Alpine Strawberries: Why I Think They're a Must Grow

[@reelin3733]

Couple a weeks go we were in a grocery store here in jp. My wife told me, “They sell seeds here now.” I bought a little wild strawberry growing kit for 638 yen. Just this morning I looked and two of them actually sprouted out of 8 seeds. It’s going to be wonderful to see them grow up. Just growing in a tent I got off Amazon and I think they will love their environment! For those of you that actually have an outside garden, wow!!! AWESOME!!!

[@GriselAlcantar]

I hope mine grows as big as yours 🤩 can’t wait to taste it now! I’m growing alpine my seeds just popped up

[@dr.j5642]

you may have heard about it already but the Attila alpine does put out runners and will take over a small patch in no time

[@octiopi]

I got myself alpine strawberries (red and yellow ones) and mara des bois seeds on the way after watching this video! Thank you for the recommendations!

[@RossRaddi]

You got it!

[@karlsfoodforestgarden6963]

Great video! I love taste tests! Do you know the variety you're growing? I have a couple, one of which actually *does* put out runners (Attila) and one of which does not (Yellow Wonder). Both of these are ever-bearing, but they don't put out as much volume as a regular strawberry. Attila tastes like strawberry Pez. Yellow wonder tastes more like pineapple or ground cherry. I am a big lover of alpines strawberries, but I'm not going to hold this against you! 😉 The really awesome thing about the Attila variety, though, is that it makes a great groundcover under fruit trees, etc, it doesn't need as much fertility as a typical strawberry, and, like I say, it spreads really aggressively! I have grown patches over 80" square from seed in just a couple of years. It spreads so vigorously that I need to mow it down sometimes! I agree, though. The clumping kind is much harder to divide.

[@eddy8828]

Best description of this variety of strawberry. Thanks

[@RuinedObelisk]

Wish my alpine strawberry didn’t put out runners as it overtook my garden, still keep finding them around so hard to get rid of once i planted them. I think my alpine strawberry must be different as I’m from the UK

[@JonIsWatchingYou]

That's awesome, I can't wait.

[@StigEtDump]

I grow both Mara de bois and Alpines, the Alpines do better in my climate (Scotland).

[@GetDamage]

Which one taste better?

[@shaxs4553]

I just bought 5 new Alpine varieties. I currently have Yellow Wonder planted and flowering. FYI, some Alpine strawberries do put out runners. Not as many do though as normal strawberries.

[@shaxs4553]

Also, I found a fantastic document that shows a bunch of varieties and different ratings and facts for each. Check this out www.thestrawberrystore.com/files/CultivarRatings.pdf

[@RossRaddi]

Very interesting. Thank you for sharing.

[@karlandersen793]

hey man I found some wild grapes in Vermont that had that same flavor, I saved about 100 seeds and took 3 vines for cloning, this grape vine was seriously as large as a tree, 5 clones out of 20-22 cuts.

[@RossRaddi]

Very interesting.

[@matthewfreese1597]

Thanks Ross 😊

[@scsteeldrums]

One of the things i like about the alpine strawberry is that it is tolerant of partial shade, which allows it to be grown as ground cover beneath other productive plants. Does the Mara Des Bois share this feature?

[@kassiscc1]

Try leaving them in a bowl for 10 mins, add a tiny bit of sugar and wait for the juice explosion!

[@ticaj]

I love your honest opinions xD

[@charlenekociuba7396]

I started alpine strawberries from seed and they produce a small white berry. They do produce runners and spread. Mine are not dominated by cultivated berry plants, they have quadrupled and taking over. I was going to pull them and plant them elsewher, but I am going to let them have that space. I don't know where you got your seed or plants but I think the "pine" berry it's other name is the real deal. Sweet but not overbearing.

[@yvonnekelton9296]

HI THIS IS MY SECOND YEAR GROWING CANTALOUPES LOVE IT TASTE BETTER OFF THE VINE 😍🤗 TRY GROWING IT NEXT YEAR USE A TRELLIS AND KEEP THEM OFF THE GROUND. GOOD LUCK.

