Strawberries

[tommy the cat]

Been waiting for the wild strawberries to grow and ripen. Found some fairly large but cant find any reference to how big the fruits get? Some are nice and red the biggest about 1cm across, I know they are alot smaller than garden strawberries.
Ta Dave

 

[Toddy]

If they're red give them a try. I'm very partial to them but they are small & seedy; the ones around here taste glorious....almost as though the scent of them is enriching the flavour never a lot on the bush but always a welcome one or two just ready for a munch.

cheers,
Toddy

 

[gregorach]

1cm across is a pretty decent size for a wild strawberry.

 

[spamel]

I've got some alpine strawberries growing in my window boxes. They are little and green, so not quite ready yet!

 

[Nigel]

Been waiting for the wild strawberries to grow and ripen. Found some fairly large but cant find any reference to how big the fruits get? Some are nice and red the biggest about 1cm across, I know they are alot smaller than garden strawberries.
Ta Dave

Hi Dave,

I don’t think you will see any fruits until July/August they are very small in size approx 1 – 2cm in length.

 

[locum76]

mmmm, in about a fortnight i'll be practically buried in wild and cultivated strawbs.

has anyone tried them with pepper. its darn good.

 

[RobertRogers]

Pepper on strawberries? hehe.

Yep, the wild one are quite small but worth gathering!

 

[Toddy]

I bought some tea recently from nbtea; it's Strawberry pepper and it's really good Surprised me, but as they say on ebay, recommended

cheers,
Toddy

 

[tommy the cat]

Nah this little bad boy looks ready to me!!!

Ta Dave

 

[Nigel]

Hi Dave,

Are they in full fruit near you? The earliest crop I had last year was early July, I think I will have to see how ripe the ones near me are. I guess it shows that it is definitely getting warmer in the UK.

 

[gregorach]

mmmm, in about a fortnight i'll be practically buried in wild and cultivated strawbs.

has anyone tried them with pepper. its darn good.

Well, if you need a hand dealing with that, I'm pretty sure I can think of something to do with them - even the ones that aren't saleable...

 

[locum76]

had the first few from my own garden yesterday.

 

[tommy the cat]

Nigel, I am all new to this but quite lot seem to be pretty ripe. I am also paranoid about letting all the birds have them all!!!! D