Another Strawberry Runner Question.

[PaulG]

Sorry if this has been answered before, i did look but could not find an answer for my question.

I got a young strawberry plant with a few fruit on it, it also had a runner as well, i decided to forgo a bigger bounty of fruit this year and pegged the runner down into a pot with the plans of increasing the amount of plants ready for the next couple of years instead.

My question is that the runner has not stopped, the segment i pegged down has started taking root quite well and leaves are growing steadily but the runner tip is now another foot away with a new bud ready to start another plant, it is sensible to peg it down again or should i cut the extended bit off and wait for the main plant itself to send more runners out?

[rustylady]

If you're going for more plants, then let it make two more. Then cut the runner just past the third plantlet. If left alone strawberries will make new plantlets every foot or so forever from each runner

[PaulG]

Thank you, will get on and peg it down again straight away.