Last year I cut the bottom off solo cups to make a little collar for my strawberry plants so they’re not drooping down for the slugs to eat and they took off like crazy. I have a huge Rubbermaid tote full of runners I need to get in the ground elsewhere now. It was super easy to see which were the original plants too because they had red solo cup collars lol.

Love your channel, you got me wanting 7 beds. I'm a beginner in the garden and all your tips are welcomed. Just got though preparing my beds, cant wait to get started.

Perfect timing Luke!! My first time planting edibles and my strawberries have runners with little roots, so the way you do it for you makes sense for me. I'll be cutting mine off and putting them into another area. I know some people think you take a while to explain, but I for one appreciate it since I'm just starting out and I have a lot to learn. Thank you young man, Peace to you and yours!

I root my runners in cups of compost then clip them off after they get rooted solid. And then transplant. From 6 plants I got about 100 daughter plants! Sold some, planted some, gave some away, threw the weak ones in the compost bin and I still have a lot left over.

The first time I have ever understood strawberries and runners, thank you!

If short on plants/runners, or to simply increase success rate, allow the runner to root before clipping it. One can place a small pot of soil under each runner and allow the runner to root in the pot before clipping it off the mother plant.

I'm kinda glad to see your beds got even crazier than mine. I was feeling badly about them getting so far out of control. Blessings!

This was really helpful, I jumped pots with my runners and now have to move the pots. Feeling more confident in cutting “the umbilical cord” Thanks 👍

I root runners into bio-degradable peat pots for thirty days. Then sever them from the mother plant and plant them where I want them. With this method there’s no root disturbance and the pot decomposes away over winter.

Thank you! I’m container growing and my plants have a load of runners! And they are about 4 feet long from a hanging container. I didn’t want to cut them away and toss, so I’m looking forward to trying this method. Next is to find your videos on wintering stawberries!

huh, it has never occurred to me that you can plant the baby plants to a different bed, what a genius idea. Luke, if you ever wonder whether to mention something or not, pls do mention, may be something very basic, but there ARE people who just dont think of it. :-D Thank you

thank you for the video. I did this to my strawberries at the end of summer it can be a pain in the butt to keep in check

It's good to know that they're so flexible. I've split and transplanted alpine strawberries more than typical garden varieties. I would love to expand my strawberry beds, but I probably need to fertilize a little more if that's the goal! 🙃

Thank you, you have answered my questions to myself about my strawberries.

All I do is cut them in the middle of the runner - I don't pull them up and replant them. Did the same with my blackberries and they are growing everywhere with tons of flowers! Getting ready for lots of blackberries! Yay!

I plant into a kiddie large pool, about 10 plants and let them be crazy. Have tons and tons of strawberries, small area but works for me

Lots of methods for sure. I catch the runners thru the season in pots with soil, cut off from the mother plant when roots are good, and then plant the potted runner a bit later in a better spot in the patch. Good survival if properly watered. My patch started out 3 years ago and it produced until the frost this year. Best fruit ever.

I’ve been putting my runners in a compost filled yoghurt pots for about a months then snipping away from the mother plant I’ve quadrupled my plants from this year.. next year should be bumper year! Works for me 👍

Thanks for guiding me to have a great strawberry bed. My first time an I have beautiful plants this year with lots of runners, so now I will a extra bed to have for them.very helpful information.

Luke, you are my go-to for gardening information. You've taught me so much!

This was super helpful! Another great video from MiGardener!

My bed looks crazy like that, if not worse! I was worried I was too late, but I'm glad you specified that the runners will just have good roots and I didn't mess up!

I have a rotation system with 3 beds (Junebearing). I trim off all the runners in bed 1 until after harvest time, then allow enough runners to root into pots to plant a 2nd bed. The next year I trim all of the runners in the 1st bed all season, and repeat the rooting process in the 2nd bed. creating a 3rd bed. In the 3rd year I trim all runners, and after harvest remove the plants from the first bed and renew the bed for a different crop next year. (I really should put in a cover crop at this point. Gotta try that). This works well if you want a lot of berries and you have room. Thank you for all the work you've put into these videos over the years.

Thank you for sharing your experience with excellent advice and very clear explanation.

Much of what you are saying is also dependant upon your zone. I'm in a warmer climate, and many of my runners put on runners. So much so they're choking out the grass.

thanks for the tip that well help me a lote when I go to tranceplant my runners next year

I place the runners in a plastic planting pot with potting soil for a week or so before cutting the runner stem. This allows the roots to develop further, I have experience almost a 100% growth rate by doing it this way.

Thank-you, I'm late to the party....First year growing strawberries thanks 😊

This is so helpful! Thank you.

