Growing Strawberry From Seeds.Debunking The Myths.

Can you grow strawberries from grocery store berries? Please read research article: www.aimspress.com/fileOther/PD... to understand the difficulty of cultivation F1 strawberry hybrids.
We are going to conduct an experiment and debunk myths pertaining to growing strawberry plants from store bought strawberries. Almost all store bought berries are hybrids of different varieties joint under the one species. These are typically known as the garden strawberry or in Latin Fragaria X Ananassa. Strawberry cultivars vary widely in size, color, flavor, shape, degree of fertility, season of ripening, disease resistance and constitution of plant. On average, a strawberry has about 200 seeds on its external membrane.
Strawberry hybrids are a result of cross pollination between two different varieties. Although the vast majority of strawberry cultivars flowers are self pollinating. During self pollination, nature tries to reverse the hybridization back to normal due to strong hybridization barrier in order to save the species from gene erosion and depletion of the gene pool and complete extinction We can not do anything about this fact this is how is nature works. #strawberry #strawberries #growing #gardeningtips #gardening #pottedplants #pottedgarden #seedlingtrays #sprouted
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[@Classyflowers]

Please read this research article before you start growing strawberry from seeds: www.aimspress.com/fileOther/PDF/agriculture/agrfood-01-00004.pdf

[@broccoligirl9019]

I threw a moldy strawberry outside now I have lots of strawberry plants

[@fplgiant4501]

Did the plants start producing fruits yet?

[@dianaliu2896]

From my own experience, It works! Just don't choose a beautiful fruit to take the seeds from! Choose the fruit that looks over due and you cansee and feel the seeds are stick out from the fruit by looking and touching(I believe that is the natural way to show the seeds are ready to come off from the mother fruit)! Those seeds that are still deep into the fruit are not the one you want to plant! The seeds that turned to black has much better chance than the white or green ones. Think the natural way, the beautiful fruits are just simply not mature enough!

[@koolkat403]

I started 4 seeds from store bought, and while I'm sure it will be awhile before they're ready to produce, so far I have 3 sprouts, I'm very excited about them as I've tried for 3 years with no success. I find successfully growing from seed is the most exciting! I germinated in a ziploc in the window for 2 weeks, as soon as I saw the tap root I put them into separate pots and so far they're all happy 💜 I can't wait!

[@koolkat403]

@@Nathecetran lmao I was naive, they died.

[@danno5805]

Try 40 seeds at lest lol not every seed will grow

[@fplgiant4501]

@@koolkat403 what do you think was the reason they died? Maybe you planted them too early?

[@izzahanneahm7726]

@@koolkat403 I literally chocked LOOOOOL

[@kerrynball2734]

you should try drying out the seeds & put them in the fridge for 3-4 weeks before planting. I bought some strawberry seeds and none worked. I contacted the supplier who suggested putting them in the fridge for 4 weeks before planting. The next packet I got about an 80% success.

[@mathiaslist6705]

the same as with poppy I guess. You have to give the seeds there in the fridge too because otherwise it won't grow.

[@outthere2460]

I just planted 72 strawberry seeds from my Everbearing strawberry patch, just as a test batch to see what happens. My berries are very big, and this will determine if what your saying is true, about growing smaller berries by starting from seed. It will also be a good test to see if they fruit in year one. My new plants from runners , have flowered and produced berries in just the first month.

[@fplgiant4501]

Can you please update us here by replying to your comment :)

[@wonderfulherennow]

Yesterday, I found myself observing the Alpine Strawberry seeds I sowed on 17-12-2021. Today, it is the 26-02-2022, and the tallest seedling is only an inch tall, with just the first true leaf, and the second true leaf only just beginning to push out. I kept doubting that it could be a lack of nutrition, but the seedlings are too small for addition of any fertilisers. The planting medium is perlite and peaty compost. Now, having watched this video, I am quite sure it's just the cold, Scottish weather that's delaying the growth process. Now, I shall rest assured that the seedlings are healthy (more seeds in the same lot have begun sprouting just two days ago), and will develop into happy, healthy plants for a decent harvest in 2023. Now, I can go from "My God, my God, why have you forsaken this gardener?", to "God, grant this gardener with more patience!"😇😄

