Strawberry

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  1. samljer

    samljer Active Member

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    Recently I came across some of the best strawberries ive ever tasted
    I want to extract the seeds off the berry to plant another 3-4 bushes
    How would one go about taking the seeds off the berry
    in a way that keeps the seeds alive
    and how does one germinate strawberry?

    PS: Do they need a frost cycle once i have them off the berry?
     
  2. Daniel Mosquin

    Daniel Mosquin Paragon of Plants UBC Botanical Garden Forums Administrator Forums Moderator 10 Years

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    Unless it is a wild strawberry, it won't come true from seed. You'd need to vegetatively propagate it from the plantlets / daughter plants formed along the runners.
     
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    It is a wild berry not commercial as far as i know
     
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    Daniel Mosquin Paragon of Plants UBC Botanical Garden Forums Administrator Forums Moderator 10 Years

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    They are no bigger than your thumbnail?
     
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    from the same plant
    most where thumbnail size, 20% were half-thumb size

    Question is though, do strawberries need freeze cycle?
    And even if not true to parent, when do the berries start to grow?
    does the plant produce in the first year. etc?

    Guess i want to know the common characteristics of this plant
     
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