For those reading this and if she doesn't mention this in the video, it is vitally important to use runners to get new plants but restrict this effort to one or two plants as needed. A strawberry plant will produce for 3-5 years and then its production falls off.

@OurSanctuaryGarden

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, thank you for bringing this up. In fact, we have plans to renovate on our strawberry beds this year with the runners since the production had declined slightly. They are about 4 years old.

@vastya.3255

2 жыл бұрын

@@OurSanctuaryGarden so it’s not needed the first 3 years? I planted strawberries from seed a year ago, right now they started flowering , the plants are big but not as big as yours so I wasn’t sure if I should cut flowers so that the plants can still grow My plants started running a while ago so I have new patches that flower pretty quickly , so do I just cut off all the runners now or do I just wait until second year since 1st year plants don’t produce good fruit anyway? (Especially not in my weather )

@OurSanctuaryGarden

2 жыл бұрын

@@vastya.3255 hi there! Regarding your questions, for the first few months after planting a strawberry plant, remove the blossoms to give the plant energy to focus on a good root system. It’s recommended to remove all flowers for the first year on June bearing, and to remove flowers until July for Everbearing. I would also start removing runners from your Everbearing plants unless you need/want more plants. For June bearing, I would let them produce some runners but don’t let them go crazy. You’re right that second year plants produce more and better fruit. I have a follow up video on my channel I posted recently on how to renovate an Everbearing strawberry bed. You might find it helpful as I clear a few things up. 😊 hope this answers your questions.

@paulinesaens9677

Жыл бұрын

​@@OurSanctuaryGarden o

@ineshianewton7740

Жыл бұрын

​@Sanctuary Gardens hello so remove all runners for the first 3 yrs

I push the end into a 3 in pot for 5 days and let it send a root down before I clip it of the mother. I've found that any longer than 5 days and you wont get as big of berries. This is the way I ve found to get the best of both. I have allstars and quinault and this has worked for both for me

30 yrs ago I bought 2-6 pks of strawberries before the internet was in every house hold. Via an article in a gardening book I learned to plant the 1 yr old mother plant and to not allow the fruit to set but to snip off the blooms. Use a bright piece of yard or those piled up bread twist ties select the bright yellow or orange ones and place them around the base of each mother. Allow the runners to grow, root and mature. Depending on where you live 6 to 8 weeks before nightly temps are 32* transplant those runner babies on the other end of the strawberry bed(s). The next year allow the mother plants to set fruit but remove all runners as soon as you see them. Then the following years those original mother plants will produce huge berries, just keep removing the runners. Now you have those babies on the other end of the patch. Do the same thing with those the following year. Select one color per years worth of growth so not to mix them up and write on an index card whats what. The 2nd yr plants can then be moved closer to the original mothers and keep those runners snipped. After about 4 to 5 yrs start to replace the oldest mothers as many feel they start producing less fruits as they age. Have fun and gt down and dirty in the garden...!

@OurSanctuaryGarden

2 жыл бұрын

Hi! This is very interesting to read. Thanks for sharing. That’s quite a system. Has it worked well for you? Do you have raised beds? I did a follow up video on renovating a strawberry bed and I had to do the process all at once because I needed to refill my raised bed with more soil. I like this process you have here as it makes it so you don’t have to renovate all the plants all at once.

@simone2787

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you 😊

@catherineharris27

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your advice! Using the bread ties are a smart idea! Thank you 4 this. It gives me a great start on my new bed next season!

@vickybrown5047

Жыл бұрын

I'll be giving this a try ! Thanks for sharing.

@rickrolluniversity2237

Жыл бұрын

Try an individual pot, i made an experiment by planting half of my plant directly to the ground and some on a pot. They grow better in an individual pot. And each of the plant grow differently. Like it evolve themselves i was shocked to find one of my strawberry goes red(leaf). The pot one grow more fruit and free disease. The mixed one in the ground tend to be sharing disease. It leaf growth isnt good at all, also try hanging pot

"Runners" are daughters. Keep the mother and get rid of the daughters. Replace the mother with new daughters every 3 -4 years.

