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    Hi I sowed some seeds a month ago (got big plants too) but wanted to see how easy they were.

    They took forever to come up and now I have 8 seedlings. They are only 1cm high but have got 2 sets of leaves on.

    Are they ok? Or too small to be any good? Should I pot them on? And if so to what size pot? They are in a seed tray at the mo.

    Where do I put them then? Plastic greenhouse or coldframe or keep indoors a bit longer?

    Thanks for any help, I feel like they have got this far they need a chance!

    janeyo

  • #2
    I sowed some alpine straws back in January and they have been very slow. I sowed them in very small newspaper pots in a heated propogator and thinned them out to one plant per pot. More recently I potted them on to 3" pots where they are currently growing a bit faster (well it is warmer now) in my cool conservatory. They're now beginning to look like real strawberry plants but in minature. Bear with them, I think that they do start slow and you'll probably not get any fruit until next year but giving things a go is part of the fun to me.

    Some of us live in the past, always talking about back then. Some of us live in the future, always planning what we are going to do. And, then there are those, who neither look behind or ahead, but just enjoy the moment of right now.

    Which one are you and is it how you want to be?

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    • #3
      They are a bit notorious - slow to get going and very small for a long time. They will grow, though, just ignore them!

      Are they alpine or standard size F1's ?

      My F1's are pretty poor for the amount of time they have been growing but the alpines are much better.

      Alpine strawberries are quite delectable and the plants are very productive over many years, all year round. You do need quite a few plants for a helping, though!

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      • #4
        Sorry to hijack the thread a bit but re the alpine strawberries, I've not grown them before, but will I be able to take runners off them in the same manner as normal strawberries and also do they need replacing every 3 years also?

        Some of us live in the past, always talking about back then. Some of us live in the future, always planning what we are going to do. And, then there are those, who neither look behind or ahead, but just enjoy the moment of right now.

        Which one are you and is it how you want to be?

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        • #5
          I've grown alpine strawberries from seed and had no problems:
          I left thm outside for 4 weeks to get frosted. (A fridge would do).
          Then put in greenhouse.
          About 50 plants so far out of 75 seeds.
          I'll pot on into 10cm pots and plant out in Late April.

          IiRC they propagate by seed and I can't remember if they have runners..
          Last edited by Madasafish; 03-04-2008, 12:13 PM.

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          • #6
            I've been growing Alpine Strawbs in a seed tray, and also another variety which was meant to be a prolific fruiter, but I'm the same. Sowed them in Jan - and they're still barely a cm tall. Good to know they'll grow at some point but I'm going to have to get some young plants from the garden centre as well by the looks of it.

            Shame - I was trying to avoid that!

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            • #7
              Originally posted by Madasafish View Post
              I've grown alpine strawberries from seed and had no problems:
              I left thm outside for 4 weeks to get frosted. (A fridge would do).
              Then put in greenhouse.
              About 50 plants so far out of 75 seeds.
              I'll pot on into 10cm pots and plant out in Late April.

              IiRC they propagate by seed and I can't remember if they have runners..
              Good grief, I didn't do any of that, just covered them lightly with general purpose potting compost and put them in a heated propogator on 6 Jan and they were all through within a week. Took them out the propogator and grew them on on the window ledge for a bit before thinning and potting on. Didn't realise you were meant to frost them but it doesn't seem to have caused a problem!

              Some of us live in the past, always talking about back then. Some of us live in the future, always planning what we are going to do. And, then there are those, who neither look behind or ahead, but just enjoy the moment of right now.

              Which one are you and is it how you want to be?

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              • #8
                Mine are Sarian F1 hybrid. Not a variety I have ever bought as big plants.

                j

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                • #9
                  I sowed 23 Sarian F1 in mid January and lots of Mignonettes in mid Feb, the former has been a total disaster as I didn't know how to handle them, getting the sowing wrong using tray that may have been too deep (compost compaction problem) and one by one they died except for one plant , some sort of damping off.

                  I may be wrong but I think Alpine strawberries from seeds are more failproof and sturdy, tries to grow and spread like weeds. My apline are bigger than my one Sarian sowed a month earlier with some of these 2" high. They may need thinining but there's so many of them I don't know where I could possibly put them. As Alison's pointed out they look like strawberry plants but in a miniature form.

                  Most alpine don't produce runners, you divide them I think but I have been given one alpine specimen that is supposed to produce runners.

                  Sarian you can't really buy as plants/runners as it's bred for seed market I think but some cunning eBayer will try to sell them on eBay. They should produce runners (on which I'm relying from my one & only surviving miniature plant) and they may be everberer type.
                  Food for Free

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                  • #10
                    Yes, the one I'm having trouble with too is Sarian. I've moved the tiny things into a larger celled propogator now and waiting for them to do something. The best (2) are about 3cm high, but most are only 1cm.

                    I've put them in the sun now - not sure if that was right to do.

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                    • #11
                      Alpine strawbs

                      I bought one alpine strawberry plant years ago and stuck it in the ground in the (then uncared-for) garden. The original plant was covered by a shed a few years ago and the whole area was turned into a patio. However, the alpine strawbs now cover the whole of the patio surround and just get hiked out if they are in the way. They spread themselves and are totally left to get on with it. It is one of my favourite jobs every morning to go and collect all the wee fruits and leave a few on Madmax's placemat for him to find when he comes to the table.
                      Happy Gardening,
                      Shirley

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