Toscana, Rosana, Merlan or Loran
does anyone know which one is better ?
PlanetP to flamethrower
14 Jun 167#5
‘Toscana’ is an everbearing variety so as summer progresses there are both flowers and fruits on the plant at the same time. Grow it in a container on the patio or deck and it’s a genuine edible ornamental – it looks good and tastes good too.
There’s another advantage. Strawberries tend to suffer from virus diseases. But because ‘Toscana’ is a seed-raised variety – and virus diseases are not transmitted in seeds – each new plants starts life completely virus free.
Strawberry ‘Toscana’ won the 2011/2012 Florastar Award for the most eye-catching plant of the year.
nia112001 to flamethrower
21 Jun 16#11
the 3rd one
mcek
14 Jun 161#6
never had a problem growing strawberries from seed, even had fruit within the first year, buy a packet of seeds for the same price or less, will encourage you to grow more plants..
GlentoranMark to mcek
14 Jun 161#7
We've started a small community raised bed garden in a local food bank, is it too late to start from seed for next years crop?
Is there ever any problems using runners for new plants?
martnbev
14 Jun 16#8
Heat added .. Just noticed they Selling at 50p in my local Lidl store in Merthyr Tydfil
mcek
14 Jun 161#9
I generally start everything in cheap pots (old margarine tubs with drainage holes and some compost). April was my usual time for strawberries, it might be a bit too hot now. Some varieties I planted a few years ago stated 'expect fruits the year after' but mine grew big enough for fruit within a few months. If you get runners, you can let them settle, grow, then transplant later. Runners are good, provide new stock as the original won't be so good after 2 or 3 years.
I plant in a raised bed, actually use some straw mulch too, but I haven't tried the hanging basket varieties which you could also try in some sort of 'wooden raised multi-pocket pyramid bed structure' if you don't have anywhere to hang baskets. And look into edible plants... you can plant and eat a lot of good looking flowers with your veg, a lot of them can help the veg plants and have health benefits for us- borage, marigold, chamomile, etc etc.
GlentoranMark
15 Jun 16#10
I had a read after seeing this thread, seeds tend to be hard to start, also if they do flower/ fruit in the first year to pinch off to encourage growth into the plant for the following year.
Unless I see any reduced stock, I won't be bothering with seed or plants this year.
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does anyone know which one is better ?
There’s another advantage. Strawberries tend to suffer from virus diseases. But because ‘Toscana’ is a seed-raised variety – and virus diseases are not transmitted in seeds – each new plants starts life completely virus free.
Strawberry ‘Toscana’ won the 2011/2012 Florastar Award for the most eye-catching plant of the year.
Is there ever any problems using runners for new plants?
I plant in a raised bed, actually use some straw mulch too, but I haven't tried the hanging basket varieties which you could also try in some sort of 'wooden raised multi-pocket pyramid bed structure' if you don't have anywhere to hang baskets. And look into edible plants... you can plant and eat a lot of good looking flowers with your veg, a lot of them can help the veg plants and have health benefits for us- borage, marigold, chamomile, etc etc.
Unless I see any reduced stock, I won't be bothering with seed or plants this year.
Thanks for the advice though.