@OurSanctuaryGarden

2 жыл бұрын

Exactly! Thanks for adding your input!

@luvmy5515

2 жыл бұрын

Can't you use the daughters to start another branch on the family tree? 😊 I mean if you're getting rid of them might as well make use of them. Make more strawberries 😁

@SexMusicPlants

2 жыл бұрын

@@luvmy5515 would depend on available room/space, I'd think...

@terrig2467

2 жыл бұрын

Can you plant the runners?

@idahopotato5837

2 жыл бұрын

@@terrig2467 yes. If you have the room. In time you will get overcrowding. I think taking the runners and planting them next to a row of mother's would work and then in 3 years remove the mother's when the daughters are producing well. The strawberries will be small if you don't thin them out at some point. The mother last 3-4 years.

“Nothing beats home grown berries” I agree 100%!

@OurSanctuaryGarden

2 жыл бұрын

They truly are the best! 👌🏼

I planted a dozen Quinalts in March. They became 100 plants, but I saw no fruit until this month(November)...three small strawberries. Wish I had known your trick. There’s always next year. 🙂 Thank you.

@steph6337

2 жыл бұрын

At least you have a bunch of plants now! How are the new plants doing? Have they started producing?

@vastya.3255

2 жыл бұрын

A big plus is having many plants, with this trick you can now get a huge yield

@EvoExoticsGenetics

Жыл бұрын

reduce nitrogen

I tried cutting my runners off and rooting them with hormone and it works, so you let the mother focus on berries and at the same time you can make more plants.

@OurSanctuaryGarden

2 жыл бұрын

Awesome! That’s a question I get a lot if the runner can be used to make a new plant after it’s been clipped so I’m glad to hear you’ve had success with it.

Great tip. Now I know why I had so many new plants and small, not so sweet berries. Thank you.

@kaiya4376

Жыл бұрын

Strawberries like acidic soil for sweeter fruit

We too have strawberry, blueberries, raspberries, and blackberry "patches".

For anyone reading when removing the runners it actually works way easier to just push down instead of pinching off. The whole section would get removed with ease

Thanks for making the video lady 👍🏽👍🏽

This is very interesting. I grow strawberries commercially (we have about 10 million plants this year) and most of the advice I see on the youtubes is utterly ludicrous. This however, is not. We only keep our plants for one season, and we go to great lengths to cut the runners off early in the year so the crowns grow bigger and the plant sets more, larger fruit. There may or may not be an obscene amount of Calcium and Potassium Nitrate and Magnesium Sulphate involved. Towards the end of the season though, we start letting runners take root and cut them from the mother plant. We put them in trays and that becomes some of next year's plants.

@OurSanctuaryGarden

2 жыл бұрын

This is very interesting to read! I know most commercial growers treat strawberries as annuals but I wasn’t aware they removed runners. Good to know. Thanks for sharing!

@usewisdom2

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the tips

@sandrashane677

Жыл бұрын

Why dont ye get 3-5 years out of a planting of strawberries? Why change them every year? Isnt that a lot of work?

@bradcarby3765

Жыл бұрын

@@sandrashane677 Do you really want to know the answer?

@asha.m

Жыл бұрын

​@Brad Carby yes please!

I like what you did and that’s a great idea, but the runners can also be soaked in water and make another plant and possibly sell them. And definitely use a scissors. You were really fighting there to pinch that off you can use a small scissors.

First year growing strawberries here! Have little day neutral strawberries that are just starting to form! I pinched the buds until beginning of this month and they are flowering like crazy!

@OurSanctuaryGarden

Жыл бұрын

Wonderful! I hope they produce an abundance for you! :)

Had to ff to the relevant part... time is valuable.

Thanks for sharing your tip 😊

Excellent video, thank you! Now I'm all set to grow my strawberries.😋❤️

Pretty cool!😊

Thank you this is some helpful advice. Your garden lookds beautiful

Great Tip. Thanks for sharing

Nice shRing my friend

We just moved to this new house last fall. Previously, my strawberries were attacked by slugs, snails and birds before we ever got fruit to eat. Now, we are in a drier climate and will be purchasing my new berries within the month. This nice tip comes in perfect timing with the onset of gardening season. Thank you. 6:47

@BlueCrystalAnimatez

10 ай бұрын

How are they ?

