General information and discussion about cultivating fruit-bearing plants, trees, flowers and ornamental plants.
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jul 2016
Location: Cold hardy zone 4b-5a, Heat zone 4-5, Sunset zone 43
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Hi all!
I'm wondering if you've grown strawberries from seed and what your favorite (s) were? Any tips or tricks I should know? I'm winter sowing and cold treating this year. I have Pineapple and Mignonette (alpine) from Renee's Garden Seeds. I'm thinking about ordering seeds for Mara de Bois and either Toscana or Merlan. I know I can't grow them from seed but I'm also planning on buying some pineberry plants and growing them. My fruit gardening first priority is flavor I can't get from the local no spray you pick farm. The second is beauty. I prefer ever bearing for at home since I can get what I need for preserving locally and without chemicals. If it matters I can plant into raised beds or pots only. So I'm considering doing a whole bed of strawberries with pink or red flowers (Toscana, Tristan, Ruby Ann, or Merlan) or maybe doing a bed that mixes in white flowered cultivars too. The other bed will be either pineberries or Mara de Bois (or both). ![]() Which non white flowered strawberries taste the best? Anything I'm planning on buying not worth it? (Disease etc) And what are your favorite alpine strawberries? ![]()
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