Mignonette Alpine Strawberry Seeds

Cute berries, tasty but perhaps underwhelming due to size and fragility.

For an Alpine berry, I prefer the yellow Pineapple variety also produced by Renee’s.

Fruited starting the first year.

No growth or signs of being viable seeds in 4-5 weeks.

After buying a big national brand of Alpine Strawberry seeds and having a germination rate of less than 10% I tried these. Wow what a difference about a 95% or higher germination rate . It appears these seeds are "stratified" prior to packaging. Stratification is required of many seeds and alpine strawberries are one. How do you stratify seeds? Freeze them for 2-4 weeks! I did not know this until I tried to determine why I was having trouble sprouting them. I now have 9 types growing from seeds but the two best at germination are the Renee's Mignonette and Pineapple. Very slow to start but in a few weeks they will be up and growing.

I have now planted 10 different Alpine strawberries. These seeds and the Pineapple have averaged 80% germination. I have some types with only a 20% rate. These are excellent seeds!