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Pointless pegging

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  Posted by honeysuckle (U8412568) on Friday, 29th July 2011

  Has anyone ever noticed what happenes to strawberry runners that aren't pegged down or potted up? Do they die off or mysteriously disappear? No, they root themselves in a few weeks without the slightest help from anyone.
  
  Why do we get this ridiculous advice year after year?

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  Posted by Tee Gee (U10012255) on Friday, 29th July 2011

  Although I agree with what you say, by catching the runners in pots I dictate which one grows or not!
  
  Plus it causes less disturbance when I decide to transplant!

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  Posted by BaraGwenith (U14257539) on Friday, 29th July 2011

  They probably give this 'ridiculous' advice because it is good advice.
  
  If you peg the runners they root where you want them to. It is also sensible to limit the number of rooted runners to three from each plant, and only root the first section of the runner and not susequent sections.

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  Posted by honeysuckle (U8412568) on Saturday, 30th July 2011

  I make my selection after they have rooted. I do this usually to make a new bed, so the others are discarded, or snipped off, In my garden they all seem to grow like mad. Maybe my soil just suits them. Do the rest of yours just float around for the rest of the year or what? My problem is more stopping them growing.

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  Posted by honeysuckle (U8412568) on Saturday, 30th July 2011

  Yes ,if you actually want them near the parent. But then, mine produce so many that there is bound to be one there already if I wait till the end of August. I probably only take one from the parent, but it doesn,t seem to make a difference to the crop. Any one I plant have the rest of the summer , the autumn and the winter to root. By spring, even tiny ones would have rooted well. I started out following the advice as a beginner buying and cutting wire , selecting , pegging, potting, watering, etc. One year I was late getting round to it and there low and behold were more lovely rooted runners than I could possibly have used or given away. I have never had a poor crop. Why did no expert tell me that they would do this? It was such a waste of time. Doesn't the plant intend to root runners and spread?
  
  Thanks for your replies.

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  Posted by zoomer44 (U14019069) on Saturday, 30th July 2011

  Yes ,if you actually want them near the parent. But then, mine produce so many that there is bound to be one there already if I wait till the end of August. I probably only take one from the parent, but it doesn,t seem to make a difference to the crop. Any one I plant have the rest of the summer , the autumn and the winter to root. By spring, even tiny ones would have rooted well. I started out following the advice as a beginner buying and cutting wire , selecting , pegging, potting, watering, etc. One year I was late getting round to it and there low and behold were more lovely rooted runners than I could possibly have used or given away. I have never had a poor crop. Why did no expert tell me that they would do this? It was such a waste of time. Doesn't the plant intend to root runners and spread?
  
  Thanks for your replies.  I love strawberries and if truth be known they've grown like weeds in my garden with very little attention for the past 15 years. When I had conifers they were one of the few plants which rooted and grew amoungest the roots. I've had them in toughs frozen solid over winter but they stil come back with lots of friut the year after if planted out soon enough.
  
  Advice about pegging down runners is probably well intentioned and prevents plants spreading to area's in the garden you don't want them.
  
  There are alpine varieties which don't give out runners and need to be reseeded, there's also a variety called mount everest which grows up rather along the ground.
  
  

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