What To Do With Strawberry Runners? Clip Leave or Wait?
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- Опубліковано 9 лют 2025
- What is the best way to handle strawberry runners? Do you leave them on permanently, wait till spring, or cut them off? I will show you what I do, but the choice is yours.
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Thank-you, I'm late to the party....First year growing strawberries thanks 😊
Perfect timing Luke!! My first time planting edibles and my strawberries have runners with little roots, so the way you do it for you makes sense for me. I'll be cutting mine off and putting them into another area. I know some people think you take a while to explain, but I for one appreciate it since I'm just starting out and I have a lot to learn. Thank you young man, Peace to you and yours!
I root my runners in cups of compost then clip them off after they get rooted solid. And then transplant. From 6 plants I got about 100 daughter plants! Sold some, planted some, gave some away, threw the weak ones in the compost bin and I still have a lot left over.
StreetMachine18. I like this idea. I can make a couple of bucks and maybe a couple of friends too. Don't know many gardeners.
Genius! What area /zone?
@@TheRainHarvester yeah red solo cups work pretty good with drainage. Leave the runners attached and they will root nicely.
@@TheRainHarvester zone 5b upstate NY
@@StreetMachine18 Oh dang, I'm in central Texas. Hoping to propagate them.
I'm kinda glad to see your beds got even crazier than mine. I was feeling badly about them getting so far out of control. Blessings!
First thing I noticed 😂
huh, it has never occurred to me that you can plant the baby plants to a different bed, what a genius idea. Luke, if you ever wonder whether to mention something or not, pls do mention, may be something very basic, but there ARE people who just dont think of it. :-D Thank you
I'm trying to get a strawberry field established with just 6 plants....but will keep this in mind once it gets going.
Omg I need a video on this. First time planting veges and fruit and had no clue this could be done
All I do is cut them in the middle of the runner - I don't pull them up and replant them. Did the same with my blackberries and they are growing everywhere with tons of flowers! Getting ready for lots of blackberries! Yay!
Thank you. I'm just about to plant 6 in a raised bed and all this talk about removing and transplanting elsewhere didn't seem to make sense. I plan to do exactly what you describe. Thanks =)
@@jaredgiff6342Your comment is from a year ago, how has this method worked. This is what I have been doing this year, clipping the ones with roots from the mother and setting them in the same bed.
I root runners into bio-degradable peat pots for thirty days. Then sever them from the mother plant and plant them where I want them. With this method there’s no root disturbance and the pot decomposes away over winter.
Going to try that tomorrow. Good idea.
Thanks for the response Kris Oluich. I started 3 Allstar strawberry plants in a wicking 5 gallon bucket. They produced runners and all rooted in the soil underneath. There starting to bloom. I was going to dig them up and transplant in 5 gallon wicking buckets but sure what to do.
eh it wont matter either way
Lots of methods for sure. I catch the runners thru the season in pots with soil, cut off from the mother plant when roots are good, and then plant the potted runner a bit later in a better spot in the patch. Good survival if properly watered. My patch started out 3 years ago and it produced until the frost this year. Best fruit ever.
That's exactly what I do! I love that there are so many successful methods.
That is what I am doing also
Most of my strawberries are June bearing and are done. So I'm potting them in pot, Until they establish roots and transferring them to another bed.
This was really helpful, I jumped pots with my runners and now have to move the pots. Feeling more confident in cutting “the umbilical cord” Thanks 👍
If short on plants/runners, or to simply increase success rate, allow the runner to root before clipping it. One can place a small pot of soil under each runner and allow the runner to root in the pot before clipping it off the mother plant.
I’ve been putting my runners in a compost filled yoghurt pots for about a months then snipping away from the mother plant I’ve quadrupled my plants from this year.. next year should be bumper year! Works for me 👍
Last year I cut the bottom off solo cups to make a little collar for my strawberry plants so they’re not drooping down for the slugs to eat and they took off like crazy. I have a huge Rubbermaid tote full of runners I need to get in the ground elsewhere now. It was super easy to see which were the original plants too because they had red solo cup collars lol.
It's good to know that they're so flexible. I've split and transplanted alpine strawberries more than typical garden varieties. I would love to expand my strawberry beds, but I probably need to fertilize a little more if that's the goal! 🙃
I plant into a kiddie large pool, about 10 plants and let them be crazy. Have tons and tons of strawberries, small area but works for me
Colleen, do you put holes in the tub for drainage then?
You bet! Lots and I put on a pallet so it's raised
Do you do something to keep them over the winter?
Julie I just add some fertilizer and they are fine
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Love your channel, you got me wanting 7 beds. I'm a beginner in the garden and all your tips are welcomed. Just got though preparing my beds, cant wait to get started.
