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Re: strawberries

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I wrote:>>Matted row is treating them more or less like annuals, where you
>let all the runners do their thing, making more plants, and then you
>replant the whole bed next year. 

Bill wrote:
>*Well, actually production falls of in 2-4 years.  

Interestingly enough, our Master Gardening class yesterday was on small
fruit production (pomology), with the instructor focusing mainly on fruit
trees. Good info. In passing, tho, he commented that strawberries are
"usually, almost always, treated as annuals" in our area (Georgia). 

Another example of how making blanket statements from our own individual
locales and our own individual experience and research may NOT be
appropriate for everyone on the list. (And another reason, IMO, why people
should include their locations somewhere in their posts -- as a first clue.)

> You can let a runner take
>over repalcement duty.  runners take fruiting energy.  One runner per plant
>tho save dough.  Remove the parent every 2-3 years, and let the daughter or
>grand daughter replace it allowing just 1 runner per plant.

"Runners take fruiting energy" is the key point, it seems to me. You seem
to be describing a sort of hybrid version of the two systems. Kewl.

I wrote:
>>I'm just sharing what I did since no one else has spoken up on the matter.

Bill wrote:
>*Mine is there somewhere in there Pat> :>)

So sorry, Bill. I wrote my post last night and picked up yours this
morning. If you wrote on the subject when it LAST came up, I apologize for
not remembering.

Patricia
West Georgia, Zone 7b


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