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Post by houseodessey on Jan 12, 2008 14:13:25 GMT -5
I'm getting conflicting reports on whether or not these seeds need to be ?stratified? or frozen for a while to make them germinate. BC says treat them like a tomato seed and other advice is to throw them in the freezer for a month. Any opinions? Also, how long do they take to germinate if anyone has experience with them.
Thanks.
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Post by redbrick on Jan 12, 2008 21:40:59 GMT -5
Do you mean Alpine Strawberries (F. vesca)? If you do, I can help out a little bit. I got mine from a seed rack display one year. I might have stored them in the fridge for a few weeks, but I can't remember that for certain. I definitely did NOT store them in the freezer, I can say that in all confidence. I sowed them on the soil surface of a flat, key operative being "on the surface", as I had read they need light to germinate, and kept them moist until they germinated. This part takes a very long time, at least when they aren't frozen (maybe freezing speeds germination, I don't know). I started them in late winter, and they weren't ready to set out until early fall!
Hope this helps!
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Post by flowerpower on Jan 13, 2008 6:59:03 GMT -5
I never put perennial seed in the freezer, just the fridge. They do fine.
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Post by houseodessey on Jan 13, 2008 18:49:40 GMT -5
Thanks to both of you. Freezing them seemed odd to me. I'll just wait and see.
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Post by flowerpower on Jan 14, 2008 6:19:38 GMT -5
Put them in for about 2 weeks. I found a whole patch of tiny wild strawberries when we cut part of the field. I really didn't notice if they had runners. I just realized, I should ask my neighbor if they were planted there.
He showed me where asparagus was planted in 1975, but nothing comes up there. Though I do find them growing in the fields. Even though I dont eat it, I am going to move them into my garden. I like when it matures and gets the berries
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Post by redbrick on Jan 14, 2008 11:07:56 GMT -5
FP, better wait and taste those berries before you get too excited. They may be Indian Strawberries, which look pretty, but have all the flavor of a glass of water.
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Post by flowerpower on Jan 15, 2008 7:31:01 GMT -5
I tasted them. Very small but nice and sweet. The hens were inhaling them.  |
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Post by houseodessey on Jan 15, 2008 19:36:52 GMT -5
Put them in for about 2 weeks. I found a whole patch of tiny wild strawberries when we cut part of the field. I really didn't notice if they had runners. I just realized, I should ask my neighbor if they were planted there. He showed me where asparagus was planted in 1975, but nothing comes up there. Though I do find them growing in the fields. Even though I dont eat it, I am going to move them into my garden. I like when it matures and gets the berries So I should put them in the freezer? |
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Post by flowerpower on Jan 16, 2008 7:51:49 GMT -5
The fridge is fine
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Post by houseodessey on Jan 22, 2008 22:51:08 GMT -5
They are finally sprouting!
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Post by flowerpower on Jan 23, 2008 7:44:08 GMT -5
Good job, Michelle! |
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Post by redbrick on Jan 23, 2008 8:58:23 GMT -5
Excellent! Now, hopefully they'll grow faster than mine did.
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