[@babichevi7950]

The Alpine strawberries are a lot like wild strawberries - small but intensely flavored. I’ve never heard of this Mara Des Boris, I’ll have to check it out.

[@Youdontknowmeson1324]

You should try growing Virginia native strawberries and pine berries there both easy to grow.

[@troyb4533]

I have 4x12ft raised beds, packed with these guys. If you get the atilla Alpine, you'll get runners

[@hivekahuna1011]

dang right you are

[@melissamybubbles6139]

Hmm. I need a runnerless strawberry, so I might get alpines anyway, but I plan on getting the other one you suggested for containers. Thank you.

[@Iloveorganicgardening]

I have been growing an everbearing berry that I'm not happy with. It doesn't taste great and it rots before it's ripe. I planted a June bearing variety this winter and they are doing great. I didn't pinch any blooms off and got a few very large berries with a wonderful flavor. I will look up what variety they are. I'm planning to get rid of the everbearing ones. I'll have to try the bourdevo or however you spell it!

[@ageofempiresriseofrome3666]

Thanks for the suggestions bud. I'm gonna try to build a strawberry milk crate tower designed by Organic's Best Urban Gardner. You should do more honest reviews and suggestions like this. Hope fully it's not too late to plant these in June or July, lol.

[@RossRaddi]

I like these kinds of videos too. Just need more information on things before I can give a straight up opinion though.

[@welcometofpv2241]

I live in la and I’ve been growing seascape strawberry’s and they are so fucking tasty omg

[@jackietrinidad277]

First time growing strawberries and I’m pretty happy because I see a lot of fruit... but it’s being eaten by animals I think. What can I use to cover or protect it? Thanks for the info as always

[@RossRaddi]

I use bird netting. Hold it down with garden staples.

[@tracywalker3673]

Mesh material as a loose net works great and is cost effective. Namaste.

[@do4699]

I've only eaten truely wild alpine picked in the forest, but I always thought they tasted like sweet tarts.

[@mashafasha5796]

Yea thats the fun thing about picking wild strawberry. It seems the flavor changes depending where they grow and what the soil around them is made of.

[@PolAdd22]

In my village we have lots of wild alpine strawberries..but most of them have runners...i think runner production is genetic, i may be wrong though

[@samvodopianov9399]

I think its variation, some do not have 'runners' but do indeed spread, but only directly next to itself.

[@PolAdd22]

@@samvodopianov9399 yeah...it depends on genes for example i took 2 wild strawberry plants (fragaria vesca) in a pot in my balcony and this year alone it has produced fruit and 10 runners each plant...i am sick of cutting them all the time😂 I have heard that cultivated wild strawberries are bread to not produce runners to focus on fruit since they are so small

[@syhu5456]

You planted on the ground how do they survive in winter freezing

[@ShotokhanDragon]

Hi Ross!! I just found your channel, and I think it’s great! I was searching channels for strawberry growers. I am going to try to grow them in an indoor Green Stalk grow tower, with a light system, I have decided to try Alpine Giant Strawberry Regina Red Everbearing. Fingers crossed🤞

[@fredbest1980]

so if no runner, do you just cut the root to restart?

[@RossRaddi]

Seeds!

[@John-cc4rk]

from what i understand, the alpine strawberry can be a perennial, while mara de bois is replanting every year.

[@RossRaddi]

Both perennial!

[@avijitgoswami3082]

Can it grow in hot humid sub tropical india ? Is it give fruit whole year ? ...

[@thrishulh9834]

How do you water them few drops of water on leaves they rot

[@Oo7Hola]

My favorite strawberries

[@tee1694]

Do you need to add lime to the growing medium?

[@VikbarzMigo]

Alphine strawberry is wild.

[@v.j.l.4073]

I don't think alpines are entirely wild. There is a wild woodland strawberry, but I think alpines were developed from that. Not positive.

[@syhu5456]

So after this video I moved out one of my alpine plants to freezing yard😂it’s still in a good condition !

[@thuuyoctruyenemkhuya6289]

Hello. Do you sell the seeds?

