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Are they still wild strawberries if I grew them in a pot? (pixelfed.social)

submitted 3 months ago by NickEastPhoto@pixelfed.social to c/gardening@lemmy.world

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Are they still wild strawberries if I grew them in a pot? Or are they more like semi-feral strawberries? 😜😂

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Photo of some semi-feral strawberries in my hand...

[–] AiricaFyresong@lemmy.blahaj.zone 16 points 3 months ago (6 children)

Those look like mock strawberries. I've heard they don't taste too good.

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[–] Fermion@mander.xyz 10 points 3 months ago (2 children)

They look like mock strawberries to me because the seeds project out rather than being in a dimple.

Mock strawberries taste very watery. Not necessarily gross, but not really desirable either.

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[–] tamal3@lemmy.world 1 point 3 months ago

Kind of like watery foam

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[–] bjc@scribe.disroot.org 1 point 3 months ago

vesca's seeds grow out, virginiania's are dimpled.

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[–] Ludicrous0251@piefed.zip 6 points 3 months ago* (1 child)

They look like wild California strawberries to me, which I've grown in the past and were sweet and delicious:

https://calscape.org/plant/1666/Fragaria-vesca-(Woodland-Strawberry)

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[–] bjc@scribe.disroot.org 3 points 3 months ago

yah, mock strawberries, in my experience, don't get that big.

i've never had the vesca, but i grow virginiania, and while small, they are very delicious. vesca is very similar, from my understanding.

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[–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 1 point 2 months ago

they look normal to me? Mock strawberries seem to be very spherical and have "extruded" seeds, whereas these look strawberry-y and have seeds that sit right on the surface.

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