Alpine Strawberries

[keen101 (Biolumo / Andrew B.)]

revive bump. These sound delicious. I heard reports that those tiny alpine strawberries are akin to a good tomato and the now infamous "cardboard tomato". That the alpines knock your socks off and even the good farm strawberries seem like a cheap imitation in comparison.

This year we grew some strawberries. I really enjoyed the red flowered variety "tristan", very nice. I like the red flowers as opposed to the traditional white. Tried planting some of those white "pinapple flavored" strawberries but didn't get any fruit. The soon-to-be nesting rabbit that was digging holes all over the yard that jumped into the pot early on and dug up all the strawberries didn't exactly help. Some of those plants survived all summer but maybe i'll get some fruit next year.

I''m also looking into aeroponic strawberries.. but i don't know about that one yet.

[shoshannah]

I have some of the red flowered berries too, very attractive.  They are still blooming.  Mine are called lipstick. 

[taihaku]

Oct 18, 2016 23:48:25 GMT -5 keen101 (Biolumo / Andrew B.) said:

revive bump. These sound delicious. I heard reports that those tiny alpine strawberries are akin to a good tomato and the now infamous "cardboard tomato". That the alpines knock your socks off and even the good farm strawberries seem like a cheap imitation in comparison.

This year we grew some strawberries. I really enjoyed the red flowered variety "tristan", very nice. I like the red flowers as opposed to the traditional white. Tried planting some of those white "pinapple flavored" strawberries but didn't get any fruit. The soon-to-be nesting rabbit that was digging holes all over the yard that jumped into the pot early on and dug up all the strawberries didn't exactly help. Some of those plants survived all summer but maybe i'll get some fruit next year.

I''m also looking into aeroponic strawberries.. but i don't know about that one yet.

They are good! We grew ours from seed. We got a load of different varieties from here: thestrawberrystore.com/ grew em out and put them in a fruit bed underneath some rubus varieties. Despite extreme neglect and attack from invasive couch grass and bindweed they are not only holding their own but are going strong. Next year they'll move into our perennial food veg bed with the rhubarbs and gingers and I'm hoping they'll really kick on. If you grow from seed its worth getting a few varieties (we have yellow and red); they fruit slightly differently and the mix looks really attractive in the bowl.

[walt]

Thanks for the link to the strawberry store.  I think I'll be spending some money there over the winter.
This summer I bought strawberry seeds and musk strawberry plants from oikostreecrops.com , as well as Jerusalem artichoke seeds and Clipper corn seeds.  The seeds all arrived promptly, though I didn't try planting the strawberry seeds during the heat of summer.  The plants arrived yesterday and will be planted this afternoon.  For years I've wanted to taste musk and alpine strawberries.  Next summer I'll get my chance, I hope.  I hope they can take Kansas summer heat.  110F.  I won't translate that to non-American degrees.  You don't really want to know how hot this is.

[shoshannah]

Thanks for the link to the strawberry store.  Bought a few varieties that i didn't have already.