wilting/dying wild strawberry plant; had blue tinted leaves

[skunkd]

I transplanted the (bedded) runner of a wild strawberry plant that was growing off a wooded path into a small pot at home 6 weeks ago. Unfortunately shortly after the 4 or 5 existing leaves started to blue round the edges before promptly wilting and dying. Still two new shoots had started growing one after the other so I broke off the dead ones. Today both followed the same path, bluish edges and now dying. I have checked two of the larger roots (wild strawberry so roots are quite thin) for red core but both appear white to me.

Anyone know what went wrong with my wild strawberry?

[veggiechicken]

Hello and welcome.
Are they just dying back because of the time of year?
Photos help with a question like yours!

[Aberdeenplotter]

sometimes plants just don't survive being transplanted especially those with fine roots. It may be that your runner hadn't been very well established to start with as well. I'd be for going back to try to source a few more runners and trying again but don't give up on what you've got yet. It may well surprise you

[skunkd]

thanks for your responses, here in these photos from a few weeks ago you can see the 'blueing' on the first of the two new shoots:





Both shoots are now withered and pretty much dead. There are no new shoots. Could it still survive winter? I am keeping it on my south-facing window shelf for now. When I checked the roots for red core they were still pretty fibrous and not 'rat-tailed'. The blue tinge on the leaves worries me for the soil if I go get some more shoots but if it's not red core fungus infection I'm not sure what it could be.

[Potstubsdustbins]

I don't no whether it's a trick of the light but the compost looks very wet for small plantlets.

[skunkd]

Poor focus from my camera phone maybe - the soil is normally damp I would say but not that wet.

[spamvindaloo]

I'd also say that the pot may be a bit large. Even if the compost is only damp then there's going to be an awful lot of moisture present and could be far too much for those little roots.

[veggiechicken]

I'd never heard of Red Core disease before and, having read a bit about it, I would have thought the chances of a wild strawberry runner being affected by it were slim.
However, if you believe it may be, you should destroy the plant. Pests and Deseases: show

[Jungle Jane]

Was the runner attached to the mother plant for long enough when it was first setting roots? About six weeks? It looks quite small. You could try a bit of sandy compost if you re-pot it into a smaller pot,to help drainage. Good luck with it.