[@incanada83]

Thank you. An interesting video. Thanks for provided links.🌸 I was debating; seeds versus plants.🤔 🙂

[@fedup2533]

The problem with this video is that it discourages people from experimenting. Every commercial variety of plant out there came from cross pollinating different varieties. If you plant lots of seeds like in this video, you will get a bunch of crap plants. However, you might get one really good plant. If you are gardening to feed your family and can't spare a square foot or pot, stick to the tried and true, but if you enjoy gardening and have an extra pot or two, why not have some fun and experiment? You might just come up with the next great commercial variety and get to name it after your mom, your wife, or your grand baby.

[@Classyflowers]

I am not discouraging you, I am simply sharing my experience with you . I hate when people take advantage of other people who lack knowledge on this topic. But if you wish to waste your time and money it is up to you. If you really want to feed your family, do it correctly and plant the runners.

[@trumpthemessiah1238]

@@Classyflowers you make this discouraging video based on your one time experience as if it were facts. your experience which means its your opinion and not facts. you are just trying to get views with your crappy "bebunking the myth" videos. stop it. you no expert!

[@topgap3226]

@@trumpthemessiah1238 it's facts budy, idk what are you saying there... 99% of the time you are planting seeds of any kind of plat you will get something 'wild'... tyny fruits, bad plants etc.... you never gardenered in your life before and it shows!

[@sidradass6599]

Very informative thank you!

[@NashvilleMonkey1000]

The plants you're showing are wild Vesca species. Modern strawberries have ancestors of Virginiana and chiloensis, and their genetics have been shuffled too many times to go back to being either one. We grow modern strawberries from seed and they make flowers at close to a year. Some of the plants grow too slowly, the reason is that the seeds are self pollinated, and some varieties handle inbreeding badly while others do amazingly well. When growing them from seed it's best to cross pollinate different varieties which makes them more resilient. This video spreads more myths than debunking anything~

[@Classyflowers]

This video is debunking the myth that you can grow strawberries from seeds extracted from strawberries sold at the grocery store. Do you get your strawberry seeds from supermarket strawberry? What myths my video are spreading? Can you be more specific please?

[@NashvilleMonkey1000]

The apple tree species is commonly back crossed to the wild crabapple, and the myth is that all food species degenerate as badly as apple crossed with crabapple. Of course the apple degenerates to wild, they use crabapple as the cross pollinator because apple is outcrossing and needs to cross with non-clones. the myth is that strawberry is exactly like that because it's a hybrid of two wild species. Strawberry is much more stable than apple because of the number of generations removed it is from either of it's wild progenitors. We always grow strawberry plants from seeds off of strawberries, and the seedlings are very picky as to their growing conditions, and if they fail it's because of a failure in growing conditions and not what happens in apple. Since we've grown strawberries from seeds throughout the year, sometimes the seasonal conditions are just not right for strawberries and another batch started at a different time of year does perfectly fine. for me the optimal conditions are just starting, and will last through to early fall, when they will be planted out. The practice we've gained from starting strawberries from seed continuously has shown us that the growing conditions are very narrow for strawberry seedlings, but it can be done all year successfully if one replicates the optimal conditions. While strawberries from seed do have genetic differences, as long as the strawberries are far enough removed in generations from their wild progenitors, they grow fine from seed and still yield strawberries like the parent plants. it is possible that your experience is from growing from a much older variety, one that can still degenerate to wild lines, but modern strawberries cannot split back into their component chiloensis and virginiana from either crossing or selfing, which makes it clearly a myth, especially is you suggest that they can turn into vesca~

[@Classyflowers]

@@NashvilleMonkey1000 ... Still yield strawberries like the parent plants? Supermarket strawberry is a hybrid species and seed will not breed true.

