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I have a few strawberry plants, 2 / 3 years old.. They flower and begin to fruit but have never got further because dog gets them. Is it worth transplanting to allotment or should I just buy new plants? They are currently in a large container. Thank you!
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You could transplant them but it might be better to take some runners and start new plants. Dead easy, peg a runner into a small pot or the soil and it will root. When the plant is big enough cut the runner from the parent plant and Hey presto more strawberry plants.Gardening requires a lot of water - most of it in the form of perspiration. Lou Erickson, critic and poet -
"They flower and begin to fruit but have never got further because dog gets them"
Send Dog on holiday during Strawberry season.Feed the soil, not the plants.
(helps if you have cluckies)
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My spaniel ate 60 sweet corn plants. You have to decide which you want more, the dog or the plants.photo album of my garden in my profile http://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/gra...my+garden.htmlComment
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My cat keeps digging up leek seedlings!Comment
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I'd take them to the allotment plus buy a few new plants of a different variety to spread out the picking season.Originally posted by ndever View PostLocation....East Midlands.Comment
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Haha thanks for the input �� with the allotment I hope to keep plants and dog!Comment
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As others have said you should be able to grow several decent sized runners per plant from your existing stock. Start doing them now and the plant will be a decent size and give a decent crop next year.
I'd transplant these to your allotment in late summer/early autumn once they get to a good size, rather than messing with the tired 3 year old stock.Comment
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And grow them in hanging baskets or something...high up so that the dog can't get them, unless you have a Great Dane or something!
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