Strawbery from seed?

Any

Hi guys,

How difficult is it to grow strawbery from seed? I would like plenty of strawberies (currently only have 5 plants - small garden) and I've just seen fantastic stackable strawbery planter on Ebay for only £15.

It gives 18 potting spaces.

However strawbery plants around here are around £1 mark, so that would make the crop quite expensive..

I would like to try and grow my own from seed for that number, is there a good reason for everyone always buying plants? I don't know anyone who grown strawbery from seed...

Thanks

Lotus-eater

You've got 5 plants already, so if you wait until they have runners, you should be able to get at least another 10 plants from those this year. That's the cheapest and easiest way of doing it.
I've never grown from seed, but I think they can be slow.

Orange_King

Tried previously from seed and failed miserably. Much better getting the plants I suggest.

Before you go for the ebay purchase check out your local B&M - they have stackable trio planters for £1 each which might do the same job. Poundland do them for £1.50 too I think.

Daisymaisy

I bought one of those mini propagator kits with mignonette strawberries ( an alpine type which I believe should crop all through the summer) in one of the 99p shops. It's been in my airing cupboard for just over a week So far nothing has come up, they've been in about 9 days, but I understand they can take some time. I'll keep you updated on my progress but for 99p I thought it was worth a punt.

Any

Lotus-eater wrote: »

You've got 5 plants already, so if you wait until they have runners, you should be able to get at least another 10 plants from those this year. That's the cheapest and easiest way of doing it.
I've never grown from seed, but I think they can be slow.

I thought of it too, but I don't want to wait that long

Orange_King wrote: »

Tried previously from seed and failed miserably. Much better getting the plants I suggest.

Before you go for the ebay purchase check out your local B&M - they have stackable trio planters for £1 each which might do the same job. Poundland do them for £1.50 too I think.

Really? I will check it out! The ones I found on Ebay were the cheapest, everywhere else go for £20 for 3. This is 6 for £15 so I thought it is a bargain.

Daisymaisy wrote: »

I bought one of those mini propagator kits with mignonette strawberries ( an alpine type which I believe should crop all through the summer) in one of the 99p shops. It's been in my airing cupboard for just over a week So far nothing has come up, they've been in about 9 days, but I understand they can take some time. I'll keep you updated on my progress but for 99p I thought it was worth a punt.

Good luck!

TonyMMM

Growing from seed is a slow process and you wouldn't expect much of a crop this year (if any). Using runners will be the quickest and best way of doing it.

Daisymaisy

Well I'm still hopeful (you have to be when growing from seed) this is a product description I have found for Mignonette:
Product Description
Strawberry - alpine Perennial Mignonette Incredibly tasty and prolific alpine strawberry that fruits well within months of sowing. It also has a hugely long productive season, especially in its first year. We start picking this in April/May and are still picking some fruits in October. I use it to line the paths on my vegetable bank where it looks good all year. It is a perennial, but for maximum productivity, it's best re-sown in autumn or early spring every year.

I do have around about 12 other non alpine strawberry plants from last year which will provide a few to eat as I wander round the garden tending to my veggies

Any

TonyMMM wrote: »

Growing from seed is a slow process and you wouldn't expect much of a crop this year (if any). Using runners will be the quickest and best way of doing it.

That is what I was affraid of..
I think I will have a look if there are any plants on offer somewhere.

yumyums

Any wrote: »

That is what I was affraid of..
I think I will have a look if there are any plants on offer somewhere.

http://www.mr-!!!!!!!!!!!.co.uk/seeds-plants-gardening/82849/strawberry-royal-sovereign-fruit-plants

12 for £2.95 and I think there's a 20% off discount code somewhere.

I'm growing Alpine Mignonette from seed too DaisyMaisy. I was hoping for a crop this year but Sciarid fly are killing my first lot of seedlings so I've just sown some more. Good luck with yours. We'll have to compare notes. Mine took around 7 days to germinate

Any

yumyums wrote: »

http://www.mr-!!!!!!!!!!!.co.uk/seeds-plants-gardening/82849/strawberry-royal-sovereign-fruit-plants

12 for £2.95 and I think there's a 20% off discount code somewhere.

I'm growing Alpine Mignonette from seed too DaisyMaisy. I was hoping for a crop this year but Sciarid fly are killing my first lot of seedlings so I've just sown some more. Good luck with yours. We'll have to compare notes. Mine took around 7 days to germinate

Thank you.
Sorry, the link is not working for me?

Daisymaisy

yumyums wrote: »

http://www.mr-!!!!!!!!!!!.co.uk/seeds-plants-gardening/82849/strawberry-royal-sovereign-fruit-plants

12 for £2.95 and I think there's a 20% off discount code somewhere.

I'm growing Alpine Mignonette from seed too DaisyMaisy. I was hoping for a crop this year but Sciarid fly are killing my first lot of seedlings so I've just sown some more. Good luck with yours. We'll have to compare notes. Mine took around 7 days to germinate

Good luck with your second lot. My hopefulness has just take a knock as mine are still not showing any sign of germinating. :sad: On a more positive note the rhubarb 99p propagator has been a triumph with all the seeds germinating. We'll see what happens as growing rhubarb from seed can apparently be a bit hit and miss with reference to getting them to come true and of course I will need to wait a while before my first harvest - just as well that I am a patient sort and like to have the odd experiment ongoing in the garden.