[@NashvilleMonkey1000]

A single genetic line spread over millions of acres is extremely susceptible to diseases and to collapse when the conditions to wipe out one plant spreads like wildfire to all the plants. when I had thousands of identical strawberry runners in a patch, the strawberry patch did indeed collapse when the conditions were so that one plant was weak, and since all plants were the susceptible to the same thing, every single plant was lost. That's why I value diversity, and you should as well. Of course there are differences to each plant in a natural system, we need to celebrate the differences in each unique plant in it's species, as the alternative is permanently hobbling the genetics of every food species we rely on, and when conditions become unfavorable for them, each and every food species has a chance of becoming extinct depending on the severity of those conditions. so again, which would you rather have?

[@Classyflowers]

Thank you, God for Hybridization Barrier!

[@mathiaslist6705]

I'd say it's working - you can get seeds from bought strawberries and grow plants with them. After some generations and selection the berries and plants will get better and grow better and you can sell good quality seeds then.

[@TileBitan]

your seeds didnt sprout because most of them didnt go through the cold required to sprout. It happens to some species like strawberries and mulberries, for example. 600 seeds for a few plants isnt a "bad" result, its an abysmal one, and u cant point it to something u straight up made up. What a weird attitude in your voice it gets me angry lol. Update. 5 months ago i ate a strawberry i liked very much so i saved the seeds. Took a flight home, store them in the fridge for a full month, then put them in a slightly wet slice of cotton into a very small plastic bag (the ones some people use to store seeds, with zip lock). I put the bag on top of my brother's computer fan, giving it a cycle of heat and regular temps. They took a couple of weeks but i had a success rate of +80%. I planted them yesterday on some wet soil with the cotton and all still stuck. I do not claim to be an expert in this, as you do claim, but the process isnt difficult for the regular joe. People please dont be discouraged by her

[@fplgiant4501]

Thank you

[@Chicken_Godd___]

I planted strawberry seeds from store brought strawberries . first year no harvest but 2nd year they are producing fruit

[@mystikmiser6725]

Thank you for this information.

[@VOTE4TAJ]

Excellent video

[@extrinsic-1592]

Thank you for informative video , saves me from wasting my time following mediocre advice

[@minzmiami]

Woah this is alot thanks for shareing

[@JamesNot007]

Interestingly there is next to no info for growing everbearing strawberries from seeds. However, there are a lot of shops selling the seeds for those. Are everbearing's different from the regular hybrids so they can be raised from seeds and get high quality, high bearing plants?

[@Classyflowers]

From seeds you can only grow Fragaria Vesca strawberry and F1 hybrids, which received in the lab by hand pollination, radiation or colchicine. That strawberry when you grow them will be available only for one generation 3-4 years, they normally do not produce the runners and seeds from them will be sterile. There is an article you can study about efficiency of growing hybrids from seeds:www.aimspress.com/fileOther/PDF/agriculture/agrfood-01-00004.pdf.

[@bonesbones2364]

If you put it in a Ziploc bag with a paper towel would that work and if it does do you have to put it in the fridge

[@parrotsandmore7446]

Yes! That is how my strawberries germinated, in a bag with a paper towel. And I kept the seeds in the fridge in a cup all winter until spring

[@sjain8111]

thanks for information have tried the seed from store-bought fruit with poor results 🌱🍓

[@off-gridsimplyhappyrodriguez]

Thank you 🍓🍓🍓🍓💚

[@wehappyfew4246]

I’ve used yeast and sugar always gives me big healthy plants and berries

[@wil04us]

You seem to have some formal training and understanding of breeding plants. I have been looking for sweet strawberries for such a long time, but have been so disappointed. Sparkle was nice. I grew some from the New York state experimental station years ago...huge berries, but no sweetness and even sourness. I grew a variety called Ostara some years ago, and I liked that it was quite sweet even though there was lots of yellow and white. Cant get it anymore. There is a French variety that seems to have Ostara parentage, but thee berries are only medium and sort of lackluster. There seems to be a Japanese variety being grown in the New Jersey area, with brix approaching 15. I'd like to try getting some seeds and making some crosses to recover the germplasm enough to grow decently sweet strawberries. Why is getting sweet strawberries so difficult? Can you offer and suggestions? Will

[@dean3279]

Scraping is not necessary. The seeds are naturally imbedded into the skin to help propagation. Just lay the skin in soil and lightly cover an they will grow. Yes if you get organic strawberries from a farmers market rather than a grocery store your results will be much better. In fact I have just buried a whole strawberry that had very fruitful plants.

