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Sat, Jun 2, 12 at 14:16
| I found these growing in the lawn behind my apartment. I think these are wild strawberries. Last month i found it had some red small (about 1cm) berries on them which the birds were snacking on. I read about wild strawberries, and I thought I would try to grow these in my balcony. Today when I went to get some, I saw yellow dusty stuff on most of the leaves undersides (rust fungus?) I got these which looked relatively free, dunked it in soap water. Now am not sure if I want to risk introducing the disease (if any) to my plants. I have flowering plants and 4 tomatoes and few thai pepper plants in my balcony. Are these the ones that have amazingly sweet berries?? Is it worth it? Am currently planning to keep them in a yogurt container, until I decide to keep them or dispose them.
http://s1260.photobucket.com/albums/ii561/archoo16/wild or not/ |
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| aaargh! Even the deceptively clean looking leaves did have a tiny yellow spot on it. Apparently its called plant rust and is destructive. I microwaved it and disposed it. :'( No really wild strawberries for me. |
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| But I would appreciate any ids , now that I know where to look for some more. |
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| If the fruit look like tiny strawberries that is what they are. |
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| I considered that species but it fruits later in the year. Although now that I think about the OP didn't give their location. |
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| False strawberry has fruit on it now in Philadelphia. |
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| Am in missouri, zone 5b |
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| Compare images of Fragaria virginiana and Potentilla indica. They look quite different once you are familiar with both. If still not sure post a picture of the fruit. |
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| Does anyone else think there are 2 different plants there? The thing on the right looks quite different to me. |
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| Yes, I think that big one looks like a tree seedling. The others ones remind me of Duchesnea, is that the same as Potentilla? I know they're always reclassifying things. |
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- Posted by fatamorgana Zone 5/6 (My Page) on Mon, Jun 4, 12 at 7:28
| Yup. Looks like a seedling or shoot of some woody plant. The rest are the strawberries - or not since I wasn't sure as to what they were. I would have liked to see a closer picture or a different angle. FataMorgana |
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| the lawn is all moved now, when I see some more ripe fruits, I'll post more pics. I was not sure about that different looking plant . What can I say? nooobie:-( |
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