spare strawberries??

louise_1981

does anyone have any spare strawberry runners that they could spare? New to gardening, and would love some strawberries. I have 5 alpine (wild or devon?) plants but would love some earlier fruiting plants (which should be giving runners just about now.

Willing to pay postage or swap for veggie seeds.

Would be very grateful

Louise

ethansmum

I bought some alpine strawberries from ebay, but they have been sending out runners. Now I'm confused because I thought Alpines didn't have runners, the fruit was small in size too. Anyway, I'm sure I'll have a couple of nice mini plants soon. So if you would like more of these, I'd happily RAK them to you

jimthejimjim

I might be able to help, but first..........

How do i know what a runner is? (i think i have got some)

How would i dettach it without killing it?

Been giving us fruit for about 4weeks now so i hope thats early enough?

Sorry if such questions have been covered before.

jimthejimjim

Had a look about online and i'm 90% sure i have runners, just need some instuctions on how best to cut them from the plant and package tham for posting.

Jonjulie

jim...dont cut the runners off now, you need to let them root,they do it themselves or you can aid them by pinning them into the soil with a wire clip,wait till a few leaves have formed,then cut from parent plants.
Louise i will have loads of spare plants in the next few weeks, if you drop me a pm i will gladly post you some,already posted a few lots out earlier this year for fellow MSE members.

louise_1981

thank you, I knew there would be some generous mse'ers on here who would be over run, trying to get as many as poss together, as I applied to be put on the allotment waiting list :j that is at the bottom of my street,

madhouseof4

I have loads of runners from my 2 plants in pots. I have to get them to root first, but it shouldn't take long. You are more than welcome to have some.