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Are they still wild strawberries if I grew them in a pot? Or are they more like semi-feral strawberries? ๐Ÿ˜œ๐Ÿ˜‚

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[โ€“] AiricaFyresong@lemmy.blahaj.zone 15 points 1 week ago (2 children)

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

[โ€“] Fermion@mander.xyz 10 points 1 week 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.

[โ€“] bjc@scribe.disroot.org 1 points 1 week ago

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

[โ€“] tamal3@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Kind of like watery foam

[โ€“] Ludicrous0251@piefed.zip 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

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)

[โ€“] bjc@scribe.disroot.org 3 points 1 week 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.