Thanks for that Zoomer. I brought a pineberry but have covered the ground around it in slate to try & confuse the slugs. No babies here! Do you think I could harvest the seeds myself to plant up?
If you only have the one plant Clarington, wait till the weather warms up and repot into a largish pot, let it grow and fruit but don't pick and it will self seed in the pot for the following year, you can then plant the new plants where ever you like.
I love strawberries they grow for Britian in my garden, I'm always amazed that although the leaves might get nibbled by pests the fruit is always left alone. Introduced some new varieties last year as my original strawberries are grown from stock given over 20 yrs ago and I wanted stuff which fruited at different times.
You can eat your own strawberries in May for wimbledon if forced in the GH
I get bees in the greenhouse no problem and always have half my strawberries in there for early fruiting. I put them out over late Autumn /winter and bring them in in Feb...earlier this year as they were getting bashed with the gales. Good luck.Ps I grow autumn planted sweet peas at the greenhouse door which flower early and attract the bees in.
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Thanks for that Zoomer. I brought a pineberry but have covered the ground around it in slate to try & confuse the slugs. No babies here! Do you think I could harvest the seeds myself to plant up?
If you only have the one plant Clarington, wait till the weather warms up and repot into a largish pot, let it grow and fruit but don't pick and it will self seed in the pot for the following year, you can then plant the new plants where ever you like.
I love strawberries they grow for Britian in my garden, I'm always amazed that although the leaves might get nibbled by pests the fruit is always left alone. Introduced some new varieties last year as my original strawberries are grown from stock given over 20 yrs ago and I wanted stuff which fruited at different times.
You can eat your own strawberries in May for wimbledon if forced in the GH
I've some normal red ones I'm considering forcing for May - how are the flowers pollinated in the greenhouse? Sorry if that seems a silly question! )
I'll definately re pot the pineberry when it gets warm and hopefully have a very fertile year!
(My apologies Bio for distracting from your original question).
I get bees in the greenhouse no problem and always have half my strawberries in there for early fruiting. I put them out over late Autumn /winter and bring them in in Feb...earlier this year as they were getting bashed with the gales. Good luck.Ps I grow autumn planted sweet peas at the greenhouse door which flower early and attract the bees in.