Albion Strawberry

Bare roots are new for me, so I was a bit nervous that I'd do it wrong and nothing would grow. Within a week of the package arriving I prepped and planted all 25 roots. Of those 23 rooted and started to grow! Almost a month later, a handful of those are already starting to bud fruit. Very happy and looking forward to having an access of strawberries!

All the plants had leaves just 9 days after planting. I'll be harvesting soon.

The bareroots came already slightly sprouted for the year with lots of fine hair roots for good water uptake. They've been in the ground three days and are developing nicely.

I have had a terrible time with chipmunks stripping all of my hood plants bare before the berries even turn red. Those that do turn slightly red get pecked at by robins. This is with bird netting, which is completely ineffective.

However, two years in a row and they don't touch the albions! I have read that the birds will leave your plants alone once their birds have fledged - perhaps that is the same with the chipmunks? Perhaps the late fruiting or something else about this variety is not desirable. I don't even have to bother with netting!

And the flavor is great!

Strawberries arrived black in color covered in white mold. Planted them in garden weeks ago only 3 out of 25 grew. Wish I would have tried to get my money back. I have grow albions for many years and these are the poorest plants I have received.