Strawberries/Raspberries/Blackberries from seed

[newbiemum05]

I just wondered really if it was worth doing, if anyone had grown them from seed and how to go about it really.

Thanks a bunch

(desperate to turn myself into a gardener this year LOL)

[Annpan]

I just bought some strawberry seeds the other day... £3.50 for 30 seeds - and the cheeky message on the packet that says

'F1 Hybrid seed is expensive to produce and should be handled with care'

Surely if I have paid for the seeds it is up to me how carefully I handle them... bloody cheek



I'd be interested to know how well they work, from anyone who has tried before.

[Helsbells]

I planted the F1 Hybrid on a window sill a couple of months ago (The packet said it was ok to) and there is still nothing!! Not impressed, they were expensive, and yes I did handle them carefully!

[The Riff-Raff Element]

I tried this once, but the results were pretty disappointing. I cannot recall whether they where F1s or not, but I am sure that I handled them terribly carefully in any case. I've had much more fun with suckers - I trade them with friends & neighbours so I can have a huge selection at a lowish cost.

[marshlander]

Sowed alpine strawbs in a propagator this time ast year - they took ages to come through and seemed to stay very small 'til April when they romped away.

[mrsflibble]

RiffRaff: you are aware that's a colorado potato beetle on your avatar arn't you...?!

everyone else:
can strawbs be grown like potatoes in a plastic bag? like this perhaps?

[newbiemum05]

answer to this in this thread mrsflibble HTH

http://selfsufficientish.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=8063

[mrsflibble]

wow! ta!

[The Riff-Raff Element]

RiffRaff: you are aware that's a colorado potato beetle on your avatar arn't you...?!

Ah, that's my pet one. I call him Clifford...

Colorado bettles are endemic around here and every year I carry out a campaign of erradication. Organically, of course. Which is just as well since chemical control is difficult to say the least, which is why conventional farmers in the UK are so scared of an outbreak there.

I have even written the odd article about them. If I'm honest, the adults are quite pretty in their own way (but not pretty enough to save them from being squashed!). The larval stages are incredibly ugly. I've got a piccy or two somewhere if anyone is intersted.

[ina]

I've got a piccy or two somewhere if anyone is intersted.

No thanks

I've seen enough to last me a lifetime! (In France and Germany...)