Planting Strawberries From Seed - Claire's Allotment part 125

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• Allotments
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• Horticulture
• strawberries

[Helioforge]

Strawberry seedlings grow VERY slowly, and their germination rate is rather low. If you saturate the soil with strawberry seeds, use blender-washings from strawberry smoothies, then you will have lots of them quickly : ) Their favorite spot to grow is in a planter under the northeast corner of the house. Plant them out in early fall, or heel in the planter so the ground insulates them in winter.

[clairesallotment]

@Helioforge They are very, very slow to germinate. You've found a great use for left over strawberries in a smoothie. I hope you get loads.

[eurohim]

Good to know about the yield rate. I'll just dump the whole pack in my growbox.

[clairesallotment]

@eurohim Let's hope you're not too overwhelmed.

[gavinsolar]

Class Claire, WHAT A BABE!

[clairesallotment]

@gavinsolar Thank you.

[tothintocare11]

can you plant them in march? or do you need to wait until next year to plant. Im a huge fool for strawberries.

[clairesallotment]

@TheDiddlysquat Hi there,

You sound like you're having a great year so far. Strawberries from seeds take about 1 year to finally be large enough to go outside. I think it's much easier to buy plants as you'll get a crop that first year. As long as you train the runners you'll do fine and have enough for jam.

[gustaff14]

pd: i also planted strawberries from seed, but my plants are way smaller...and they are growing fruits

[gustaff14]

i love redheads