How to propagate a strawberry in a hanging basket

ALIBOBSY

OK so we have got a strawberry bed, but we also picked up 2 everbearing varieties in hanging baskets which have been brilliant (and still producing now yummy). So we love some more of these.
One plant has produced a runner which has now got flowers on it, but obviously I can't put it in soil or another pot as it is hung up. There are some small roots, will it grow on as it is if I remove it and pot it up?

ali x

Lotus-eater

Yes it might, is the answer, I've done this before and above half have lived, the bigger they are the more chance of it.
Why don't you just take down the basket and put it on the floor?
Or wire in a small pot to the outside of the basket.

ktpie

Mine are in a hanging basket and if the runner is long enough to do it without snapping it I just tuck it back into the hanging basket so that it gets chance to root then move it once it has established a bit.

Trishh_2

Mine in baskets have thrown out lots of runners. I've just set tiny pots, filled with a mix of compost & sharp sand into the basket, and pinned the runners into those. Once they've rooted I'll cut them off the parent plant and move them. I'd remove any flowers from the runners so they can put their energy into developing decent roots.

ALIBOBSY

Thanks for the replies will have a think about it.

ali x

misspenny

we took our baskets down and sat on top of large terracotta pot with a few stones in bottom to wieigh pot down as a stand to keep baskets off ground, then set up small pots of compost round it and pinned the runners into the little pots and then cut them off from parent plant when they looked like they where starting to grow.

s4lvatore

Sorry to revive this from last year but wanted to ask.

I have a couple of strawberry baskets I am going to do this weekend and was wondering once all it starts producing runners would I be better transplanting the plants out of the baskets and into soilor would the above suggestions about placing pots around it be ok?

Also what does a runner look like, lol, and how will I know when its rooted so I can cut it? Or does it seperate itself?

Thanks guys.

heynonnynonny

I googled strawberry runners and come up with this site I thought was useful - http://www.doctorgreenfingers.co.uk/Growing_Vegetables_help_advice/Growing-strawberries.html

katskorner

runners are thrown out from the parent plant after fruiting and they are on long stems and basically look like another strawberry plant. All you need to do is put a small pot of compost beneath each one and press it into the soil and let it root. DO NOT CUT IT FROM THE PARENT PLANT UNTIL IT ROOTS. Once it has rooted you can cut it loose and you have a brand new plant! Strawberries need replacing every three years so propogating this way is a brilliant way to get new plants at no cost.

Antispam

Or pin it down in soil with a piece of thick wire until it rooted

wayne1983

katskorner wrote: »

runners are thrown out from the parent plant after fruiting and they are on long stems and basically look like another strawberry plant. All you need to do is put a small pot of compost beneath each one and press it into the soil and let it root. DO NOT CUT IT FROM THE PARENT PLANT UNTIL IT ROOTS. Once it has rooted you can cut it loose and you have a brand new plant! Strawberries need replacing every three years so propogating this way is a brilliant way to get new plants at no cost.

We have loads of strawberry plants in our garden as theyve spread over time and i was going to give cuttings to people, however i was just going to cut the runners and put them in pots, so this isnt the case?:beer: