Showing posts with label Strawberry. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Strawberry. Show all posts
10 January 2011
10 October 2010
Kaye's Great Grandmother's Strawberries
Kaye very kidly donated 2 strawberry plants. The are from plants that she took from her great grandmother's garden. That would make them heirlooms, perhaps even from 100 years ago. They will apparently produce little red berries, they should go well with the little white ones already in the patch.
One went into the front patch. The other went into potting mix in the green room. With luck they'll do well and it'll be possible to multiply out the plants.
One went into the front patch. The other went into potting mix in the green room. With luck they'll do well and it'll be possible to multiply out the plants.
18 October 2009
Bean there done that.
Peas and beens from the last post were planted in the sprouting chambers the next day. 30 of the 40 peas have gerninated. The beans are beginning to germinate too. It appears to happen more slowly with beans than with peas.
Also (last weekend) planted leek seeds and strawberries seeds (seeds saved from last year's crop of alpine strawberried). Both were planted in pots in the green-room and both have started to germinate.
Plonked some old parsnip seeds into the patch along with turnip seeds (white and green).
Went to Nichols to get a small tunnel. After placing it over a small patch of the patch it was clearlt warmer inside than out (when you stick your arm in. To test it properly one of the punnets of 2 squash were transplanted from a pot into the patch under the tunnel. With some luck it'll thrive (the zucchini put into the patch died).
Also (last weekend) planted leek seeds and strawberries seeds (seeds saved from last year's crop of alpine strawberried). Both were planted in pots in the green-room and both have started to germinate.
Plonked some old parsnip seeds into the patch along with turnip seeds (white and green).
Went to Nichols to get a small tunnel. After placing it over a small patch of the patch it was clearlt warmer inside than out (when you stick your arm in. To test it properly one of the punnets of 2 squash were transplanted from a pot into the patch under the tunnel. With some luck it'll thrive (the zucchini put into the patch died).
10 November 2008
Strawberries
Anyone actually know the etymology of strawberry? There appear to be two theories, both claim Anglo-Saxon origins:
streawberige, meaning "spreading berry" (due to the runners)
streowberige, meaning "hay berry" (due to being ripe at the same time)
Anyone know the origins of my strawberry plants? Got six for a buck a piece at a local primary school fair. The are apparently white strawberries and like a relatively shadey spot. A quick Internet search suggests they are "alpine" strawberries (what ever that might mean), they are bird resistant (because they never go red) and that they flower and fruit all year round (yea, right). No runners so seed collection is a must (Strawberries should be on a 3 year plant replacement rotation).
The plants were planted out tonight on the bank under the blackcurrents as a ground cover.
streawberige, meaning "spreading berry" (due to the runners)
streowberige, meaning "hay berry" (due to being ripe at the same time)
Anyone know the origins of my strawberry plants? Got six for a buck a piece at a local primary school fair. The are apparently white strawberries and like a relatively shadey spot. A quick Internet search suggests they are "alpine" strawberries (what ever that might mean), they are bird resistant (because they never go red) and that they flower and fruit all year round (yea, right). No runners so seed collection is a must (Strawberries should be on a 3 year plant replacement rotation).
The plants were planted out tonight on the bank under the blackcurrents as a ground cover.
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