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Post by Caddi Fuller-Teabags on Apr 6, 2009 11:52:21 GMT
Sorry if I am being totally thick, but if strawberries reproduce through runners (and I know they do!) why do they go to all the bother of producing delicious friuts with seeds in?
Caddi
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Post by Fi on Apr 7, 2009 23:30:21 GMT
Runners enlarge the spread of a plant in it's immediate area, and ensures new plants with styrong growth when the original has become exhausted. Seeds get carried further afield courtesy birds, mice and the like, thus exploiting new bits of ground.
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Post by troykerr on Apr 8, 2009 17:23:23 GMT
Correction - Strawberries don't have seeds in they wear them on the outside :-P
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Post by Caddi Fuller-Teabags on Apr 10, 2009 13:48:49 GMT
Thanks Fi, I should have known you would know.
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Post by Fi on Apr 13, 2009 11:08:40 GMT
Thanks Caddi - to be honest what I really know is how much I don't know. But it was an interesting question - so much of gardening is about propagation and it's good to be reminded that a lot of what we grow in the garden is perfectly capable of propagating itself. Strawberries are a case in point - we have a big garden and a previous owner mst have planted a few wild strawberries. The previous owner also never did any weeding and the result is we now have a patch of the strawberries about 15' by 15' - it may not look as attractive as some ornamentals, but the harvest each year is good enough reason to leave it where it is. Which gives me a thought - if anyone wants some of the plants, send me a PM.
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