Thanks for sharing

Thanks for shareing

I often place the tiny runner plants in a small pot of potting soil while still connected to the mother. After it roots, I snip the umbilical cord. Then I can move the new baby wherever I want.

Awesome tip!

Thank you for sharing

Thank you for the tip.

Wow amazing 👍🥰

You explained that so well. Thank you.

@OurSanctuaryGarden

2 жыл бұрын

You’re welcome! Happy gardening!

You’re strawberries are huge & they look so AH-MAZING!!! Thanks for sharing!!!

@OurSanctuaryGarden

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Very helpful video! Thank u ❤️

Thanks for the tip.. 💕

Very good 👌 👍 👏

yummi yummi, never neglect strawberries.

Good, good information.

easy and so effective !!! thank you

I am not perfect. But my strawberry plants are getting real good fertilized soil, rain and sunlight and when ever the mini plant grows I cut them all together and plant them. I started having them all from a single plant.

Great tip. I prune mine and I replant the stem.

Hi I love your dogs they are very cute 😊😁

Good tip, thanks!

The slope of your yard is great. My last residence had that slope and everything I planted in that low area did the best. I guess wetness is good.

Tq very much for ur kind information🤩❤

Thanks for sharing such a great tip👏🏽keep up the good work fellow gardener 👍🏽

@OurSanctuaryGarden

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Happy gardening!

Thanks, its very obvious but never thought of doing this

awesome!! I love this news thank you!

Those plants look very healthy

Awesome ❤

Great video thanks

Nice job

Wow! Thank you SO MUCH for that amazing tip! It's brilliant! I can't wait to get out there tomorrow and pinch or cut off the runners from my strawberries! And each time I do, I will be thanking you. I just can't believe that no one has ever thought of this before now. God Bless!

@OurSanctuaryGarden

10 ай бұрын

You’re most welcome!

Oh my gosh! Your berries look AMAZING and big. I know the flavor is off the chart. Enjoy!!

@OurSanctuaryGarden

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! They are scrumptious! 🍓😉

Thanks For This! More please! Also

Thank you so much for this video! Just an additional tip for those having trouble getting bigger berries .. it may be to do with pollination. If - like me - you live in 'the 'burbs' rather than out in the country, you may be noticing a decline in pollinator populations. Try planting flowering, pollinator attracting plants such as marigolds around/within your strawberry patches (mine are in hanging pots). If the time to do this has passed, then get yourself a soft-bristled paint-brush and hand pollinate your flowers, from the outside in towards the centre of the flower. If you have the time to do this daily (for a few pots of plants like I have), then great! Otherwise, you can get away with doing this every 3-4 days. Strawberry flowers are self-pollinating (meaning even just one flower can fertilize itself to produce a fruit as it has both male and female flower parts). However, some help from you may be needed. Brush from the outside (male parts) of the flower to the inside (female part*s*). For the size of the fruit to be maximized to its capacity, *each* female part needs to be pollinated. Hope this helps as an addition to the great info in this video!

@OurSanctuaryGarden

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing this great tip!!

@GG-cn6es

Жыл бұрын

strawberry plants can self-pollinate

Glad I stumbled upon this video. AMAZING! I’m getting ready to start my first indoor and outdoor grow so it was great to see what a runner looks like and how to encourage strawberries to grow as large as possible on the mother plant. Thank you.

@OurSanctuaryGarden

Жыл бұрын

I’m glad it was helpful! Thanks for following along! More great videos coming! I have a whole playlist on strawberries!

Thank you

Great vid

Thanks

Thanks for sharing...we tried to grow strawberry in the tropic where it is green all the year round... removing runners and some leaves are essential..to increase the yield and size of the berries.

