Oh wow, that’s lovely!!! Did you start yours with seed or bare roots?
Very interesting and helpful video! Thank You!!
Most bare roots, some as small plants that someone else started somewhere
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Some pineberries are much better… I am fairly sure i got my hands on White D… which has taken a long time to track down.
ive grown a couple of Alpines but wasnt impressed.
I havent tried the red Alpines… Alexandria or Regina or Red Wonder… maybe they are better…some of the reviews say they are.
I havent tried the Florida Pearl pineberries yet either. They look amazing.
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I was tempted to try some from Gurneys, but its really late for strawberries here. Also not sure if the size they sell are for fruiting this year or next year.
I would love to grow pine berries!! Would you say they taste the same as strawberries or do they have a different flavor profile?
im only getting going with these improved pineberries… ive had the ones in the grocery stores and i like them… last year they kind of went ‘viral’ on all the social medias… not sure if that was a marketing ploy but everyone went crazy for them. They are becoming very common in grocery stores from March til Sept depending on how good of a market you live in. Aldi, Target…and just about everyone carries them at some point or another.
This is a better description than i can do-
IMO pineberries have a much weaker flavor compared to other strawberries. They do have a nice floral fragrance.
I have “wonderful”. Not the best producer but it suckers like crazy and can fill a whole raised bed in a year if you let it. I’ve even thought about using it as a ground cover. It gets leaf spot in wet seasons but doesn’t seem bothered by it
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I have never seen them at our local stores, honestly! I will look into it! Thank you for the article.
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thats one of the downsides of pineberry. they sucker more than the doz. other strawberries I’ve grown and quickly choke out and stunt the bed. producing very few berries. ive since grown my strawberries in cuts of heavy landscape cloth that covers/controls the amount of berries that can root in the bed. only benefit i find with pineberries and white colored alpine is birds dont seem to bother them at all. flavor is not as good as a good red. i planted flavorfest last spring in my 2 beds. should get a good crop this year. a few flowered and fruited last summer and im really liking the taste.
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Are white alpines less flavorful than reds? I grew red alpines from seed (from botanical interests) and their flavor was super unique. Almost like a starburst candy
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I don’t have experience with red alpines but the white alpine I grew for years had a similar starburst flavor. Once ripe they lose a lot of their acidity but gain superb fragrance and a pleasant (but not overpowering) sweetness.
That sounds delightful! Do they sunburn though?
Albion roots are clonal and each plant is the same cultivar and in theory should taste the same. Alpine strawberries especially from seed are (slightly) genetically different from eachother and so each plant will have a bit difference.
I find growing Alpines from seed very difficult or at least I have a much higher fatality rate than other seedlings and slow growth. I have white soul, alexandria and something labeled “fraise des bois” but that means so little in so many ways haha! I have found significant differences in productivity/berry taste/disease resistance in the half dozen white souls I have. The best has a very good tropical fruit undertone sweet candy like notes. I’ve had some that are insipid and tasteless as well.
I grow Albion as well and like it a lot. I need to find a way to make them more productive this year but they are very high quality and if you want something that will actually feed you get them instead.
I have already potted my Albion roots. I’m praying they do well in the soil they are in, but time will tell. I have seed packets for the Alpine, but it doesn’t say which type of Alpine they are. I want to try and grow them, but we usually don’t get strawberry seeds to grow here for some reason.
the white alpines are better tasting than the reds most of the time. i have yellow wonder and pineapple something that are some of my favs.