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Old March 20, 2018   #19
Hatgirl
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Originally Posted by greenthumbomaha View Post
For newbies trying to growing strawberries, I suggest using a regular grocery strawberry as an experiment. I spent a small fortune on buying different seeds only to find they either got a fungus or all dried up one day because they are so small for a long time. Once you have a successful technique is the time to order interesting varieties of seeds.

That is good info to keep the tray shallow and in a water bath. It was fun but not fruitful for me to jump in with 4 seed varieties when I had no idea the sun would wipe out my months of work in one afternoon. Maybe I'll save seed from a strawberry that I buy at the u-pick this summer.

- Lisa
I tried my first experiment with a half dozen different varieties last year, and used the same seeds this year. And the only thing I did was close over the packet and put it in a a sealed plastic sandwich bag. So the seeds don't need to be used up all at once, they can be saved for at least a year.
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