Alis girls Posted June 29, 2013 Share Posted June 29, 2013 Got first lot today and very yummy too. They were cheap plants from Lidls and have lots of fruit coming - question is does anyone here renew their plants every so often or do you just plant the runners. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjp Posted June 29, 2013 Share Posted June 29, 2013 Got first lot today and very yummy too. They were cheap plants from Lidls and have lots of fruit coming - question is does anyone here renew their plants every so often or do you just plant the runners. unless you want a new variety then keep planting the runners until you start to loose vigour in the plants. get rid of old plants after 3 years and replace with the young ones from the runners in an ideal world the strawberry bed should have 3 zones 1 year old 2 year old and 3 year old plants but that's a lot of had work so they end up a tangled mess but they still crop well. I tended to dig mine out about every 4 years composted the worst plants and replanted enough to start the bed off again now my strawberries are in hanging baskets mostly out of reach of the feathered mob sadly 2 of the little monsters have found out they can get onto the roof of the log store so one basket has been terminated CLB crosses are far to adventurous were snacks are concerned Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
