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Posted: Sat Jun 20, 2009 7:21 pm   Post subject: strawberry plantlets


I checked my strawberry plant today and it has little "plantlets" (for lack of a better term) at the ends of long, kind of straggly stems -- take a look:


Strawberry plant... ( photo / image / picture from daisybeans's Garden )






long stems... ( photo / image / picture from daisybeans's Garden )






plantlets at the end of the stem... ( photo / image / picture from daisybeans's Garden )

What should I do with them? Let them ramble or tuck them up in the pot to root? I have never had a strawberry plant before.

This little plant has a cute little blossom, several actually... that I will have to try to protect from the strawberry eaters in the yard...



little strawberry blossom ( photo / image / picture from daisybeans's Garden )

One last thing -- is this a strawberry plant? I got it from the bargain table at the nursery without a tag. Neighbor thought it might be a strawberry -- it looks different from the others but kind of similar...




mystery plant... ( photo / image / picture from daisybeans's Garden )

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Posted: Sat Jun 20, 2009 8:28 pm   Post subject:


Those "plantlets" are called runners daisybeans, and are new plants. I'd give them their own space Smile

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Posted: Sat Jun 20, 2009 8:47 pm   Post subject:


Well that sounds like good news, Netty, thanks. The plant is growing in a pot -- so, do the runners need to be in pots too? And be able to reach dirt? That is probably a silly question, but you know me.


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Posted: Sat Jun 20, 2009 8:59 pm   Post subject:


Your mystery plant looks like parsley to me.


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Posted: Sat Jun 20, 2009 9:05 pm   Post subject:


I had that thought too, CB, but no... no scent, no taste... I feel like I know what it is, but I'm missing a connection...


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Posted: Sun Jun 21, 2009 9:42 am   Post subject:


There are a number of things that you can do with the runners, Daisy. If the plant is fruiting, I removve them.
If it has finished fruiting, let the little plantlets root in small pots of soil, and once they have established themselves, clip the runner from the 'mother plant'and let them become larger. Then you can plant these in a bed or larger pot in august. It's a good way to get more plants.


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Very nice, look great!


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