It is amazing to me how much earlier your spring is there. We, here in Maine, won't have cultivated strawberries for another month. Our wild strawberries are delicious but you have to put in a lot of work to get a small amount. I don't know if you have ever tried alpine strawberries? They are fantastic tasting, like our wild strawberry. I had a friend who had a patch. What was unusual to me about his strain was they were 'day neutral' (so there were berries most of the summer with spring and fall bursts) and the berries formed on stocks that grew upward, far above the foliage. I know alpines grow like that but his were really prominent, with the berries upright on the ends of their stocks. I went down a strawberry 'rabbit hole' a few years back when I was looking into planting a patch. I was more interested in taste than volume. The breeding of strawberries is quite interesting. Species from wildly different geographic locations, on separated continents, readily hybridize and are fertile. I believe most cultivars of commercial strawberries are hybrids of European and north American species.
@@bouncerslabrealnature9143 I am moving. We just don't have that here in Maine and I believe it is because of Ice age glaciers. I live only about a quarter mile from where the ocean was only about 10,000 years ago (I've checked the geological surveys). The Glaciers pushed the crust down. The interesting thing is middle America didn't have as much glaciation. `
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wow a load of strawberries Bouncer, yummy 😋🤗
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It is amazing to me how much earlier your spring is there. We, here in Maine, won't have cultivated strawberries for another month. Our wild strawberries are delicious but you have to put in a lot of work to get a small amount. I don't know if you have ever tried alpine strawberries? They are fantastic tasting, like our wild strawberry. I had a friend who had a patch. What was unusual to me about his strain was they were 'day neutral' (so there were berries most of the summer with spring and fall bursts) and the berries formed on stocks that grew upward, far above the foliage. I know alpines grow like that but his were really prominent, with the berries upright on the ends of their stocks. I went down a strawberry 'rabbit hole' a few years back when I was looking into planting a patch. I was more interested in taste than volume. The breeding of strawberries is quite interesting. Species from wildly different geographic locations, on separated continents, readily hybridize and are fertile. I believe most cultivars of commercial strawberries are hybrids of European and north American species.
I grew up in northern Minnesota....I picked coolers full of the wild , tasty ones for preserves. 💪😎
@@bouncerslabrealnature9143 Oh man, sweet
@@bouncerslabrealnature9143 I am moving. We just don't have that here in Maine and I believe it is because of Ice age glaciers. I live only about a quarter mile from where the ocean was only about 10,000 years ago (I've checked the geological surveys). The Glaciers pushed the crust down. The interesting thing is middle America didn't have as much glaciation. `
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Holy Crap Bouncer ! Mine have barely started flowering and you got red already !
I have had them for somewhere between 10 and 12 years. (I guess they are healthy. )
Have not looked at mine for 2 weeks.. I’m barely in the back yard
They should be doing good if you aren't getting too much rain 🌧️. 👍
@@bouncerslabrealnature9143 not much 🌧️..emailed you
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