Thank you for covering multiple angles on this topic! 👊🏻💥👊🏻

Thanks. Very informative. Picked up a few tips and tricks.

I can’t wait until the strawberry bed I started last year becomes totally filled out. The two plants I bought last year is now about 5 plants and they are loaded with flowers/ starting to form strawberries. Mine are the ever bearing. Nice big juicy strawberries. Mmmmmm. Gardening is awesome

Your video was very informative! Thank you for all the info and you have gained a sub 😊

Over 50 yrs ago my Father taught me to plant strawberry runners alone. Every 3rd year the parent row is tilled up and the runners become the main rows. New plants will produce more and bigger berries.

Tried and true, 3" to 6 " raised beds two feet wide, plant two rows 4 inches from the edges and put runners into the opposite row on the same bed. dress with a mix of compost and well-composted sawdust in spring. I use cedar and it seems to work the best

you can also uproot the runners and put them into small potting containers, do not snip the runner from the mother plant, let it establish in the potting container, then prune it off... that way, the survivability of the runner is increased...rather then just transplanting it...

We, I kinda wish you'd shown both beds at a distance at the end. But, I'm so glad you made this very educational video. Thanks!

I let my runners root in small pots last summer until they were well established and then planted them in early fall in a new bed. We had mild fall weather. They grew in their new spots undisturbed for 2+ months before the frost and snow came. Mulched them with pine needles. Most survived. I will see if they fruit this year.

You're amazing. Truly!! Strawberries are the only thing that ive has sucess with this year, and i learned my wildlife loved the produce. 😂 will learn next yr.

Im confused. That was a lot in the beginning but Im sure it will make sense when I get more experience with strawberry growing but really appreciate all your videos. They are very well done.

You forgot to mention not to cover the crown when planting.

Hi thanks for your video. I've got some crazy runners with dead leaves. It's actually the middle of winter now almost spring. should I still follow the above method if there's flowers and the start of fruit showing? Should I also be cropping the dead leaves?

I make small V shaped stakes with wire and use to stake a new runner into a pot until it roots and then I cut off the mother. Works great and the metal wire stakes can be reused.

I'm from uk and my strawberry s have really long runners /vines there in pots atm and are climbing round a frame what do I do wth the runners lol for autumn 🍂 thanks

great video...like the how to lecture then the actual doing of the lecture...makes everything stone clear thanks

What time of year would you suggest I do this in Florida (zone 9)? It stays quite warm here through the end of November.

That was helpful. But what about my existing patch. Can I plant the runners in there as I don't habe much space to create another patch

Mmm strawberries 😋😋. I'm going to be growing a few strawberry plants next spring found this video helpful. Like mint, do I have to regularly trim back the runners to keep a tidy plant?

Wonderful! 😉😊💗 Best regards from London!

I was wondering about when is the last time they need to be watered or how long can they go without being watered over the winter if I am covering them for the winter from the frost. I am in Western Slope of CO.

Best strawberry video ever

The Method I choose is, "Don't mess with them". I let the runners go. I just toss them back into the bed if they grow out of it, but other than that don't mess with them. What I've noticed The "umbilical" between the mother and runner will eventually die and you have 2 plants.

Hi! Would you clip runners into new bed the first year in the fall?? I’m in MI planting my strawberry plants now for first time. Wait to move daughter plants in fall next year or would you do that first year too?

Thanks Luke!

Thanks for sharing.

Thank you for this video.

I didn’t find strawberry seeds in your seed store. Have you consider carrying them and comfrey seeds too?

Hi..what do you use for mulch around strawberry plants? Thanks

Really great video! Thanks for the information. Also,, I really liked the timelapse with the music~

Awesome information 🥳

I will be watching this again! I also have to put a slug killer out or I won't have any strawberries.

So i dont have that much space to create a strawberry bed ans was thinking of creating vertical beds for then. Would it be possible to still have runners and trasfering them?

Lucky you. All my strawberries die. But I do live in Arizona. By the way awesome background beat.

Thank you! 😊

Is there a way to tell how old a plant is? I bought a plant at Home Depot in pot. Is it more likely it’s a runner that grown?

Y'all are the best! My strawberries thst were crazy productive but have dine nothing for a month. More than a month of 100°+. Plants are shaded 2pm on. Cut all the runbers off, fertilized. Niw what? Thx for sharing, julie

Please post the link to how you prepared this bed for the strawberries. Thank you.

Hi 👋🏽 Luke, great info. Was wondering if you were going to offer strawberry plants in your seed store?? Maybe 2019?? Have a great day my friend.

