Joannabanana said:Shoe,
Yes, all the seed varieties that I tried did produce fruit the 1st year. Plan for the crop production to start about 14 to 16 weeks after germination. The seedlings remain small to start, but really take off after 8 weeks or so. The Alpine varieties remind me of the wild strawberries that I picked in the pasture on the farm where I was raised. Most never made it home since I ate the entire bowl full on my walk home.