[@Jules-740]

It is still better than nothing that we would otherwise get by just trashing the seeds. However it is good to know they won't grow as big as the fruit we got from grocery store.

[@Adnancorner]

so tropics are ok ? will they survive ?? i bought strawberries from egypt so perhaps heat tolerance would be ok

[@Classyflowers]

Strawberries grow very well in Florida, so I guess it should be fine .

[@youtubecom1599]

I have Albion strawberry type, so i let the strawberries to grow untill the seeds around the berries got brown red color, then i collected all of them, then i whiped them and stay dry them inside of the paper for 1-2 week, then i got plastic plat with cup, then i put wet soil, then i put snow over the soil, next i put seeds over the snow, closed the cup over it, next step i put the plat inside the refredgeretor, the temperature is 1C, hold it 5 days then take it out, put it in greenhouse temperature 23-25 C, almost all seeds are growing, howver i didnt get last result yet, waiting for harvest, to see the size and other following of Albion type! But I saw results of other people who really got same size of berries, even bigger than from runners! So it depends on plant, berry and so on, and condition of growing!

[@Classyflowers]

Albion strawberry is a hybrid variety. Hybrids do not propagate by seeds, only vegetative propagation apples to these varieties in order to receive all beneficial characteristics of the parent plant. Hybrids do not come true from seeds. Even if you will grow them, going through this painful process, you will get absolutely different plants, looking more like wild strawberries.

[@youtubecom1599]

@@Classyflowers well, i will see, i cant say anything yet, but one gardener propagate the Queen Elizavet 2 by seeds, he said that he harvested berries which is around 80-100 gram one berry weight, he got the seeds from them, the he grown almost same weight plant berries around 80-100 grams, he got even better result with seeds than from runners, as he said, so where is the truth? In ur video u got not all seeds grown only few of them. But my result is almost all seeds are growing, only few of them still getting out of the seeds! So its hard to say that u r right or im right, it depends on condition.

[@Classyflowers]

I do not believe in fairytales. Please provide me a link to the story. I also know a gardener who grows rainbow roses from seeds and porcini mushrooms at home :-)

[@alexandermarquis6197]

Well I'm growing strawberries from plant that I've already had producing so I'm choosing to strawberries just to try to see if I can get anything back from that hopefully that works out I'll keep you updated

[@jasminamacak988]

i know its kinda early but... any results yet?

[@fplgiant4501]

Any update Alexander?

[@AbundanceTribe]

you saidbu cant do anything about the de-hybridization. what about cloning??

[@customsongmaker]

I'm going to fill up a Mr. Stacky vertical planter from Amazon with strawberries, I'll let you know how it turns out

[@hank-sa]

Thanks for the video. I sow about 2000 seeds yesterday and still have around 3000 more. leave a comment for any update if you're interested, Thanks

[@cpetrov4970]

update? :)

[@hank-sa]

@@cpetrov4970 Hi, yes it did sprout and everything was good till I took them out under direct sunlight, after about they are 2 true leaves old. Unfortunately, most of the seedlings died but some survived due to being a bit away from the sun. I successfully transplanted the ones that survived and they are doing well so far. Thanks for checking

[@andreaspoulsen8017]

@@hank-sa Update?

[@fplgiant4501]

Update?

[@Jorge.Galaz.98]

Maybe im lucky... im in San Diego CA... i bury my strawberries in my raised garden bed... and 30 to 45 days... they are ready... smaller, but plentiful

[@nikialvadero2817]

awesome.

[@aserodriguez1425]

Cut the the strawberries just like you did but then place then with three seeds facing up in a sunny place to dry n then the seeds will fall off much easier. You're sifting method is super aggressive and might have damaged tons of the seeds. Grinding them on the metal sifter might be one major reason why your getting such a poor # of plants to grow. Your always going to get a significantly lower # of plants from seeds regardless for a myriad of reasons but shouldn't be that low.

