QuestionsHow to growFruitStrawberriesstrawberry plants 0 Vote Up Vote Down paul bell asked 14 years ago what can i do with shoots that grow from the base of strawberry plants 1 Answers 0 Vote Up Vote Down Gerry Daly Staff answered 7 years ago The shoots sent out by strawberry plants are called runners and it it one of the ways that the plant propagates itself. If you do not want new plants, you can cut the runners off.