The Poultry Keeper The Independent Forum for Poultry Keepers    FAQ   Search     Register   Log in  guess what          The Poultry Keeper Forum Index -> Grow Your Own Author Message jaydee67 Moderator Joined: 14 Apr 2005 Posts: 5012 Location: Shetland Islands Posted: Mon Jun 26, 2006 8:11 pm    Post subject: guess what this is? Back to top CP Moderator Joined: 13 Apr 2005 Posts: 15436 Location: Hampshire Posted: Mon Jun 26, 2006 8:16 pm    Post subject: Looks like a strawberry - what variety I don't know? Back to top jaydee67 Moderator Joined: 14 Apr 2005 Posts: 5012 Location: Shetland Islands Posted: Mon Jun 26, 2006 8:19 pm    Post subject: It is a strawberry, although it took me a minute to work it out - love the colour, never seen it before! Going to have to get some baby plants! Back to top Lisa Joined: 14 Apr 2005 Posts: 3236 Location: Milton Keynes, Bucks Posted: Tue Jun 27, 2006 6:27 pm    Post subject: I've seen a pink flowered strawberry plant on sale before. It was sold as an ornamental ie as a pretty flowered ground cover plant, rather than for its fruit (which presumably was few and far between and not very tasty?) Do you know if this one fruits well? I think I remember some pink flowered strawberry seeds for sale when I was looking at the catalogues in spring (after I'd ordered plants) but I can't find them again now Be very interesting to know if there is a pink flowered fruiter... Back to top mojo Joined: 13 Apr 2005 Posts: 10482 Location: GLENAY north deux sevre FRANCE Posted: Tue Jun 27, 2006 6:28 pm    Post subject: wood strawberry and some alpine strawberrys have pink flowers.......usually not as big as commercial ones but a super flavour and they make fab strawberry liqueur Back to top jaydee67 Moderator Joined: 14 Apr 2005 Posts: 5012 Location: Shetland Islands Posted: Tue Jun 27, 2006 9:59 pm    Post subject: I'll ask my friend about fruiting when she comes to school on Thursday - I want some runners for the colour alone anyway. Back to top Fenn Joined: 16 Jun 2005 Posts: 2292 Location: Shrewsbury Posted: Sun Jul 30, 2006 9:36 pm    Post subject: I've got pink-flowered strawberries for the first time this year I bought them from a market stall and have no idea what variety they are, but they look lovely - I've got them in hanging baskets with 'Tumbling Tom' trailing cherry tomatoes. They're not the most prolific fruiters I've ever known, but what fruit they do have is very succulent and tasty I'm hoping to get some runners from them, but typically of plants I actually want to keep, they don't seem keen to procreate Back to top stephen Site Admin Joined: 13 Apr 2005 Posts: 5071 Location: Billinge, Skåne, Sweden. Posted: Mon Jul 31, 2006 6:02 am    Post subject: Fenn wrote: They're not the most prolific fruiters I've ever known, but what fruit they do have is very succulent and tasty But when you're growing them for your own use, that is by far and away the most important. Back to top Heather Moderator Joined: 22 Apr 2005 Posts: 3980 Location: West Sussex Posted: Mon Jul 31, 2006 7:42 am    Post subject: Fenn wrote: They're not the most prolific fruiters I've ever known, but what fruit they do have is very succulent and tasty You never get that many fruits in the first year - but 2nd & 3rd yr Wow ! My French teacher was very impressed by the jam I made from them as well the flavour was incredible apparently Back to top Lisa Joined: 14 Apr 2005 Posts: 3236 Location: Milton Keynes, Bucks Posted: Tue Aug 15, 2006 8:45 pm    Post subject: The garden centre I went to today was selling off all their seeds for 25p a packet and guess what I found at the bottom of the box they'd piled them all into? Seeds for these http://seeds.thompson-morgan.com/uk/en/product/gww0490/1 I have more than I need (funny how that keeps happening ) If anyone would like some to try some too, pm me your addie and I'll pop some seeds in the post to you Back to top Fenn Joined: 16 Jun 2005 Posts: 2292 Location: Shrewsbury Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2006 10:42 am    Post subject: Lisa, do you have any seed spare, or have you given it all away?! I'd love to try growing some more plants for next year Back to top Display posts from previous: All Posts1 Day7 Days2 Weeks1 Month3 Months6 Months1 Year Oldest FirstNewest First         The Poultry Keeper Forum Index -> Grow Your Own All times are GMT + 1 Hour Page 1 of 1 Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2005 phpBB Group