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Has anyone grown this variety? We bought six plants as an experiment and because we were attracted by the beautiful deep pink flowers. They have fruited a little (and have a lovely flavour) but are now flowering their heads off. The info on the label says they fruit from the end of June to first frosts.
There are runners too. Being F1 plants, if we use the runners to increase our stock, are we likely to get the same plants as the parent? I know saving F1 seed gives something different but I'm not sure about strawberry runners.
Cheers.

Elaine wrote:Has anyone grown this variety? We bought six plants as an experiment and because we were attracted by the beautiful deep pink flowers. They have fruited a little (and have a lovely flavour) but are now flowering their heads off. The info on the label says they fruit from the end of June to first frosts.
There are runners too. Being F1 plants, if we use the runners to increase our stock, are we likely to get the same plants as the parent? I know saving F1 seed gives something different but I'm not sure about strawberry runners.
Cheers.

The runners will be the same as the mother plants

Thank you Alan. Brilliant! We will go ahead and pot up the runners as planned.

Hi Elaine,
The problem with F1 hybrids is only with the seeds, which will not breed true but will revert to one of the parents of the hybrid mostly, and not vegetative cuttings and a runner can be classified as a cutting in this instance.
JB.