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Re: Pepper and strawberries

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> From: Souliere <souliere@BINARY.NET>
> 2 areas of questions.
>
> First, I have strawberries in a corner of one of my 4'by8' bays.
> They were (small) transplants from some friends gardens,
> they have produced nothing but a profusion of runners.
> I have been pulling the runners back into the squares they
> originate in.  Friends here tell me that they will take over any
> bed they are left in.
> My questions.
> 1) Do they need to be in their own seperate bed, or is runner
>     control adequite.
> 2) How does one control the runners.  Should I cut them off close to
>     the plant, or just tuck them back in bare spots (what I have been
> doing)
>

If you let the runners go, the plants will spend much of their energy
developing those runners.  If you clip back some of the runners in the
spring, the plant will expend more energy into fruiting.  Clip the runners
near the crown of the originating plant but be careful not to damage the
crown.  Allowing a few runners to root in the areas you select will
propagate new plants for following years and allow the strawberry patch to
renew itself.

Cliff Parker
zone 4b
Holden, ME

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