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Strawberries from seed

RHYSDAD
RHYSDAD Posts: 2,346 Forumite
in Gardening
I want to grow strawberries from seed this year and was planning to use growbags for the plants when matured. However, do i need to pinch out the buds for the first year or will they fruit okay for this coming year? I hadn't planned to permanently bed them (maybe i should do though) I'm growing these:

http://www.thompson-morgan.com/seeds1/product/998/1.html


Any advice from more experienced growers would be most welcome!
"Do not use a hatchet to remove a fly from your friend's forehead."

Chinese Proverb


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  • RHYSDAD
    RHYSDAD Posts: 2,346 Forumite
    RHYSDAD wrote: »
    I want to grow strawberries from seed this year and was planning to use growbags for the plants when matured. However, do i need to pinch out the buds for the first year or will they fruit okay for this coming year? I hadn't planned to permanently bed them (maybe i should do though) I'm growing these:

    http://www.thompson-morgan.com/seeds1/product/998/1.html


    Any advice from more experienced growers would be most welcome!

    Actually, after googling i wonder whether it'd be better to buy plants and take runners to keep a constant supply. it's this first years bud and pinching out though that i'm a little confused about. I want to plant up this year and harvest as well. So when ordering plants, should i opt for runners or bare root plants? Help!
    "Do not use a hatchet to remove a fly from your friend's forehead."

    Chinese Proverb


  • WestonDave
    WestonDave Posts: 5,154 Forumite
    Rampant Recycler
    My own experience was that you won't get fruit off strawberries grown from seed this year (or at least anything worth having). I would imagine the same would apply to small plants or runners. Mine have been a bit of a deadloss to be honest - the best thing I did was pick up a big pot plant in Tesco that was reduced and stick that in the garden - got a fair amount of fruit off that - or at least my youngest son did - he ate the lot before anyone else saw them! My ceramic planter is dying so I need to have a rethink this summer.
    Adventure before Dementia!
  • Yorkshire_Lavender
    Yorkshire_Lavender Posts: 27 Forumite
    RHYSDAD wrote: »
    I want to grow strawberries from seed this year and was planning to use growbags for the plants when matured. However, do i need to pinch out the buds for the first year or will they fruit okay for this coming year? I hadn't planned to permanently bed them (maybe i should do though) I'm growing these:

    http://www.thompson-morgan.com/seeds1/product/998/1.html


    Any advice from more experienced growers would be most welcome!

    The first year with young plants, it is best not to let them flower. Take off the flower.
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