i've got alpines (baron solemacher from wilkinson) and a couple of temptations (also wilkinson) the alpines were from see and the temptations were seedlings in a plugpack. The alpines, sown from seed are now about 4 to a flower bucket and absolutely massive with hundreds of fruit. The temptations have both acted very differently, one of them produced 3 strawberries (very tasty) and has now produced 3 runners in year 1. The other temptation has grown a lot larger, no runners and is producing about 5 strawbs now. I've heard a lot about conventional wisdom with strawberries and i just thought to myself "sod it. i want my own wisdom, learned through experience".
as others have said, strawbs take forever as seedlings, but i've found that if you can get the crown to start rooting early, they'll take off like wildfire.
as others have said, strawbs take forever as seedlings, but i've found that if you can get the crown to start rooting early, they'll take off like wildfire.
Comment