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Hello, I am new to gardening, so I don't know what you mean by that they do not make runners.
Also, is this a variety that will grow in North Central Florida?

I see that you say they need to be cold treated for at least 4 weeks before planting and then you say that they have already been cold treated, so just to be clear, which one is it?

One more question, how many seeds come in this auction?

Hi Tabarcapons, sorry for the confusion I cannot get back into that page to edit it. This batch of alpines will need to be cold treated, this is this years seed. As far as growing it in Florida, I don't know but I do know I've sold many alpine seeds to people in Florida but do not know if they are using the method of refrigeration (sprouting them, then transplant in cooler area of yard, or just letting them just grow for few weeks then back in the refrigerator. All apline seeds I sell and auction is 50+ seed. Usually it is more around 70. If you did an internet search to find blogs or some info to help you on if they can be just grown there...that would help you. Hope this helps.

Forgot....runners are the babies that branch out from the mother plant. If you grow regular strawberry plants, you will get these runners. True alpines do not produce these babies. But the the plant itself will increase in size where you can sepperate (usually by next year) the whole plant that just get larger and you will get many small what they call starter plants from it.

This sounds neat! We love gardening and canning and freezing what we grow. Do you know if these make good jam or preserves?

Yes they have more pectin than regular strawberries and make great alpine strawberry jelly! You will need at least 2 cups of the alpines but what you can do also if you do not have enough the first year is to collect as many as you can then add wild strawberries, or even store bought if you want to make your jelly. I freeze the berries as I collect them until several quart bags are full then I put them on deserts come wintertime and I use them for alpine strawberry shortcake, ice cream...anything you use strawberries on. If you have20 plants growing (just picking a number) each year they fruit more and more. Then if you have 20 plants, you will harvest lots (second year on) The first year they put out berries but not an abundance but the second year on they increase.

I do want to mention again that alpines can be alittle more tricky to get started and they take longer to sprout. Look up on line and you will find many different ways to get them sprouted, you will decide which way would be best for you. But make a note when you start the seeds because it will seem to you that they aren't doing anything...it can take a couple of months to sprout. Seed starter soil is what I found to be the best at least for me.

Super cool. Thank you. :)

Thanks so much! I will do some research to see if they can grow here where I live. These sounds like awesome berries!

ive been trying to find seeds at walmart or even a sprout for a couple years now...oh i cant wait!