How to Grow Strawberries from Runners. Free plants = more fruit.

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Propagating strawberry plants is really easy. Once they stop producing fruit they throw all their energy into "Runner" production & it is a great time to extend your patch, take some off for friends & family. They are one plant that once you buy you will have them for life & they make great gifts for friends & family. Subscribing to us at Bits Out the Back is as easy as clicking below http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=bnbob01 You can also find Bits Out the Back on Facebook, Instagram & G+ where we post mini updates on the aquaponics/aquaculture, chooks, worms, wicking bed gardens & other small tidbits. www.facebook.com/Bitsouttheback & on Instagram at bits_out_the_back Have a great one everyone.

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please tell me in what season we grow strawberry seeds.

hi Bob...i'm from the caribbean...recently strawberry plants have become available at our plants shops here. i bought a few n they are bearing ....but the strawberry fruits are very very small....like about 1-1.5 cm long. i fertilized with cow manure n i cut off the runners so that the plant can focus on producing fruits. but they are still bearing very small. can u tell me what to do or why is that happening . thanx

do strawberries plants repreduce asexually and sexually?

Those excess snipped parts that were discarded --could they be rooted in water if desired?

Do you use fertilizer or any kind?

why get rid of the mother plants

Can u cut the runner from its mother plant once it develops roots

They are most likely female......so she and her are the words:)

great channel keep it up. just began my videos again getting some ideas. hope you like, if you do hit up a sub :)

nice advice I'm from Sri Lanka . I have mother plant and I maked the extra plants about runners. thank you for your advice

Thanks for providing this information. I would like to know how you dealt with any diseases, such as leather rot, scorch, leaf spot, leaf blight ad anthracose. I am growing strawberries in full sun in a tropical climate with wet weather and hot sun. All crops get sufficient water Do you think wild strawberries with fare nay better in the climate I just mentioned. Assistance appreciates.Please note that strawberry varieties are unknown and I plant also strawberry from seeds from the the strawberries in the supermarket i.e Driscolls strawberries

What type are they?

My Strawberry plant (that I've had on my balcony for a year), looks super dead (after not surprisingly having not survived a Swedish Winter on our balcony)!!! But when I was about to throw it out & reuse the pot, have found runnners/shoots, seem to be already rooted, but will let them get bigger to be sure where they're connected, if at all. So excited, looks like at least 6 so far (mid Spring) :) Must have survived because of the bubble wrap on one side of pot, or side against the house, or under the old growth...dunno, but I'm pleased :) Was a hard lesson to learn as an Aussie, now gardening in Swedish climate! Thanks for the video :)

I planted runners last year and well I thought I messed up because they didnt grow but looked as if they were dying. Low and behold after this past winter those little devils survived the weather and actually still alive and already growing berries. I guess the key is Plant them and forget them. Thats what I did.

I'm really liking your videos! Excellent work and helpful as I'm getting ready to install a large aquaponics system at my house along with some wicking beds....and worms of course! Thank you for making these.

I bought a couple of strawberry plants on sale. I assume they are at the end of their season. Should I plant them in bigger pots? Will they survive winter in Sydney?

A vert good video thanks 2 Questions for you I found Vine weevil in my strewberrys thy were in my guttering for my strewberrys what is the best way to get rid of them and all so have you made a video on haversting worm castings and the Quickest way to dry your castings Cheers Dave

Thanks mate! An awesome tutorial for an amateur like me 😂

Thanks rob. I'll give it a try next summer with the straw bale. Not sure about using urine to get the bald ready for planting !