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| Worthwhile! My first crop of Pineberries matured and they taste great! I actually prefer them to regular strawberries. Fantastic flavor. I'm definitely going to use the runners for a new bed of just Pineberries. Currently I'm growing three different cultivars but only have tasted "White D" . It was hard to tell when ripe. At first I was picking them early, not so great taste! When ripe a slight red cast over the white, and they were fantastic! |
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| How do you know when they are ripe? I would love to try them, but I love my 'Mara des Bois' . They seem to be a very tiny berry. How many plants did you order? Thanks |
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| It's difficult to tell when ripe! Look at photo, see the slight tint of red on the one berry? That berry is ripe! I only ordered 2 White D Pineberries, both are blooming. A month later I ordered 3 each of "White Pine" And "White Carolina" But I traded 2 of each, leaving me only one plant each! They are growing well, but no fruit yet. Berries are small about the size of a quarter. But it is a young plant. I suspect next year it will produce "normal" large strawberries. This year I wanted to try a lot of different berry cultivars to pick a few to grow in a bigger bed. Back row left to right Center row: Front row |
This post was edited by Drew51 on Mon, Jun 24, 13 at 12:11
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| "They seem to be a very tiny berry." Here is a size comparison to a Candian quarter. On the left is White D Pineberry, on the right a huge Elan F1. |
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- Posted by armyofda12mnkeys (My Page) on Wed, Jun 26, 13 at 13:13
| I have musk/pineberry and alpine strawberries.... the Musks went from lets say 8 plants to a 100 to a 1000 over 3 years lol. Good groundcover.... Dont really get that much fruit as other things seem to eat them... The alpines kinda are everbearing, more fruit in the early summer/spring and late summer/fall. I took them out though cause the fruit is just too small and most animals get them be4 me. The musks are slightly larger berries so i left them in, plus i wanted a groundcover. They have a hint of a grape KoolAid flavor to them or something thats kinda interesting. |
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| Looks like a very nice novelty to me. |
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| "Looks like a very nice novelty to me." Starting in tropicals I was always attracted to the rare and unusual. Like I grow yellow elderberries. |
This post was edited by Drew51 on Wed, Jun 26, 13 at 20:37
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| "White Pine" is a more common cultivar, and may be bigger, Appears bigger in ads I have seen for fruit for sale. Currently one could make money growing these. Demand at finer restaurants is huge! I'm making a jam out of them, it's going to be killer! |
This post was edited by Drew51 on Wed, Jun 26, 13 at 22:45
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