I've heard they need to be planted with regular strawberries for pollination. Is this true?
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Some varieties of Pineberry DO need to be pollinated because their pollen is sterile. White Carolina pollinated without me planting another strawberry type, which leads me to believe either it has viable pollen OR the pollen of the wild strawberries in the yard was enough.
1131951
It should be self pollinating, the only problem is that its flowers don't bloom for very long.
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In my case it grew into a wild strawberry not black. I have a lot of very fragrant small red berried. I think you right are about the scam! They came directly from the woods as wild as could be.
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I just started mine in the Living Tower and they are growing already like crazy. I hope they produce fruit as it can be tricky to get some plants to bear fruit hydroponically.
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A quick google search on the subject reveals some facts, that probably answers this question for us. #1, there are currently no commercially available GMO strawberries on the market. So theres your answer, these should be non-GMO. Does not mean they are organic though, the mother plant may have been sprayed with pesticides, etc. #2, While there HAVE been field trails for GMO strawberries, And it is possible for these field trails to contaminate non-GMO fields sometimes, this is not likely for strawberries, since strawberries don't spread and reseed as easily as other crops that they do have that issue with, such as wheat. I think we are safe. A quick google search on the subject reveals some facts, that probably answers this question for us. #1, there are currently no commercially available GMO strawberries on the market. So theres your answer, these should be non-GMO. Does not mean they are organic though, the mother plant may have been sprayed with pesticides, etc. #2, While there HAVE been field trails for GMO strawberries, And it is possible for these field trails to contaminate non-GMO fields sometimes, this is not likely for strawberries, since strawberries don't spread and reseed as easily as other crops that they do have... » Read More A quick google search on the subject reveals some facts, that probably answers this question for us. #1, there are currently no commercially available GMO strawberries on the market. So theres your answer, these should be non-GMO. Does not mean they are organic though, the mother plant may have been sprayed with pesticides, etc. #2, While there HAVE been field trails for GMO strawberries, And it is possible for these field trails to contaminate non-GMO fields sometimes, this is not likely for strawberries, since strawberries don't spread and reseed as easily as other crops that they do have that issue with, such as wheat. I think we are safe. « Show Less
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no, but they are gorgeous. mine came as a small plant so it will take several years for it to bloom. i grew one several years ago only it was a peach-colored one. really beautiful.
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Go for it, I am sure the season will be long enough. Besides, what will not planting them yield? :)
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strawberries are commercially grown here in Washington State and do survive the winter. I have not had particular luck with the tiered stacking planter . Mostly gardener error I think, not the fault of the plants or planter.
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ahhhhh berry?! like it says. its a bunch of plants so how fruity you think its going to be!
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We didn't and are still harvesting nice strawberries. These plants are very nice!
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Moisture, yes. Shade, not so much. They're fairly shade tolerant but I've grown some in full sun and some in partial shade and the full sun is better. These plants aren't big producers; the plants and the fruit are quite pretty but they're quite compact and I was disappointed in the quality of the fruit. Yields were small, regardless of location (including some grown in a greenhouse where I controlled the environment completely) and the fruit was quite small and not particularly tasty. It's nice that they produce fruit the first year but the quest for the perfect strawberry continues...
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You might need to do the pollination yourself because mine is not even growing up that fast and it's not showing any sights of giving fruit yet
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Yes. You probably need to soak them for awhile to plump them up.I haven't tried it but read good comments about cooking the berries in sugar and cornstarch (a base of maybe water?) To thicken the filling up.
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They're supposed to be good to eat raw or to pickle; however, ours never did grow at all. We planted them mainly as a vine to cover a trellis at a preschool, hoping that the kids could also pick the fruits. But, like I said, they didn't grow at all--and our tomatoes, cabbages, blackberries, sunflowers and other plants are thriving, so it wasn't bad weather/bad gardening. Maybe just not suited to our area?
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Agree completely with sedonaman. I'm allergic to them and I just leave them bee. Without them I'd have no flowers therefore no hummingbirds not to mention fruits and veggies in the garden. Bee's are endangered in many area's of our country right now. A sad thing.
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Yes. You probably need to soak them for awhile to plump them up. I haven't tried it but read good comments about cooking the berries in sugar and cornstarch (a base of maybe water?) To thicken the filling up.
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Strawberry plants seem to tolerate some shade, so if it's not from some tree that kills stuff underneath it, some shade would probably be okay as long as there is some light. But I don't know how the Mignonettes in particular will do and whether they will produce. For a variety of reasons, mostly not having to do with the quality of the seed itself, I didn't end up with many plants, but a couple I did get into a planter outdoors in partial shade (some sun from about 1 pm to 5 pm) seemed to do well, until the chipmunks disturbed them too much. I think I need to keep some going for a year to find out if they'll bear fruit. Strawberry plants seem to tolerate some shade, so if it's not from some tree that kills stuff underneath it, some shade would probably be okay as long as there is some light. But I don't know how the Mignonettes in particular will do and whether they will produce. For a variety of reasons, mostly not having to do with the quality of the seed itself, I didn't end up with many plants, but a couple I did get into a planter outdoors in partial shade (some sun from about 1 pm to 5 pm) seemed to do well, until the chipmunks disturbed them too much. I think I need to keep some going for a year to... » Read More Strawberry plants seem to tolerate some shade, so if it's not from some tree that kills stuff underneath it, some shade would probably be okay as long as there is some light. But I don't know how the Mignonettes in particular will do and whether they will produce. For a variety of reasons, mostly not having to do with the quality of the seed itself, I didn't end up with many plants, but a couple I did get into a planter outdoors in partial shade (some sun from about 1 pm to 5 pm) seemed to do well, until the chipmunks disturbed them too much. I think I need to keep some going for a year to find out if they'll bear fruit. « Show Less