With mine, which were raised by Patty up until a few weeks ago, I believe she clipped the flowers at the beginning of the season and then runners while the plants were producing fruit. Right now I am letting the runners go and as they develope their 2nd set of leaves, I am pushing them into the dirt in the same container. I believe mine are 1st year plants and are everbearing so they should still continue to produce fruit though I have not seen much activity in that area yet. We have just recently gotten a lot of sun though so I am hoping for more berries before the season is over.

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I just noticed that my Quinalt strawberries aren't making fruit but are putting out runners.
The main plants are so small yet, that I don't want them doing runners yet.
I'm keeping the main plants clipped until they're mature enough to do runners and fruit.
Quinalts will fruit on unrooted runners.
To me, that's part of their charm.
That the fruit is so sweet and soft is another big plus.

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Danno, I'm no expert, just a container gardener learning as I go.
I'm glad you got Quinalts, that's kind of a funny coincidence that they were all the nursery had.
I like them because they are sweeter than any strawberry I have ever tasted. Like they've been sugared. I eat them right off the plant and they don't nake me pucker. No trace of sourness AT ALL.
I don't know about your questions, but one of these nice people will, I'll bet !
As far as the runners being planted, you don't have to unless you want to.
As I understand it, a Quinalt runner will fruit, but if you want a good sized plant you could plant the runner in soil, and of course not cut it from the mom until it has rooted.

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Now that is a good idea Pat. I am going to have to figure out a way to do that.

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