strawberry plant

is it possible to take a cutting from a strawberry plant ,
thanks

 

Hi Johnny,

Anythings possible after Dolly the sheep but not all things are practical.

Usually best to let it produce runners & pot those up

 

I'm no expert, but I think the usual method of propgating from strawberry plants is to pin down the runners they'll send out. They won't be doing that this early though, but when the do, just pin it down in a 3" pot and wait for it to get a bit established before severing the connection with the 'mother' plant.

I think (but I may be wrong on this) that the ones on the runner that are closest to the mother plant will fruit the next year, but you'll have to wait two years for those that are further away.

But if I were you, I'd wait until someone more knowledgeable comes along!

 

thanks

 

What about crown division?

 

Others may have different thoughts on this, but I don't think I'd divide any strawberry unless it was obvious that the plant had two 'crowns', otherwise you risk having one crown and just a plant with leaves.

The best way to propagate is to wait until the strawberry starts sending out 'runners', then unless you want them in the ground in and around where the 'mother' plant is growing, fill 3" pots with some compost and just pin the runner down using a 'U' shaped piece of wire, to keep the underside of the runner in contact with the soil. Wait until the runner has properly rooted before severing it from the mother plant. Runners nearest the mother plant will be the healthiest and strongest, those further away, less so - but that doesn't mean it's not worth having a go with a second plant on the same runner, although any more would probably be pushing it a bit.

Once the plantlets have a healthy root system, they can be planted where you like, in the ground or containers of your choice. No 'new' plant will fruit in it's first year and, if it does flower it's worth nipping them off so the plant can put its energy into just growing.

Gradually, each plant will fruit slightly more over a period of 3 - 5 years before it begins to decline, so every year I peg down as many runners as practicable to ensure I have plenty of plants at each stage of 'development'

 

years ago we had a really tasty box of strawberries from the shop. There was one rotten one, which I dug out of the bin. From the one I got four plants, from the four plants I got enough runners for a 2m*3m plot the following year. They were good but not as good as the original box from the shop, probably F1's.
Point is many runners from few plants.