{"id":4908,"date":"2026-10-09T19:43:08","date_gmt":"2026-10-09T19:43:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/?p=4908"},"modified":"2026-10-10T19:32:03","modified_gmt":"2026-10-10T19:32:03","slug":"is-fall-too-late-to-plant-strawberry-runners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/is-fall-too-late-to-plant-strawberry-runners\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Fall Too Late to Plant Strawberry Runners? 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Is it too late, and when is the best time to plant in a cold climate?<\/li>\n<li>\ud83d\udcc5 <strong>Best Window:<\/strong> Ludmila recalls a farming-magazine planting trial that put the best time at late July to early August (she doesn&#8217;t name the source).<\/li>\n<li>\ud83c\udf42 <strong>September vs. October:<\/strong> In Ludmila&#8217;s experience, September plantings fail fairly often, while her early-October planting had 100% survival. She adds that she may simply have been lucky with the weather that year.<\/li>\n<li>\ud83c\udf27\ufe0f <strong>Other Reports:<\/strong> Maria and Ekaterina both planted in early October 2017 and lost no plants. Maria points out that success depends on the weather: cool temperatures and good autumn rain help, while extreme heat can kill runner plants even in July. All three growers are in USDA Zones 4a\u20134b (Moscow, Klin and Tver regions).<\/li>\n<li>\ud83d\udc08 <strong>Bonus \u2013 Voles:<\/strong> Ludmila jokes that a Valerian bush will draw in every stray cat in the neighborhood and clear out mice and voles. Ekaterina&#8217;s Catmint didn&#8217;t attract any cats, so she plans to use rodent bait instead.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"add-review-cta\" style=\"margin: 20px 0; padding: 15px; background: #f9f9f9; border-left: 4px solid #4CAF50; border-radius: 4px;\"><strong>\ud83d\udcac Did you miss the summer planting window for strawberries?<\/strong> <a href=\"#wpdcom\">Share your fall planting results below!<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\" style=\"background-color: #9c27b0; color: white; border-radius: 50%; width: 40px; height: 40px; display: flex; align-items: center; justify-content: center; font-weight: bold; margin-right: 15px; font-size: 1.2em;\">D<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">Da4nitsa (Ekaterina) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (3,711 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Klin, Moscow Reg. (USDA Zone 4b) | \ud83d\udcc5 August 15, 2021<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>I just planted runner plants from my new strawberry varieties to replace the ones I didn&#8217;t like (those went straight to the compost). I&#8217;ve decided to actually downsize my strawberry beds and only keep the tastiest June-bearing and everbearing varieties. It&#8217;s such a labor-intensive berry, and my age is catching up with me, honestly.<\/p>\n<p>On top of that, the voles completely devoured my carrots in one of the beds. I managed to salvage the leftovers just for us to eat now. Next year I&#8217;ll have to dig out all the soil and lay down wire mesh at the bottom. The rodents are just insanely active on our property this year!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\" style=\"background-color: #4caf50; color: white; border-radius: 50%; width: 40px; height: 40px; display: flex; align-items: center; justify-content: center; font-weight: bold; margin-right: 15px; font-size: 1.2em;\">A<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">Aleksan9ra (Ludmila) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Diary Owner (15,056 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Moscow Region (USDA Zone 4b) | \ud83d\udcc5 August 16, 2021<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<blockquote><p><strong>Maria Suvorova wrote:<\/strong><br \/>\nI also prepared a small bed for some everbearing strawberry runner plants&#8230; But I have absolutely no energy left, and we have guests arriving batch after batch))) But it&#8217;s already time to plant them, otherwise, they will struggle to establish&#8230;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Masha, a long time ago I read an article in a farming magazine about the best time to plant strawberry runner plants. They ran controlled planting trials and concluded that the absolute best time is late July to early August.<\/p>\n<p>But here is the interesting part: if you compare September plantings to October plantings, the survival rate of October plantings is actually much higher! It&#8217;s true, September plantings have a pretty high failure rate, but October? I specifically tested this by planting in the first week of October. I don&#8217;t know if I just got lucky with the weather that year, but my survival rate was 100%.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\" style=\"background-color: #4caf50; color: white; border-radius: 50%; width: 40px; height: 40px; display: flex; align-items: center; justify-content: center; font-weight: bold; margin-right: 15px; font-size: 1.2em;\">A<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">Aleksan9ra (Ludmila) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Diary Owner (15,056 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Moscow Region (USDA Zone 4b) | \ud83d\udcc5 August 16, 2021<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<blockquote><p><strong>Da4nitsa wrote:<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8230;the voles completely devoured my carrots in one of the beds.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>If you don&#8217;t have a cat of your own, just plant a bush of Valerian! You won&#8217;t have any mice or voles left. Instead, every stray cat in the neighborhood will be visiting your garden to roll in it. I don&#8217;t have any mice, but unfortunately, my mole cricket population keeps growing every year.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\" style=\"background-color: #9c27b0; color: white; border-radius: 50%; width: 40px; height: 40px; display: flex; align-items: center; justify-content: center; font-weight: bold; margin-right: 15px; font-size: 1.2em;\">M<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">Maria Suvorova <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Veteran Grower (10,557 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Tver Region (USDA Zone 4a) | \ud83d\udcc5 August 16, 2021<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<blockquote><p><strong>Aleksan9ra wrote:<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8230;I specifically tested this by planting in the first week of October.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Luda, I suppose the survival rate of the runner plants really depends on the weather. If it isn&#8217;t freezing cold and there are good autumn rains, they will establish perfectly fine even in October. But if it&#8217;s scorching hot, they might die off even in July.<\/p>\n<p>When we moved into this house in September 2017, I didn&#8217;t have time to transplant my strawberries until early October. And in the spring, I had zero losses, everything established perfectly! So maybe I am stressing out for nothing. Whenever I find the time, I&#8217;ll go ahead and plant my little runner plants.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\" style=\"background-color: #9c27b0; color: white; border-radius: 50%; width: 40px; height: 40px; display: flex; align-items: center; justify-content: center; font-weight: bold; margin-right: 15px; font-size: 1.2em;\">D<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">Da4nitsa (Ekaterina) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (3,711 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Klin, Moscow Reg. (USDA Zone 4b) | \ud83d\udcc5 August 16, 2021<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<blockquote><p><strong>Aleksan9ra wrote:<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8230;my survival rate was 100%.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I actually planted my very first strawberries in October 2017 as well, and I also had a 100% survival rate!<\/p>\n<p>As for the Valerian, I have Catmint growing nearby, but apparently, it&#8217;s not the right stuff to attract the local cats \ud83d\udc2d&#8230; Since I pulled the carrots from that bed, I&#8217;m going to lay down some rodent bait, otherwise, I&#8217;ll be left without a harvest at all.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\ud83d\udccc Quick Summary: Planting Strawberry Runners in Autumn \u2013 September vs. October \ud83c\udf53 The Question: It&#8217;s mid-August, and some growers still haven&#8217;t planted their new strawberry runner plants. 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