I just have the ordinary ' Ruegen' ones. I didn't start them from seed, but they do seed around a bit. I often move the seedlings when they are quite small, so I wouldn't bother growing then in pots to quart size! The ones I got from Richters Herbs come in 4" pots. They grow from seed to fruiting size in one season. So plant your seedlings out as soon as the ground warms up and don't worry about the size of the seedlings is my advice :-)

Like any seedlings, they grow in fits and starts - I wouldn't expect any fruiting this year...and if flowers do form in the first year, they should be removed (as with our edible hybrid strawbs) - it is all about root-mass. Incidentally, is this a clumper or do they form runners? I have only grown f.vesca from seed but they were up and doing well by their second summer. Plants coming from runners will grow and mature faster than seedlings but again, it is usual advice to delay fruiting until enough energy can be stored in the roots.

Camp - I generally agree with the 'no fruiting in the first year' but it would be a bit of a PITA to keep these little (runnerless) plants from fruiting. If I'm going to pick something off them, I'd rather pick ripe fruit :-) Maybe the golden ones are fussier, but I figure the green ones I grow are close enough to wild that I can just let them do whatever they'd do naturally! These are the ones I have

They are runnerless. I don't care about the fruit, I'm growing them for the bright foliage. Agree with woody above -- PITA to pinch off flowers, they are small flowers and the plants hug the ground. Good to know I don't have to grow them on in pots, hopefully they'll be at least 4" size by spring. :0)

Oh right - it is mainly when growing for fruit that the flowering removal is advised. But yeah, no need for pots.