a small feed yesterday and gee they were so yummo and juicy and tasty.

they are v.v. sweet at the end of the season.

funny how they are more popular at the start of the season when they are a bit tart – well not funny – they are popular because they are an early fruit…. and they are bigger individual specimens (often tho’ not always)

also with strawbs you need a lot of plants. whereas 12 plants of most things will easily feed a family – to feed a family with strawbs you need about 120 plants.

That’s the reason we are going to get rid of our strawbs after the present lot. They take up far too much room because you need so many plants. We want the garden space to grow other vegies etc. We might give them another go in a few years or so. Right now I’m over them.

i’m sick of picking, pruning, weeding and watering them too. thank god the season is closing.

bear in mind that the shop strawberries are unbelievably tasteless – thus the need to grow your own.