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white alpine strawberry White Alpine Strawberry

Fragaria vesca

A variety of Alpine strawberry

How to sow white alpine strawberry: Transplant bare root plants/plugs or divide runners

Sun requirement for white alpine strawberry: Plant in Full Sun

A clump-forming alpine strawberry with no runners, good as an edging plant, that self-seeds and can be divided. The large white berries are bigger and sweeter than the traditional white alpine and appear continually except in heavy frost. Scatter-sow in a seed tray, prick out at 2.5 cm and transplant once the leaves touch.

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Lifespan

Annual living and reproducing in a single year or less

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Ecological requirements

Data from the FAO EcoCrop database for Fragaria vesca L.

Family / Taxonomy Magnoliopsida
Rosidae
Rosales
Rosaceae
Optimal temperature 12 - 20 °C
Absolute temperature 5 - 28 °C
Optimal rainfall 700 - 1500 mm/year
Absolute rainfall 300 - 2800 mm/year
Optimal soil pH 5.0 - 6.0
Absolute soil pH 4.5 - 6.5
Crop cycle 180 - 270 days
Max altitude 2000 m
Life form herb
Life span perennial
Habit erect
Optimal soil depth shallow (20-50 cm)
Optimal soil texture heavy, medium
Optimal soil fertility moderate
Optimal soil drainage well (dry spells)
Optimal soil salinity low (<4 dS/m)
Photoperiod long day (>14 hours)
Optimal light clear skies to cloudy skies

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