I place the runners in a plastic planting pot with potting soil for a week or so before cutting the runner stem. This allows the roots to develop further, I have experience almost a 100% growth rate by doing it this way.
Over 50 yrs ago my Father taught me to plant strawberry runners alone. Every 3rd year the parent row is tilled up and the runners become the main rows. New plants will produce more and bigger berries.
My bed looks crazy like that, if not worse! I was worried I was too late, but I'm glad you specified that the runners will just have good roots and I didn't mess up!
I have a rotation system with 3 beds (Junebearing). I trim off all the runners in bed 1 until after harvest time, then allow enough runners to root into pots to plant a 2nd bed. The next year I trim all of the runners in the 1st bed all season, and repeat the rooting process in the 2nd bed. creating a 3rd bed. In the 3rd year I trim all runners, and after harvest remove the plants from the first bed and renew the bed for a different crop next year. (I really should put in a cover crop at this point. Gotta try that). This works well if you want a lot of berries and you have room. Thank you for all the work you've put into these videos over the years.
I can’t wait until the strawberry bed I started last year becomes totally filled out. The two plants I bought last year is now about 5 plants and they are loaded with flowers/ starting to form strawberries. Mine are the ever bearing. Nice big juicy strawberries. Mmmmmm. Gardening is awesome
Much of what you are saying is also dependant upon your zone. I'm in a warmer climate, and many of my runners put on runners. So much so they're choking out the grass.
Luke, you are my go-to for gardening information. You've taught me so much!
thank you for the video. I did this to my strawberries at the end of summer it can be a pain in the butt to keep in check
Best strawberry video ever
The Method I choose is, "Don't mess with them". I let the runners go. I just toss them back into the bed if they grow out of it, but other than that don't mess with them. What I've noticed The "umbilical" between the mother and runner will eventually die and you have 2 plants.
Im confused. That was a lot in the beginning but Im sure it will make sense when I get more experience with strawberry growing but really appreciate all your videos. They are very well done.
you can also uproot the runners and put them into small potting containers, do not snip the runner from the mother plant, let it establish in the potting container, then prune it off... that way, the survivability of the runner is increased...rather then just transplanting it...
I let my runners root in small pots last summer until they were well established and then planted them in early fall in a new bed. We had mild fall weather. They grew in their new spots undisturbed for 2+ months before the frost and snow came. Mulched them with pine needles. Most survived. I will see if they fruit this year.
Thank you! I’m container growing and my plants have a load of runners! And they are about 4 feet long from a hanging container. I didn’t want to cut them away and toss, so I’m looking forward to trying this method. Next is to find your videos on wintering stawberries!
Tried and true, 3" to 6 " raised beds two feet wide, plant two rows 4 inches from the edges and put runners into the opposite row on the same bed. dress with a mix of compost and well-composted sawdust in spring. I use cedar and it seems to work the best
I make small V shaped stakes with wire and use to stake a new runner into a pot until it roots and then I cut off the mother. Works great and the metal wire stakes can be reused.
Thank you, you have answered my questions to myself about my strawberries.
Thank you for covering multiple angles on this topic! 👊🏻💥👊🏻
You're amazing. Truly!! Strawberries are the only thing that ive has sucess with this year, and i learned my wildlife loved the produce. 😂 will learn next yr.
Thank you for explaining it so well. I have an overgrown bed of chaos from one planted in the Spring of 2023. Im not sure where my original plant is. My husband planted it and added 2 beds this year in 2024. They all look like mother plants. 😂
This was super helpful! Another great video from MiGardener!
You forgot to mention not to cover the crown when planting.
Do you have a video of that DSH? I enjoyed your meat bird processing videos!
Is is okay to cover crown when mulching?
@@FF-ub7bn no you should never cover the crown. It could cause the plant to rot and die.
@@DeepSouthHomestead thank you.
Lol @ 9:21 a chipmunk was coming from under the fence to eat your strawberries 😊
Thanks for guiding me to have a great strawberry bed. My first time an I have beautiful plants this year with lots of runners, so now I will a extra bed to have for them.very helpful information.
5:29 - SQUIRREL!!!
Well, you did say ANY comments!! :D
twocvbloke , I was hoping no one beat me to that comment, BRAVO!
Squirrel is the new subscriber!
missed it
Had to watch is a few times before I saw the cheeky little tree rat :D
So can't stop laughing
Strawberries are very versatile, there are many ways to help them reproduce, i do find its best to leave runners alone until roots are up to 1cm long. Then place in a pot whilst connected to mother plant, let the runner root itself into the pot and only then chop from the mother plant
5:38 that little squirrel is cute.
great video...like the how to lecture then the actual doing of the lecture...makes everything stone clear thanks
@1:03 I hate when plants start stealing money.