Awesome thanks for that! I'll try it on my strawberry plants 👍👍🙏🇭🇲🇭🇲🇭🇲

@OurSanctuaryGarden

2 жыл бұрын

Glad to help! Happy gardening!

Thank You

Ty!

Hi, just found your channel🤗 subscribed! Lovely garden and looking forward to more of your videos.

@OurSanctuaryGarden

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the follow! I hope you find things helpful. And always feel free to comment with things you've learned in your gardening journey. Cheers!

We are in Bellingham Wa and are starting a garden 🪴 this year. Thanks for the tips :)

@OurSanctuaryGarden

2 жыл бұрын

Hi neighbor! 😊 I wish you all the best in your new gardening journey. I hope you find some helpful info here for gardening in the PNW. Cheers!

So nice 😍 home grown is so satisfying 🤩😍

@OurSanctuaryGarden

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, they are so much better!

I only grow Everbearing Strawberries because I prefer them producing throughout the summer. Right now, my bed is new, and I want more plants, so I am leaving the runners. Once I have all the plants I want, I fully intend on pinching those runners. Maybe I'll keep a few and start a few for my friends to have and to freshen my stock every few years.

@OurSanctuaryGarden

2 жыл бұрын

You betcha! Sounds like you know what you're doing! I prefer everbearing myself... I may be getting rid of my June bearing this year. Happy gardening!

Very nice~ How long have those strawberry plants been in the garden beds? To save the clipped runners, put them in water, with the torn off end in the water and keep the growing tip out of the water but still resting on the water, and they will form roots.

@OurSanctuaryGarden

3 жыл бұрын

Hi! These plants have been in the raised beds for about 2 years. In 1-2 more years, I plan to refresh the bed by doing exactly as you described! :) Cheers!

@Paulineme1

2 жыл бұрын

How do you rest the growing tip on the water?

@artgarden5285

2 жыл бұрын

Just got a Seascape variety plant (no doubt grown from a runner, lol) and was looking for tips on what to do with it. I will keep this tip and remember it when my plant is much bigger, because I want LOTS of strawberries and strawberry plants in the future. Been dreaming of that hanging, indoor strawberry cornucopia... :) Thank you!

@NashvilleMonkey1000

2 жыл бұрын

Actually water tends to rot them quickly. Letting them root directly into the ground either from the container of planting out the container gives it the best chance. There are ways to use water but they are still more advanced than me

@smallspaceswithGloria

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you answered my question 😊

I love your garden 💞💞💞

@OurSanctuaryGarden

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you ☺️

thank you

First time on your channel. Great video! Very clear explanation. I’ll be pinching off the runners we get this season. Thanks!

@OurSanctuaryGarden

2 жыл бұрын

Welcome! Glad you found it helpful! 😊

Thank you for that

Around here, the Mt. Hood strain of strawberries are smaller, but boy are they delicious.

@OurSanctuaryGarden

2 жыл бұрын

Good to know! We weren’t happy with our Hood strawberries but maybe I’ll give them another chance 😊

Thank you!!! I’m so glad I came across this video! I planted 50 bareroot strawberries in March/April and they are all smaller strawberries now that they are producing and tons of runners are coming! Now I know how to get big strawberries!!! Yay!!!

@OurSanctuaryGarden

3 жыл бұрын

Glad to hear it! Hope this helps! Happy gardening

@julial3758

2 жыл бұрын

So did it work

I use the runners for propagation but I can see why allowing them to develop can divert the plant's energy.

Skip to 4:45 for the tip.. come ooooon…. Video is great! Don’t click bait it with long intros

Thank you! This is my first year gardening so I’m not expecting fruit until next year, but I’ll make sure to remember to do this!

@OurSanctuaryGarden

2 жыл бұрын

I wish you all the best! 😊

@slk363

2 жыл бұрын

Do I need to fertilize strawberry plants other than when first planted? If so with what?

@OurSanctuaryGarden

2 жыл бұрын

@@slk363 yes, strawberries should be fertilized after their last crop. Try to avoid fertilizing them in the spring right before they start flowering, otherwise they may put out only leaves and less or no fruit. I plan to do a video on fertilizing strawberries once they’re fruiting (soon!) so watch for that.