[@nateermine2849]

I remember seeing tiny strawberries in my grandparents yard thy were really sweat and good they where smaller then these alpine ones but dont know what there called they could have been time resbarriez

[@melissamybubbles6139]

Thanks. I didn't know that the Mara Dubois existed.

[@v.j.l.4073]

Mara des bois are now sold by Nourse Farms

[@tamangscroll3418]

Can we grow them from cuttings?

[@garrycole9187]

Most artificial flavoring came from a natural reference. Bubble gum flavor is a flavor that is from the jack fruit. So most have to have a reference of some sort.

[@RossRaddi]

True, but I thought Jackfruit produced Juicy Fruit. I'm talking about that classic pink bubble gum we usually see.

[@azra7874]

so thats why i feel eating jackfruit

[@troyyarbrough]

Mara Des Bois is a hybrid strawberry. If started from seed will they be true Mara Des Bois?

[@Juju-cp4zl]

Is alpine and alpine fragaria the same?

[@elizabethgallein368]

that burp lol

[@bingguanghe2870]

I leteraly have these small wild strawberries in my backyard

[@RossRaddi]

BE careful. They could be something called Snakeberry.

[@bingguanghe2870]

Ok

[@Kylosgrande]

I just start 100 Alexandra Alpine seeds

[@christianhansen3292]

where u get your strawbery plants from ..raintree maybe?

[@RossRaddi]

Nourse Farms or Indiana Berry. Best places I've come across for sure.

[@barbarashihoka8519]

You can buy alpine strawberry plants at Shrub Bucket.com

[@barbarashihoka8519]

Thanks

[@maxb1401]

I had a chance to eat those in Europe, they have different names to them to specify the fruit. They are deliciois. In english they are all just strawberries, so strange, by adding des bois to the name. The wild alpine ones that grow in northern hemisphere in U.S. are tasteless unfortunately.

[@p2egames133]

Does anyone know Any medium size sweetest strawberry ?

[@Nat.ali.a]

Mara des Bois

[@guardmommad5084]

Very confusing video. Must grow, or don't grow?

[@mvogelmeier1]

Tell Donna and Kelso that I said hello. )

[@RossRaddi]

Lol. I do not look like Zach Braff.

[@roberttelarket4934]

Never heard of the Mar de Bois.

[@RossRaddi]

You're welcome.

[@roberttelarket4934]

Where the hell can I buy them? I've been looking for them for decades!

[@ellenanavarro4007]

At Lowe's I found an Alpine strawberry plant.

[@roberttelarket4934]

Ellena Navarro: Thank you, but I meant a food market for eating them directly fresh!!!

[@ellenanavarro4007]

@@roberttelarket4934 Ahh okay.

[@barbarashihoka8519]

You can buy alpine strawberry plants at Shrub Bucket.com

[@roberttelarket4934]

@@barbarashihoka8519: Once again I don't need the plant I want a specialty grocery store(s) in the U.S. where I can buy them ripe ready to eat!

[@neinydhar2356]

Can i buy seeds from yuo?

[@neinydhar2356]

You

[@RossRaddi]

No. I don't sell seeds.

[@bobbrawley2612]

How do you spell mar. D quah?

[@bobbrawley2612]

Oh it's spelled Mara des bois Available from Nourse Berry Farm @ $ 15 for 25 . Something close to that

[@RossRaddi]

That's it.

[@FidelCashflow13]

Yo Boi can I have some Alpine Seeds :)

[@RossRaddi]

You got 5 bucks?

[@himaditya1]

@@RossRaddi I got 5 bucks but I cant afford the shipping lol xdxd... I am in India

[@harryrobin6992]

Real English wild strawberry’s do let out shoots I’m guessing these are American ones so probably different

[@the_kristupas9720]

In our language we've got a different name for them

[@maormalik2994]

it's a super food

[@sarahturps1384]

"LESS of a chemical flavor"??? Is your garden organic or are you using chemical pesticides?

[@RossRaddi]

Artificial is a better word.

[@ginajust-me2445]

Okra..seeds fromm Baker creek