Alpine Strawberries – How to grow them

Alpin Strawberries are not like the strawberries that you will purchase in the shops or eat at Wimbledon. They certainly are not as big as them. Alpine Strawberries are also known as Fragaria vesca. Alpine Strawberries originally came from Europe and Asia. You can still find these growing wild especially in the Natives of America and woodlands.

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About Alpine Strawberries

These strawberries certainly are not like the strawberries we grow in the garden or the ones you find in the supermarket. The main difference is that they are a lot smaller in size. They will not produce runners from the plants to make more plants. You will mainly find these alpine strawberries growing in the wild and woodland not in peoples gardens or farms. One thing abould Alpine Strawberries which are better than the shop bought strawberries is that they produce strawberries all fruiting season from June right through to October. You won’t be picking Strawberries just once a year like the common strawberry.

The alpine strawberry was originally found in the alps. This is where it obviously gets it name from which has stuck with it around 300 years ago.

There are now many varieties of the alpine strawberry which you can actually grow in your garden if you are wanting to try this type. The fruit of the alpine strawberry has a wild delicious taste. Some varieties of them also have a little hint of pineapple in them.

How to grow Alpine Strawberries

After reading about the Alpine Strawberries are you tempted to grow your own at home or the allotment?

To grow alpine Strawberries you can start them off from seed which you can purchase online – see link below.

Start your seeds off in a seed tray and keep in a warm green house to help them germinate. When the plants are big enough transplant them to individual plant pots. Keep these in a greenhouse until they are big enough to transplant outside.

Before you transplant your plants outside you need to make sure you have prepared your ground for them. When choosing the right area to plant the plants choose somewhere which will get around at least 4 hours of sun. Add some well rotted organic matter to your soil – make sure it is well draining soil – this is what the plants prefer.

Once you have an area for the Strawberry plants make sure you have hardened them off for a couple of weeks so they are used to the temperature before planting out. Once you have planted these you can add a layer of mulch around them this will keep the weeds down and it will also help feed the plants.

If you planted your seeds in the spring you could be eating fresh alpine strawberries by summer.

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