Hi friend. I got strawberries un march and they are growing again. I told you I was going to do my best and I did It.

@OurSanctuaryGarden

2 жыл бұрын

Yay!! That’s great! Congratulations!

Cool

I ordered ever berries this year and they're planted they look so healthy. I definitely needed to know this tip I'll just pick the runners and start new plants give them away lol

@OurSanctuaryGarden

2 жыл бұрын

Glad this was helpful! I love sharing the runner baby plants with others!

Plants look great, thanks for the tip. I can't wait to eat strawberries from my indoor grow room. Animals always eat mine outdoors, so I am going to try indoors🙃

@OurSanctuaryGarden

2 жыл бұрын

That will be nice to have them inside. I hope it works for you!

My strawberries are loaded... heading out right now to do this!!!!

Awesome! I'm going to go out and do this tomorrow morning. My strawberries are fairly small.

@OurSanctuaryGarden

2 жыл бұрын

Glad this was helpful! 😊 Happy Gardening!

Omg!! My two dogs are named Lucy (pug) and Ranger (German shepherd) !!! What's the odds!!!!! 😃😂😂

@OurSanctuaryGarden

Жыл бұрын

Aw that’s awesome!! 🤩

TLDW: Prune off runners from the strawberry plant.

Thanks I just saw one of those runners on my strawberries so off it comes

going with seascape in hanging bags this year

My older kiddo asked if you would share some with us, ha ha! Beautiful berries!! Need to go out and pluck my runners now.

@OurSanctuaryGarden

3 жыл бұрын

I'd gladly share my bounty! ;)

I started a strawberry plant in a pot this year. Let's see if it grows big after I plug off a runner. Thanks for the tip.

@OurSanctuaryGarden

2 жыл бұрын

You’re welcome!

Thank you! I've always been great at growing strawberry plants but lacking on the actual strawberries lol

@OurSanctuaryGarden

2 жыл бұрын

You’re welcome and I hope you have better luck! 😊

Those sweet dogs!

@OurSanctuaryGarden

2 жыл бұрын

They are so sweet! 😊

hi sanctuary gardens 🤗 this video came across my feed and im so glad it did. im actually watching you on my tv and laptop 🤣😂 i have strawberries and will definitely try this idea the next time i renovate my patch (your video im watching on tv). i'm in zone 10. i'm not sure where you are, but i'm going to watch more of your videos to see what i can learn and what may work in my raised beds. where do you get your straw? tfs

@OurSanctuaryGarden

Жыл бұрын

Hi there! I'm so glad you're here! Thanks for stopping by. :) I hope you learn a lot from my videos! More strawberry ones will be coming out in August (a whole series!). I am in zone 8b so I have a shorter growing season than you. I purchased my strawberries from a local nursery that specializes in berries and shrubs. I got mine as bareroot (my recommendation). Hope this helps! See you in a future comment thread! ;)

Hola, I AM from Habana. This is the first time I grow strawberries. I think I AM going to have a beautiful plant and good fruits. You know the climate here is not the best to grow but I Will try. I Will do my best.

@OurSanctuaryGarden

2 жыл бұрын

I wish you the best! :)

Last year I bought 3 plants and didnt know to prune off the runners. I didnt get ANY berries. However this year i took all those new plants i replanted in a more suitable area and ive got sooo many berries coming in.

@OurSanctuaryGarden

2 жыл бұрын

That’s wonderful! Hopefully this tip helps too. 😊 happy gardening!

This is really awesome info and easily understood. I,m giving strawberry planting another try.

@OurSanctuaryGarden

2 жыл бұрын

I'm glad you're going to try again! I wish you the very best luck!

Your strawberries are beautiful

@OurSanctuaryGarden

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! They're our favorite!

It's so good I want variety it ❤️

@OurSanctuaryGarden

3 жыл бұрын

The ever-bearing variety that we like is called Albion. :)

going plucking suckers right now thanks

ok thanks

Tip: choose a cultivar that produces large berries

cool