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Strawberry, is it normal for some branches to die off?
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I took a strawberry seedling and poured it into a larger pot.
The central part is fine, and some strawberries are growing. But some parts are dying, drying from the base, as you can see in the pic.
I was wondering if it is like basil, where the plants you buy are made of many different plants too close, so it is better to separate them? Or, is there is something else I’m doing wrong?
Do you have any advice?
crossposted from: https://urbanists.social/users/lgsp/statuses/114626799946985779
Yes, that's fine. That's one stem from the same plant and sometimes they die off. So long as overall the plant is doing fine it should bear fruit from the healthy parts. You can also help focus growth towards the leaves and stems by pruning/pinching fruits and flowers, so the plant will be more established by the time it's ready to start bearing better fruits in a better quantity.
Usually common advice I hear is to do this for all first year transfers so the plant has time to establish and put the nutrients into something more useful. But yeah op do this^. You're likely seeing abortion from it not being too established yet.
Upshot is, while you're waiting for the fruit, give that bad thing a lot of room to spread out and you'll be rolling in strawberries next spring. I'm talking like 3 extra pots for the runners. They are not shy plants.
Cool thing I found out this year: you can let the fruit ripen on the vine much longer than grocery store strawberries get and it tastes absolutely saccharine. Goddamn. Pests might get to some but still worth it for me at least.
First time grow strawberries. Flowers were already there when I bought it at the store
Thank you for the advice