White Soul Germination

[GardenGayle]

I planted a few different types of alpine strawberries a couple of weeks back including white soul. All the others have germinated to varying degrees but not a single white soul seed has raised its head.

Do these take longer to germinate than red alpines? or maybe I sowed them too early?

They were sown in seed compost, gently watered and are being grown in a small heated propagator on a windowsill. As far as I'm aware I haven't done anything differently to the red alpines but I do have enough seeds left to sow a second lot if I have.

Any advice would be appreciated.

Thanks
Gayle

[Mark Lottie]

yeah white soul take long in my experience

I dont like them anyway, they dont taste like pineapple. I just sowed mine to get rid of them and use as ground cover.

The alexandrias and one other are all coming up, the white soul look dead

[GardenGayle]

Ok well thanks for the advice, I wont give up on them just yet.

I might plant them in pots if I can ever get them to germinate in that case then if I don't like them I can just sling them! I've got some white one which are from a red and white mix pack which are nice though x

[Mark Lottie]

yeah hopefully they work out for you.

Even though I'm not a big fan, i use them in the gaps between plants just to fill up space. They are pretty too