When the weather warms, many of us get the itch to do a bit of gardening. Strawberry plants are a popular choice, and it’s easy to see why. They thrive in everything from planters to hanging baskets and even raised beds, making cultivating your own strawberry patch something anyone can do.
The only potential issue for some is that acquiring enough strawberry plants might stretch their budget more than they’d like. However, this isn’t as big an obstacle as you might think, because strawberries are surprisingly easy to propagate. Once you have even one healthy, well-established plant, you can use it to produce as many additional strawberry plants as your space allows.
How To Propagate Strawberry Plants Easily
Chances are, most of us have seen a spider plant before. They’re one of the easiest houseplants to grow, partly because they produce long runners with clumps on them (often called “pups”) that can take root and become entirely new plants.
Well, strawberries do that, too. Along with the distinctive leaves, blossoms, and berries, you’ll see your plants pushing out runners: long, thin stems with little clumps of baby leaves on them. Here’s how to turn those into new plants.
1. Count the patches of small leaves along the runners; these are your future plants.
2. Prepare enough small pots for each of these “babies,” filling them with rich potting soil or your own compost.
3. Stretch the runner out so you can position one pot directly under each patch of leaves (keep the runners attached).
4. Mound a little extra soil over the leaf clump and water it well.
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That’s it! If you’re growing your strawberries outdoors, it’s even simpler: Just arrange the runners neatly and mound soil over the leaf clumps.
In a couple of weeks, you’ll see roots developing where you’ve potted the runners. At that point, you can snip the original runner, and your new baby plants will continue to grow independently. Once they’re robust and well rooted, you can transplant them into their permanent homes and wait for them to put out their own runners. Keep this up until you’ve created the strawberry garden of your dreams.
