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Alexandria Strawberry Seed — alpine strawberry harvest

Alexandria Strawberry Seed — compact fruiting plant

Alexandria Strawberry Seed — alexandria small berries palm

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Fragaria vesca

A seed worth growing

Alexandria Strawberry Seed

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Alpine strawberries you can grow from seed.

Alexandria is a day-neutral alpine strawberry that keeps flowering and fruiting through the season instead of cropping all at once. Its small, fragrant red berries are roughly twice the size of wild strawberries; much smaller than garden types, but full of flavor.

Plants stay compact and send out very few runners, so they are ideal for edging paths, tucking into rock gardens or filling pots and window boxes. A first light crop comes in the first year (about 100–120 days from sowing to fruit), with full production from the second year. Best in Zones 5–8.

The blossoms are edible too, with a mild strawberry flavor that works in salads and as a garnish for drinks and desserts.

Start seed indoors on the surface of moist mix; seedlings appear in 2–3 weeks at 60–75°F. Grow them on in plugs or small pots, then plant out about a foot apart in sun or part shade and rich, moist, well-drained soil.

Specs

Packet: 100 seeds
Average 95,200 seeds per oz.

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Quick Facts

Latin Name: Fragaria vesca
Days To Maturity: 100-120 to fruit
Life Cycle: Perennial
Hybrid Status: Open Pollinated
Product Features

Growing times vary with weather, soil and local conditions.

Growing guide

From seed to harvest

Sow for your region

North: March–April. South: mid-June to early July. Press seed onto moist soilless mix; seedlings appear in 2–3 weeks at 60–75°F (16–24°C).

Grow on

Move seedlings to plug trays or space 1–1 1/2" apart, then pot on before planting out about 1' apart.

Site

Sun to part shade, moist, well-drained, compost-rich soil, pH 6.5–6.8. Skip fertilizer at planting.

Establish first

Pinch flower buds for the first 6 weeks and remove runners in the first year.

Growing Information

Scientific name

Fragaria vesca

Site and soil

Full sun to part shade, in moist, well-drained soil enriched with compost or well-rotted manure, pH 6.5–6.8. Get the bed ready 6–8 months in advance to knock back perennial weeds. Do not fertilize at planting; it can push soft growth that is easily damaged by cold.

Sowing

In the North, sow in March or April; in the South, from mid-June to early July. Sow thinly on moist soilless mix, press the seed in and keep it moist; seedlings appear in 2–3 weeks. Use open flats or 20-row flats with drainage, and keep the mix at 60–75°F (16–24°C) if you can. Move seedlings to plug trays or space them 1–1 1/2" apart in flats, then pot them on: 1 plant per 3–4" pot, or 3–5 per 8" pot, for finished plants. Plant outdoors at any time, about 1' apart.

Planting out

Space plants 12–18" apart in rows 3–4' apart. Some growers plant closer (5–9" apart in single rows, or 10–20" in staggered double rows) and remove every runner for the life of the bed. Set the roots straight down, with the middle of the crown level with the soil surface. Water and keep weeded. In cold areas, mulch with straw in late fall once plants go dormant to limit freeze-thaw heaving; rake it off the crowns in spring when growth resumes, leaving it between rows and under the foliage, where it keeps berries clean and smothers weeds.

Harvest

Northern plantings bear from midsummer until October. In the South, they fruit from late winter to early June, pause in the hottest months, then fruit again from late August through October. Yield and berry size drop when temperatures stay above 85°F (29°C). A day-neutral bed gives its best crops for about two seasons (or treat it as an annual); unlike June-bearers, it should not be renovated.

Storage

Unwashed berries keep 3–7 days at 32°F (0°C); freeze them for longer storage.

Getting established

For six weeks after transplanting, pinch away every flower bud, and keep cutting off runners through year one, so the plants build roots before they crop.

Plant counts

100 plants per 100' row, or 14,520 plants per acre at 12" spacing in rows 3' apart.

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