My strawberries are in the ground from last year starting to grow can I plant tomato plants in the same bed with my strawberries

I always wondered about. When to cut or to not at all. thanks for this video.

How long does an individual strawberry plant live? I'm just starting my strawberry patch. Planted some plants I took from an abandoned site last year and they're producing berries like crazy now. Hopefully I can expand the bed and really get a significant harvest every year.

I have strawberries in grow bags. How do I prepare them for winter in Zone 5?

, i live in louisiana and i am moving my runners into another bed, but what month will my first bed stop producing. and will the runners that i am planting in the second bed produce this year also. thanks

Great video and info :-)

I have a raised pallet bed, would you think moving the entire contents to a new bed would work yet this year, we haven't had a frost yet here in Wisconsin

Do you need to wait till the runner grows leaves and roots? My mother plant on its 2and yr survived over winter and now is growing 3 runners but there's nothing of note on ends as of yet.. wait?

5:29 - SQUIRREL!!! Well, you did say ANY comments!! :D

Any recommendations for central Texas strawberries? I want to propagate then each year for myself.

first time growing strawberries. I only have a few runners. I put them on top of small pots but still connected to mother plant so they will root. so do i want to wait till they root then clip the the cord from the mother plant or cut now and hope that they root?

So I’ve tried various ways to grow strawberries from seed using well known sources and nev-ver sprouted one seed. Recently tossed bad berries into some potting mix. Periodically watered and I now have a dozen sprouts. HOW DO I now keep them alive and is there enough season left if I get them transplanted, so that they can over winter. Eastern Nebraska zone 5B Sooo excited

Luke, it's my first year with strawberries. I have a 4 x 8 bed with June bearing. And a 4 x 4 bed with everbearing. How important is it to pick the flowers this year?

@MIgardener Why can't I "clip the umbilical cord" in situ? Shouldn't the runners root where they are if the soil is fertile?

Amazing! I started strawberry plants from pelleted seeds last year. Now I have all these babies, tiny leaves, in the planter I segregated them into. Now what? Do I separate them so they have room to get bigger in a permanent bed? That's what I'm thinking I will do, in a new "no dig mound". If you are looking back, I hope you can answer this question. I've been so frustrated with getting strawberries established as part of my retirement plan to grow food. Also What is the benefit of azomte? It seems there just isn't enough in a bag to make a difference in my 28 by 8 foot "no dig" mounded rows. I keep hauling up composted leaves in buckets so I assume azomite is like a bag of heavy minerals. Let me know what you might suggests. It's quite the uphill haul to get product to the plot. Thank you

I have moles in my garden!!! I think they like the mulch. All my beats were empty shells. So sad and mad! Any thoughts on how to get rid of them? We have 2 outdoors excellent hunter cats but that's not helping. Thank you.

Hi Luke, I saw a squirrel in your video. How are you able to keep it out of your different beds?

Will this work if I replant rooted runners in pvc planter before winter?

What do you do with the strawberry plants when it snows?

I recently got some big strawberry plants and I kept some runners to propagate in pots and I'm just going to have them chill in the pots with "strawberry potting soil" for about 4-8 weeks so the roots can get established and then cut them from the mother. I personally want big red berries.

Thank you for this! Haven't watched yet, but I have a huge bucket full of runners that I've pulled!

Should I keep the runner attached with the mother plant while potting or I can cut off the runner first from the mother plant then pot it separately ?

Simple yet effective. :)

So I was right to after so long with seasons changing to go ahead and cut most of the runners now forming their own plants. Any advice when some leaves start to dry out on the original plant what that's caused by.

I’m in zone 9 central Florida and wondering if I can removed the runners and replant them anytime in the mild weather just not in the Summer when they are dormant. Would this be correct?

It's now November in zone 7b. Should I try to root runner's now or is it too late. I've done it before but left some on mother plants. If not should I leave on mother plants?

Hi from Turkey! I want to ask something different.I really wonder what are the things between the rising beds. Are they wood pieces?

When does a strawberry plant produce runners? After the fruiting season?

What I'm you have new strawberries 1 st yr and they are draping with babies when do you cut it to replant or do you leave it until next spring sat April 2023 ish

Do you then put staw under and around the new plants?

I just started gardening and I choose to make a very small raised bed to put strawberries now it took a while for them to grow actual berries and they finally started producing runners I kinda want to know why the plants aren't producing runners

Thanks for this. I love your channel. Question. I was given a strawberry plant in a pot. When I transplant to my new bed will the runners be sufficient to produce enough for a 2ft x 4ft bed? Or will I need to initially plant more than one plant. Thanks