I had never heard of cutting back strawberry plants in summer. But I did it last year when I saw a video of you on this topic. And they were fine. Also no more slug hiding places. It just looks tidy. This year I left two plants, which produced really sweet strawberries, to develop runners for new plants.

@ashleyalexander7388

13 күн бұрын

This is the best advice i've found in years of researching growing plants.

@CharlesDowding1nodig

12 күн бұрын

Ah cool!

@sukotu23

11 күн бұрын

Heard the same about cutting back raspberries in winter, but I do know they still spread underground. Would be cool to see a vid on here from Charles about berries!

Hi, I like the runners, they help to expand the my berry patch, don't have to buy every year 😊🌺

God gave you a gentle and kind spirit, Mr. Dowding. What a gift. Thanks for all the help. Home-grown strawberries are my favorite. Much more intense flavor. I only grow a couple of my own plants because we have local places that grow tons and don’t spray them or anything. I can go pick a large amount at one time, eat some fresh (even while I’m picking!), make a cobbler, and make some jam with the rest. How blessed I am!

@ashleyalexander7388

13 күн бұрын

He's a star :P

@CharlesDowding1nodig

12 күн бұрын

So nice, thanks Erica, and that is a lovely option

I never knew that! I hope to remember this for next year 😊🍓

Great information, Charles ❤

That's useful to know thank you. I was wondering what I was supposed to do after cropping.

@Greenmanure62

12 күн бұрын

Just cut them back today. I'll be interested to see how they do next year. 😊

Surely you do want to keep some runners if replacing the oldest strawberry plants from the plot each year. My understanding is that strawberry plants decline in productivity after 4-5 years and that it's best to remove those plants and replace with 2 year old ones (keeping the one year old plants elsewhere to grow on) so some runners are useful to get plants for next year.

@CharlesDowding1nodig

12 күн бұрын

Yes, but you don't replace them every year, or at least I don't because I don't want the extra work. So this patch will crop for one or two more years I reckon, and I can take some rooted runners for new plants this autumn,

I really should have netted mine over. I’m not sure if it’s birds stealing my fruit or what but not so long ago everything looked like it needed a week or two left or so, came back 2 days later and the plants were there leaves intact but the strawberries seem to be in a different dimension :(

Great tip for cutting off the tops of strawberry plants. The runners are out of control!

I went for it so hard this year for the first time, and was rewarded with the LEGITLY tastiest strawberry of my life so far. It just was over again way too quickly, because the realization took me so long, haha. It's an inspiration to do even better next year, whoooooey!

@CharlesDowding1nodig

11 күн бұрын

Lovely to see this. Rewards!

Although I'm a seasoned gardener, this is my first year growing strawberries (variety Sparkle), so this is extremely helpful! (Do more!) Thank you!

@CharlesDowding1nodig

13 күн бұрын

I am glad you found it helpful

❤ so true amazing taste had never had such taste and different tastes from strawberries before!!!

@CharlesDowding1nodig

Күн бұрын

Lovely to hear

Hello it's a beautiful garden 🤩

@CharlesDowding1nodig

13 күн бұрын

Thank you 🙂

I may try the topping off method you show here. A few gardeners I follow, suggested I dethatch my berry patch and they have taken 4 years to come back. I have Alpines. I'm hoping there are MORE runners, as my climate doesn't have slugs.

@CharlesDowding1nodig

12 күн бұрын

Alpines are great, keep cropping if it rains!

@annaleealtavilla5124

10 күн бұрын

Do your alpines runner? My "regular" strawberries runner, but my alpines only reseed, not a single runner ever. Is it possible yours aren't putting on runners because they aren't supposed to?

@Neenerella333

10 күн бұрын

@annaleealtavilla5124 After the big de-thatching(2 years ago), they didn't runner. But this year, they finally did. Fingers crossed for next year.

Very useful thank you 😊

@CharlesDowding1nodig

13 күн бұрын

you are very welcome

Growing your own taste the best 👌 as long as slugs don’t get them

I put my runners back in to the ground in my raised bed and have new plants the next year

I never knew you could cut strawberry plants back once they’d finished fruiting, so I will definitely be doing that, also when is it safe to move them to a different location?

