Every bare spot in your strawberry rows reduces your profits. If for any
reason an occasional plant should fail to grow, these vacant places
should be filled in as soon as possible to form unbroken rows thereby
making every square foot of your ground contribute its full share toward
the crop.
In spots where only one or two plants are missing, the vacancy may be
filled by allowing the adjoining plants to form the necessary runner
plants and layering them in the proper place. If however, the spot is of
considerable length, it is advisable to allow several plants to develop
runners and reset these runner plants in filling the vacancies. The
proper time for doing this work is in the early fall after a good
shower. In resetting the runner plants for this purpose, a clump of soil
should be taken up with the roots and care exercised not to disturb the
roots so that there will be no check in the growth of the plant.
If these simple instructions are carefully followed, you will have
perfectly filled rows.