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Old February 13, 2017   #4
MissMoustache
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Thank you for the reply! Its good to know that alpines are pretty much done after two years.

According to the two reviews of growing pink flowered strawberries from seed that I could find...Toscana tastes better than Tristan. I think I'll probably do a mixed bed of the pink and white then.

Here in the Midwest USA we have lots of wild strawberries at least in my area. I think they're a bit different from Europe's cultivars though. We have lots of the wild yellow flowered ones that aren't very tasty and then some white flowered ones that are...but are less common. I'm transplanting the yellow ones out of the other parts of the yard to a bird and butterfly border to add food for wildlife so I don't feel so guilty about netting all my fruit

And I agree, I think plants done from seed in the conditions they're going to grow in acclimate better. Especially if you save seed and replant year after year.
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