Most varieties of strawberries bear fruit in June and July. As soon as the fruit harvest is complete, the plants start to sprout runners, known as whiskers.At the end of the runout, a new descendant plant is formed after a dozen or so days.First, small leaves appear, forming a rosette, and then the roots. If the substrate is wet, the young plant will take root and start growing on its own.
You can then cut the tendril connecting the mother plant and the young plant, and then replant the seedling to a new place.The most valuable are the first-order seedlings, i.e. those that grew on the runner from the mother plant. They are the largest and take root the fastest.
If we plant them in a new position in August, they will have time to root and grow well by autumn.In the next year, they will bear fruit normally and give a rich harvest, but on condition that we obtain and plant seedlings as soon as possible.From one plant per year, you can get a few or a dozen new seedlings.
We can also try to produce potted seedlings. For this purpose, we prepare small containers with a permeable and humus substrate. When a seedling begins to form at the end of the stolon, place the pot under the plant.The substrate in the pot must be constantly slightly moist, which facilitates and accelerates the rooting of the seedlings.
Thanks to this, the plants planted in a new place start growing immediately and take root more easily than seedlings dug from the ground.