When do you get rid of mother plant. Didn’t do much this year. So have cut some babies off and hopefully they will grow next year.
Hi this Phil when do sperate strawberry plants in sping 2:20
Y'all are the best! My strawberries thst were crazy productive but have dine nothing for a month. More than a month of 100°+. Plants are shaded 2pm on.
Cut all the runbers off, fertilized. Niw what? Thx for sharing, julie
We, I kinda wish you'd shown both beds at a distance at the end. But, I'm so glad you made this very educational video. Thanks!
Thank you for sharing your experience with excellent advice and very clear explanation.
funny squirrel at the back 😄
thanks for the tip that well help me a lote when I go to tranceplant my runners next year
I recently got some big strawberry plants and I kept some runners to propagate in pots and I'm just going to have them chill in the pots with "strawberry potting soil" for about 4-8 weeks so the roots can get established and then cut them from the mother. I personally want big red berries.
Thanks. Very informative. Picked up a few tips and tricks.
Thanks Luke!
I place pots next to the mother plant coax them into the pot and that way I know each pot is new
I will be watching this again! I also have to put a slug killer out or I won't have any strawberries.
This is so helpful! Thank you.
So I’ve tried various ways to grow strawberries from seed using well known sources and nev-ver sprouted one seed. Recently tossed bad berries into some potting mix. Periodically watered and I now have a dozen sprouts. HOW DO I now keep them alive and is there enough season left if I get them transplanted, so that they can over winter. Eastern Nebraska zone 5B Sooo excited
Great video on what to do with th runners and this makes perfect sense. I was confused because it looks like you're covering the crown with too much soil which can harm the plant. Any thoughts?
I lost many of my strawberry plants before realizing that I needed to plant them high to prevent crown rot. The remaining plants are now producing lots of runners which I'm leaving in place until they root, then transplanting to fill out the bare spots in the bed.
Wonderful! 😉😊💗 Best regards from London!
i let some runners root in place to extend my little strawberry patch. Others I root in pots and over winter those indoors to replace any that don't survive outside.
I'm from uk and my strawberry s have really long runners /vines there in pots atm and are climbing round a frame what do I do wth the runners lol for autumn 🍂 thanks
I have first year everbearing strawberries. I bought the plants already established. I am planted them in my container garden. My containers are getting so full of runners, and becoming overcrowded. I am wondering if I can cut the runners and transplant them, or if the plant is too young and wouldn't survive. I clipped the flowers for the first 2 months, and since then have let them do their thing. I pick about 2 strawberries a day. I have about a dozen or so on at all times thus far. Thanks for your help!
Thinking about planting strawberries. Could you tell me an estimate of about how much fruit you get off of an established bed like the one here? Trying to just get an idea. Thanks
He never answers in any video. Just here for $$$
It would be nice to revisit how to videos later showing the successes of your methods.
Add these videos to your Pinterest...that's what I do
Simple yet effective. :)
Thanks for sharing.
Lucky you. All my strawberries die. But I do live in Arizona. By the way awesome background beat.
Your video was very informative! Thank you for all the info and you have gained a sub 😊
Please post the link to how you prepared this bed for the strawberries. Thank you.
I have a vertical cascading strawberry patch. The runners are growing our into the air! I want to use them but not sure if they will develop roots in the air. In New Zealand & it is currently early summer. We have a temporate climate, not too hot, not too cold.
What time of year would you suggest I do this in Florida (zone 9)? It stays quite warm here through the end of November.
Do I follow the process of removing runners for wintering over in the house? My strawberry plants are potted
I'm trying to get more strawberries in pots so I cut the runner and put it in water to let them grow roots.. it works ...
jus water huh,ok.
Its mid July 2019 in Salinas California the Salad Bowl Capital of the World... we grow tons of strawberries near this area. My strawberries at home are producing runners well before winter I placed small potting beds near the runners and allow them to establish roots then trim them cords off... In this area zone 9b winters are mild the problem Im having is its July and the mother plants are producing smaller strawberries right now because the runners are growing but thats ok for me... Next year ill have more plants And hopefully the strawberries arent that small
I often take unrooted runners and put them in water until they form roots. I give away hundreds of baby plants every year from a patch of about 25 main plants. I bounce between all of the methods he went over, just depends how I'm feeling that year 🤷🏻♀️
Hi, I recently saw your video "What to do with strawberry runners" and had some questions. I have a bed where I planted some strawberry plants a few years ago. They have basically taken over the bed. I haven't really done much to thin them out, but it being spring now I wonder if I should do something more. I don't really have anywhere else I can plant the runners, but I would like to continue getting decent strawberries each season. What do you recommend? I know I should have thought of this last fall, but I wasn't sure exactly if what I was doing was wrong. Plus, I didn't know if I should just let them go as long as I was getting strawberries.
