Strawberry, is it normal for some branches to die off? (cdn.masto.host)

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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?

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[-] [email protected] 11 points 1 week ago

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.

[-] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago

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.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

my drupe, my choice!

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

Claims to be pro life, prunes anyways.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

Yeah, strawberries grown and picked at home can taste like strawberry. I need to grow some.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

First time grow strawberries. Flowers were already there when I bought it at the store

Thank you for the advice

[-] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago

Probably just got too dry at one point recently, and maybe a bit of transplant shock. I think it looks good otherwise. When it wants to reproduce it'll grow a runner cane which is usually twice the length of the canes the leaves are on so it can reach outside of its own canopy and it'll start growing a root

[-] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

I'm not a strawberry but I think not.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

Strawberry likes to creep outward, so those might be looking for more ground to spread into and finding none.

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