Icebear, I wintersowed Temptation strawberries last year in February, they germinated the third week of April, were planted out in July, and started blooming in August. We had our first frost in September, which means we only had about one ripe strawberry from those plants. In other words ... YES, you can wintersow them, but don't expect a crop of strawberries the first year. Which brings me to my next point. I have yet to successfully overwinter strawberry plants in containers, hanging baskets, ets. However, the plants I WS last year, and put in the ground, they are nice and green.

So to summarize ... if you want strawberries this year, buy plants for your hanging baskets. If you want strawberries next year, wintersow the seeds, and find a place to put the plants in the ground.

Bonnie

I had the same problem as Bonnie. Strawberry plants I had in containers never made it through the winter, but once I stuck them in the ground they made it.

I think they will wintersow fine the way you describe, just not sure how they will fare this next winter. Good luck with them!

Thanks, I should be able to find a good place to set them out to grow this summer and where they will overwinter. i can wait a while for berries :)