@SteviesAllotmentGarden

13 күн бұрын

I need to know the answer too as I want to move mine

@CharlesDowding1nodig

12 күн бұрын

They do not transplant well, and you would do better to allow some runners to root, and then use them as your new plants in a new place

Huzur huzur huzur ❤❤❤

@CharlesDowding1nodig

13 күн бұрын

💚

I use strawberries as a ground cover so I want all the runners! I don't find I get any less fruit from letting them spread out.

@yvonnejackson1696

13 күн бұрын

Oooo. Ground cover what a good idea. Why didn’t I think of that.

@CharlesDowding1nodig

12 күн бұрын

For sure you can do that, but thre's a risk of building the slug and snail population. That would certainly happen here. Also the fruits are smaller from the density of so many plants rooting

I tried to grow some strawberries here in N/E Thailand but they didn't do well. I think the potted plants I bought came from the north, like Chiang Mai, where it is much cooler.

@CharlesDowding1nodig

12 күн бұрын

Ah bother, back to mangoes!! 😂

@tinkeringinthailand8147

12 күн бұрын

@@CharlesDowding1nodig I had so many mangoes this year I made tons of Jam and ice cream :P

My Strawberrys are old and didn't produce much this year so I'm encouraging the runners with extra organic nitrogen to replace them.

I'm planning to build raised beds for my strawberries - I have tended to get a lot of grey mould on the plants directly in the ground.

@CharlesDowding1nodig

12 күн бұрын

Best of luck

i have the Everbearing variety, do I still do this?

@CharlesDowding1nodig

12 күн бұрын

Ah no!

I cut my marsh mello back two weeks ago after all fruits harvested. New leaves have started to grow already though

@CharlesDowding1nodig

12 күн бұрын

You can spread some compost now :)

👍🌻🐛🌿💚🙏💕

I decided to grow strawberries next year. Haven’t grown any in a long time. Didn’t know you could cut them off to get around having 500 runners to have to deal with. I usually don’t have slug problems but when I grew them before it was snails (their rich relatives) that ate my berries.

Just tried setting our runners in little pots to have more plants next year 🤞

How often do you renew your strawberry plants? Great tip anyway and thank you very much!

@CharlesDowding1nodig

9 күн бұрын

Thanks, and 3-4 years

Is it a good time to mulch with well rotted manure after leaves have been cut while there’s lots of room? I know we’d ordinarily wait until autumn.

@CharlesDowding1nodig

5 күн бұрын

Yes a top time for it, now!

Half my strawberries went in the bucket as the slugs got to them before I did and they’re dying back now and like you said the runners are taking off shall I just cut all the strawberries back?😊

@CharlesDowding1nodig

12 күн бұрын

Yes!

Also I wondered if they might produce better if I transferred them into two huge tubs when they've stopped fruiting this year?

@CharlesDowding1nodig

12 күн бұрын

Your call, easier to manage and harvest perhaps

Hi Charles all my 15 strawberry plants are everywhere bearers and still harvesting fruit from them, when should I cut them down?

@CharlesDowding1nodig

12 күн бұрын

They can keep cropping until early October, so there's no rush to do this, and maybe just cut the runners when you see them

@SteviesAllotmentGarden

12 күн бұрын

Cheers Charles ​@@CharlesDowding1nodig

I need help with my garden. I have multiple types of veggies and fruit. I live in the low desert area in California. The heat is killing my crops.

@CharlesDowding1nodig

12 күн бұрын

I hope you can shade and water them

@vickyjones3196

12 күн бұрын

I saw the wildfires on the news yesterday, it must be tough out there 💚

Ahhhh türkçe altyazı yok 😢

What was the name of the second strawberry plant?

@CharlesDowding1nodig

12 күн бұрын

Florence

@stewartmoore

12 күн бұрын

@@CharlesDowding1nodig Thankyou!