Do you have strawberries fruiting at the moment

[Digeroo]

What varieties are  your strawberries that are fruiting right now?

I seem to be in a doldrum but have seem some lovely ones on another allotment.

[Digeroo]

[Old bird]

Isn't it always the case!

My lottie friend and I are investing in some more plants and are getting the early, middle and late varieties - so we should be ok for next year - but I have not seen any strawberries on my plot for 3 weeks or so now!  I actually bought some from Tescos yesterday and whilst they are OK they aren't like your own!

Roll on next year then!

Old Bird
;D

[Stevens706]

My neighbour has strawberries flowering now, unfortunately he doesn't know the variety also they don't send runners, I am interested if anyone can name a variety flowering now so I can buy some.

[Kea]

Yes malling Opal is having it's 2nd round

[kypfer]

The plants I raised from seed saved from a "Sarian" fruit are flowering and fruiting all over the place ... it's their first year, so they might be a little late ... time will tell if they've got as long a season as the parent plant (which never threw runners) but fruited until at least October 10th (I gave some fruit as a birthday gift to a friend last year)

[antipodes]

I put new plants in this spring so the yield has not been that good, but I get a punnet fairly regularly: they are perpetual croppers, instead of once a season. Unfortunately they are French varieties: one is called Rabunda, and the other Cijosée, but the fruit is really tasty, I only bought them at the hypermarket garden section! Funnily enough, no runners either  ???

[TISH]

I have albion and aromel fruiting now. Aromel gave me fruit earlier in the season too.

[Obelixx]

My strawberry plants are all crispy.  No fruits since late June, no runners and I don't know how many will survive this drought.  Let's hope last night's rain helps them along a bit.  We have more due on Friday but they've been promising rain for weeks and it just goes sailing past and falls somewhere else.

[Digeroo]

I have Flamenco flowering at the moment.   But no fruit yet, last fruit - june.

I have a packet of Sarian what is the flavour like?

[kypfer]

I have a packet of Sarian what is the flavour like?

Personally ... (and possibly because I grew them myself  ;) ) ... I thought the "Sarian" to have as good a flavour as any strawberry I'd ever tried ... certainly a lot better than many shop-bought varieties, though they're not a very big fruit, maybe the size of the top joint of my thumb (biggish hands), with no hint of acidity when fully ripened. My original plants lasted 3-4 years before getting tired, I did manage to get a few cuttings rooted (with several more that didn't take), but these finally died last year, hence the experiment with the seeds.

[Stevens706]

Thanks for all your suggestions for late varieties, I have just ordered 12 Flamenco for £13.50 inc delivery, great price I thought.
However Kypfer's idea of using the seed from a strawberry interested me, might try that sometime.

[grannyjanny]

I bought some strawberries from the co-op & they were lovely. Eves delight & Sweet Eve. I googled them & got in touch with the company but I don't need 250 plants so I bought some more & put some of the fruit through a sieve & then dried them on kitchen paper & I have loads of seeds. I realise they probably won't come true but there are several Eve named plants so thought it was worth a try.

[Stevens706]

Because these strawberries don't send runners, what I thought I would do is to collect seed every year to grow the next years plants, then dig up the originals after the 4th year.