[@cpetrov4970]

trying this today! wish me luck :) reply if want updates!

[@fplgiant4501]

Update?

[@nabeelz4977]

how are strawberries propagated commercially?Are runners not depleting the energy from the mother plant and thereby gradually getting weaker strawberry plants as they are continually being produced from a mother plant?

[@Classyflowers]

Commercially mostly by runners. From my observation runners do not take energy from mother plants at all. It is very wide spread Gardening myth. Runners normally roots themselves immediately, creating biological net that improves wellbeing of mothers plant also. Watch my video:kzbin.info/www/bejne/oGKYqayambCEpsk

[@diannejohanson9785]

Does it matter if your store bought strawberries are organic or non-organic?

[@Classyflowers]

Does not matter

[@augustorodriguez1653]

Germination rate on Strawberries can be really high if You do it right, that is not just dumping the seeds in a pot like in this video. About 80 percent.. and from all the seedlings You Will get some with good characteristics. I this video a little shallow

[@Classyflowers]

It is doesn’t matter how you plant this. The point is: Hybrids varieties do not come true from seeds! Only wild tiny Alpine strawberries can be grown from seeds or F1 varieties. F1 hybrids will produce only plants that will last for 3-4 years and you have to buy seeds again, because F1 varieties do not produce runners and you will not propagate them, you have to buy seeds again and again. F1 varieties are heavy GMO. Any strawberry from seeds will need 2 growing season to produce berries, unless covered in greenhouse or in Florida. If you really want to grow strawberry for food and want to propagate it yourself, buy good old hybrids runners from trusted garden centres or farmers and grow them. Everything else is FRAUD.

[@Alqahqah]

If I buy Seed from the store will it gave the same Thing ?

[@Classyflowers]

Only Alpine strawberry varieties come true from seeds. It will take up to 2 years to get tiny sweet berries. If you wish to grow strawberry for food buy runners of hybrids varieties and propagate them by runners, then you can get a real result.

[@Alqahqah]

@@Classyflowers thank you!!! I was about to buy a bunch of seed lol

[@analuizanb]

Thank you - very easy way to grow from seeds. Just a comment- it's a bit hard to focus on what you're doing when you're talking about various other things, even if related to strawberries

[@saltlifegull4091]

Wow, now I feel like an idiot for all the wasted time watching videos on growing plants from seeds, lol. Thank you. I just ordered 25 plants online, lol.

[@danno5805]

It works lol just dry them, put them in the fridge 4 days or so and plant them right.

[@broccoligirl9019]

I wanna grow my own strawberries because I don't want lots of pesticides on my snack I will grow them inside

[@peterobrien290]

I put 100 or more seed on a paper towel and only got 9 to sprout after 3 weeks but I hope they all grow well

[@eye-sick2751]

did they grow fully?

[@peterobrien290]

@@eye-sick2751 to my surprise almost all of the 100 seeds sprouted after a while but I got more than 20 decent sized plants from the seeds

[@fplgiant4501]

@@peterobrien290 any update on the plants today? Has the plant produced fruits?

[@parrotsandmore7446]

I grew strawberry seeds from the store, and I got currant plants???

[@Classyflowers]

It is most likely wild forest currant not even cultivated hybrid. Those people who sell fake seeds are really creative.We have more videos on our channel about this sort of outcome, you can watch: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eaXZgmdqo7Ore9E or kzbin.info/www/bejne/onyxpIeeadJmrs0

[@stuartdoran7626]

That's the easiest way I've seen to save strawberry seeds from strawberries. Is stratification required?

[@Classyflowers]

Stratification is needed for some varieties. Do not collect seeds from hybrids, the outcome if any will be disappointing. Only Alpine strawberry can be propagated by seeds and some F1 hybrids only one time and after you have to buy seeds again.

[@lightnoir6914]

So how to grow strawberries?

[@Classyflowers]

Good old hybrids varieties propagate only by runners or bush division. Buy them from local garden centre or farmers.