Should I just pull some runners out and let it go this spring? Or do I start to pull out the mother plants? Oh also should I till the bed? I used to till them up at least the new plants, but now I'm not too sure.
Hello, thank you for the video, I was hoping if you could give me some advice please or see if Im doing the right thing. I purchased a small strawberry plant from the store and it already had 2 runners on it. I was watering the plant twice a week, but I had the plant indoors. I soon realised that the runners became dry and dead like. So I cut them. I repotted the plant in new soil and gave it more space to grow and put the plant directly outside. Im in Louisiana and this time of the year it starts to get abit more hot. The leaves on the plant have been getting bigger and ive been watering whenever the soil dries up. Is there anything I can do to make sure the plant survives long term and produces fruit?
5:30 Mr. Squirrel! Hi Leah Bob!
Is there a way to tell how old a plant is? I bought a plant at Home Depot in pot. Is it more likely it’s a runner that grown?
I didn’t find strawberry seeds in your seed store. Have you consider carrying them and comfrey seeds too?
How much rain do you get a year? I couldn't fathom growing strawberries in the ground where I live. I've never seen one that liked water. I had to make a greenhouse and hang mine in peat/perlite mix
Awesome information 🥳
Do you have to cover your strawberries in winter or just let them go n they just come back?
I live in upstate NY and it can get below zero here in the winter. I grow ever bearing type strawberry plants. They have lush green foliage and very pretty pink flowers that give way to good sized strawberries. And they will produce until the frost tells it to stop. I never cover them and they have been multiplying for 2 years now.
I grow indoors and will be trying to root runners and will report back results
Trying to decide when to plant my strawberries roots in mich.its cold nights!
Strawberries are super hearty. I'm in montana and im transplanting right now. It's go time!..
Should I keep the runner attached with the mother plant while potting or I can cut off the runner first from the mother plant then pot it separately ?
, i live in louisiana and i am moving my runners into another bed, but what month will my first bed stop producing. and will the runners that i am planting in the second bed produce this year also. thanks
Can I just clip the rooted runner and leave it in place? I want to cover some soil around the original plant. It's Octobere here, zone 6b. Is it ok to do it now?
so i just cliped my runners in august so they can focus on root growth like you recommended. I was sure to wait for the plants to root atleast an inch before i clipped them. Its been about 6 hours and i noticed my now clipped small plants are all wilting! i feel like i messed up and dont know what to do.
Hi there, when you said mulching the strawberries, what did you mean exactly, thanks.
Hi thanks for your video. I've got some crazy runners with dead leaves. It's actually the middle of winter now almost spring. should I still follow the above method if there's flowers and the start of fruit showing? Should I also be cropping the dead leaves?
I have a raised pallet bed, would you think moving the entire contents to a new bed would work yet this year, we haven't had a frost yet here in Wisconsin
Curious I am wondering where new crowns are harvested from are those just part of the runners process? Because I bought crowns and there working great but curious on if I can harvest my own crowns instead of buying them ?
Hi! I am a new gardener from Boulder, Co and just discovered your channel-thank you so much! I have learned so much from the little I have watched thus far. Question: Can I clip the runner from the mother plant if there is a significant root system established in that runner AND plant it near the mother plant/same bed?
Worth considering: Strawberry plants produce for only three to four years - production decreases over time. Some gardeners start over after three years. I'm no expert -- just gleaning information from other videos.
you can, but remember strawberry plants only produce so long. It will be easier to keep track of when it is time to retire your older beds if you don't mix them. Just start a new bed with your runners.
I have 2 potted mother plants that each have many runners. It's fall here in Vermont with very cold winters. I've learned to put my potted strawberry plants in a cold shed over winter, and it works great. My question is what do I do with the runners?
I have some strawberry plant that I grew in a 5 gallon bucket and they had Runners take off or Stallings and now that they are on the ground they are blooming and they are I was going to dig them up and put them in Moore 5-gallon bucket what should I do should I leave them or dig them up?
Hi what is the planting frame? and how many grames can one plant produce? thanks
I’m in zone 9 central Florida and wondering if I can removed the runners and replant them anytime in the mild weather just not in the Summer when they are dormant. Would this be correct?
So I was right to after so long with seasons changing to go ahead and cut most of the runners now forming their own plants. Any advice when some leaves start to dry out on the original plant what that's caused by.