Wild Strawberry Blog

Commercial Production of Wild Strawberries

I have heard from many people who have grown alpine strawberries andj they believe that they cannot be commercially grown because the fruit is too small. That is the consensus here in the United States. If you travel across the big pond (the Atlantic Ocean) there is a different opinion. In fact, there is a grower that is now located in Spain who has been growing what they call woodland strawberries for 50 years. They are shipping many here to the US as you will see in their video. Their name is Arzagot. Check out their video on their About Us page.

I will point out one more thing right away. Go to their Home page. You will see an image of what is called a punnet. This is a 100 gram cardboard container that they use for harvesting and shipping the fruit. If you read what is printed on the punnet you will see that it is Fragaria vesca and the cultivar is clearly Reine des Vallees. They call them woodland strawberries. We will have a discussion soon about the names for wild strawberries but these are in fact what I call Alpine Strawberries and I sell seed of this cultivar in my store. Fascinating!!

• Grow Your Own Gourmet Strawberries from Seed
  by admin
  November 22, 2013
  More and more gardeners have decided to grow their own strawberries. Each has their own reasons. Some want to have control of what is sprayed on the strawberries their family eats. They have seen the dirty dozen list that lists a dozen crops that have the highest residues of pesticides on fruit randomly collected and… Read more: Grow Your Own Gourmet Strawberries from Seed
• Welcome to Strawberry Seed Store
  by sss_admin
  November 11, 2013
  We are pleased that you are visiting our site. As you can tell from the name, the site focuses exclusively on strawberry seeds. The seeds we sell were previously sold at The Strawberry Store (www.thestrawberrystore.com). We sold seeds and plants on the same shopping cart and tried to provide information on both seeds and plants.… Read more: Welcome to Strawberry Seed Store
• Invite Beneficial Insects into Your Strawberry Garden
  by admin
  June 6, 2013
  We will be adding a new category soon for seeds of plants that attract beneficial insects. There are 3 major classes of beneficials call the three P’s. They are pollinators, predators and parasites. We are very excited about this category. Invite these beneficials into your strawberry garden. You will benefit by getting better a pollinated… Read more: Invite Beneficial Insects into Your Strawberry Garden
• Timing is Everything – When to Sow Strawberry Seeds
  by sss_admin
  October 29, 2011
  We’ve all heard that timing is everything. It also applies to sowing seeds. One goes through the whole process of deciding to grow a crop or plant an area and choose and buy some seeds. Now, one must decide when is the optimal time to sow them. I am actually writing a detailed discussion of… Read more: Timing is Everything – When to Sow Strawberry Seeds
• Fall 2011 Special
  by sss_admin
  September 25, 2011
  Now through October 30th 2011, all orders over $25 will receive a free packet of ‘Rainbow Treasures’ pictured below:
• Strawberry Seed Vigor
  by sss_admin
  September 25, 2011
  We often get questions about growing strawberries from customers who have purchased seed or plants from other suppliers. Some companies won’t answer these types of questions but we want to deliver practical information based on our experience. There’s enough misinformation out there to keep me busy full time in correcting it. Anyhow, a customer recently… Read more: Strawberry Seed Vigor
• International Shipping
  by sss_admin
  September 23, 2011
  International orders are increasing rapidly. We’re getting more and more inquiries about costs, regulations and others. To help answer some of these questions I’m creating this post and a new category. I’ll use this category to try to answer other questions as they arise. Today’s question was about the cost of shipping international orders. The… Read more: International Shipping
• Germination
  by sss_admin
  June 10, 2011
  The minimum standard germination for strawberries is 60%. The actual germination for most varieties is well above this standard. Seed packets will include the actual germination for each variety. We have published a lot of information on blogs and other sites about germination. We will attempt to gather this information and post it or link… Read more: Germination