Raising Strawberries from Seed

[Blacksmith101]

According to this article you can plant leftover straw berries and they will grow new plants.

Gardener reveals why you should never throw away store-bought strawberries: ‘This worked out better than I had imagined’

“[This] just changed the future of the two strawberries in my fridge."

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[CharlieFoxtrot]

According to this article you can plant leftover straw berries and they will grow new plants.

Gardener reveals why you should never throw away store-bought strawberries: ‘This worked out better than I had imagined’

“[This] just changed the future of the two strawberries in my fridge."

www.yahoo.com

Interesting but I’d want to see what the berries look/taste like before I’d declare this a good idea. I’d bet the original plants are hybrids so the next generation fruits won’t be like the parent.

 

[chuck]

According to this article you can plant leftover straw berries and they will grow new plants.

Gardener reveals why you should never throw away store-bought strawberries: ‘This worked out better than I had imagined’

“[This] just changed the future of the two strawberries in my fridge."

www.yahoo.com

Tried that this spring, 0 for 20. Maybe I'll dedicate an area to it. keep throwing scraps in there too see what takes in the next year.

 

[Allen65]

Tried that this spring, 0 for 20. Maybe I'll dedicate an area to it. keep throwing scraps in there too see what takes in the next year.

Aren't most grocery store strawberries picked early and artificially ripened with ethylene, like tomatoes? If that's the case, the seeds may not be mature.

 

[chuck]

Aren't most grocery store strawberries picked early and artificially ripened with ethylene, like tomatoes? If that's the case, the seeds may not be mature.

That's a good point. My kids picked some out in Davidsonville a couple months ago, I guess I should have kept those.

 

[Archeryrob]

Find your local orchards or fruit stands and look for local stuff. they should have good seeds on them. My daughter has a friend that parents run one and their seconds she gets are smaller, but so sweet and flavorful. The store ones are puffed on fertilizers or early ripened as explained and lack the same flavor. They are big but pretty plain in comparison.

I got mock strawberries growing all round open wood space here. Reminds me of the real thing, but it is not.

 

[Muleskinner]

I actually watched this video early in the spring and tried it this year and it did not work. I purposely bought strawberries from Brad's in churchville instead of from the grocery store because I don't know what they spray those grocery store berries with. I could not get the seeds to germinate to save my soul. I tried it a few different ways I tried with a wet paper towel which required me to add water to it three times a day because it kept drying out and I tried putting them on the top of soil and keeping that damp and they just wouldn't germinate.