This work aimed to quantify the propagation potential of ten strawberry cultivars, in greenhouses, using hanging baskets. The studied cultivars were Aromas, Bürkley, Camarosa, Campinas, Dover, Milsei-Tudla, Oso Grande, Santa Clara, Sweet Charlie, and Vila Nova. In greenhouse, mother plants were individually cultivated in hanging baskets (5 L), filled with a mixture of soil and bovine manure, placed at 1.20 m above the soil. Stolons were placed vertically and nutrition was carried out only by the mother plants. The experimental design was completely randomized, with ten replications of each cultivar, represented by the initial mother plants. Number of stolons, runners, and leaves per mother plant, and average length of roots, were evaluated after 180 days. Considering all cultivars at once, mother plants produced an average of 6.9 stolons, with 27.4 runner plants, 3.4 mature leaves, and 4.1 cm root length. There was high variability among strawberry cultivars for all multiplication characteristics. The largest average number of stolons per mother plant were observed in cultivars Dover (8.4), Camarosa (7.9), Milsei-Tudla (7.9), Sweet Charlie (7.6), Campinas (7.3), and Oso Grande (7.2). Results of number of runner plants produced per stolon and number of stolons produced were inversely proportional. The highest number of runner plants per stolon was observed in cultivar Aromas (6.8), significantly different from all other cultivars. When you consider the total number of plants, the best results wereobtained in the following cultivars: Dover (34.0), Campinas (31.9), Oso Grande (30.9), Sweet Charlie (30.7), Milsei-Tudla (28.8), Vila Nova (28.0), and Aromas (27.2).
Fragaria x ananassa; stolon; runner plants; propagation; multiplication; protected cultivation