[@anastazjowka]

Simply some people don't want you to be able to grow your own

[@Classyflowers]

True

[@plantgurugangsta7299]

ifs seeds are contaminated from pesticides and glyphosates prior to planting, does that transfer into the new crop even if you don't use toxic pesticides on the new plant? Does anyone know?

[@Classyflowers]

No, the pesticides and the glyphosates will not transfer when they sprout to the new plant. But the problem is that these heavily contaminated seeds will most likely not sprout to begin with.

[@Beeautifullifefarm]

I was hoping you would show how to kill them ,.....I have 1000s and they keep shooting runners

[@aguynameddoug.8001]

I wonder if you acquired several different kinds of strawberry seeds, or strawberries for that matter, and then they pollinated one another. Cross breeding is not a new thing. We’ve been doing it for centuries. And nobody ever figured it out by not experimenting, but then again, maybe they wouldn’t have tried so hard if someone didn’t tell them they couldn’t. But, I imagine their stomachs/brains/wisdom worked together. I probably should’ve googled this first. Lol.

[@aguynameddoug.8001]

And although it should be a given but, by Google I mean to check multiple sources. Not just Google and say, I have found the answer... you know who I’m talking about. Same people who still believe and/or preach evolution. Haha!

[@Classyflowers]

@@aguynameddoug.8001 Hallelujah brother!

[@nonyadamnbusiness9887]

The Swedish Chef Muppet was not a good model for public speaking.

[@martinengelbrecht5384]

Fridge will triple germination rate!

[@hirokiriichan7856]

strawberry is octoploid , they can produce big strawberry even growing f2 seedlings , your plant is not vigourous due to lack of experiences , i grow strawberry from seeds amost 10 years

[@Classyflowers]

Strawberries can be tetraploid, pentaploid, hexaploid, decaploid and octoploid. I have enough experiences to realize that it is very expensive, time consuming and labor intensive to grow strawberries from seeds. I prefer runners. I just want to protect armature strawberry growers from been ripped off by scammers selling expensive and often fake seeds online.

[@hirokiriichan7856]

@@Classyflowers but cultivated strawberry is octoploid , fragaria x anassa is octoploid.

[@Classyflowers]

Yes. it is octoploid, even worse. What about hybridization barrier? In my video I am just suggesting to propagate heavy hybrids with runners to save all the beneficial hybrids characteristics. It is really hard time and labor consuming to grow even F1 generation from seed. Second generation will be different due to hybridization barrier. Please read this research article www.aimspress.com/fileOther/PDF/agriculture/agrfood-01-00004.pdf

[@leesteal4458]

You should have dried out the seeds before planting them.

[@jamiemiller8495]

This person is talking about what she's done and not how to actually do it. It doesn't work because you're doing it all wrong.

[@Classyflowers]

Share with us how to grow F2 generation hybrids from seeds. Very interesting.

[@AbundanceTribe]

approximately 600 seeds 🤣🤣🤣 wow

[@stenchtrench9554]

I really enjoyed the video, and I'm not trying to offend you, but you use "up speak," and it's a little distracting. It's when you're stating something, but the way you say it makes it sound like you're asking a question. I realize speech patterns like this aren't a choice, but if you worked on sounding more certain, I think your videos would be absolutely perfect. It's obvious that you're a well read and articulate person, and I appreciate you making videos on things like this to teach people like me.

[@jonathanknobel2014]

That’s not how genetics work.

[@Classyflowers]

Exactly!

[@aricreepowitz9273]

Upspeak...so bizarre. Im guessing she isnt Norwegian so where do you acquire this speaking mannerism?

[@davidhunt7519]

Ha! I didn't know there was a word for it, but it's hard not to notice here.

[@jmiogo]

Upspeak

[@mikeramos372]

Why does she talk like that, like she high pitches her sentences . Cringe

[@incanada83]

Mike Ramos, there is an option for "text" only. Some people will bitch about anything 🙄

[@pamelaeverett2087]

Maybe there's some useful info here. Your method looks nothing like the methods I've seen on some of the KZbinrs claiming success with this. Mostly, I didn't like this video because I had difficulty tuning out the smug attitude behind the words. Not so great.

[@Classyflowers]

Truth hurts, truth scars, truth wounds and mars