wild strawberries

[moswen]

i just found out my friend has wild strawberries in her back yard. are they safe to feed my babies?

 

[terryo]

Yes, I have them in Pio's enclosure since he was a baby. They spread and can become invasive.

 

[dmmj]

wild? are we talking ornamental starwberries, or just starwberry plants growing without being tended?

 

[terryo]

I'm talking about strawberry plants that produce strawberries in late June and early July. That's what I have in my boxie pens and Pio's enclosure. They send long streamers out and a new plant grows at the end. Now they are all over my yard and even coming in between the pavers, just from a few plants. Is that what you mean? Are they considered wild strawberries, or is there another plant?

 

[dmmj]

there is a ornamental starwberry plant that doe snot produce fruit, people use it for ground cover.

 

[Yvonne G]

I have ornamental strawberry plants in my box turtle pens. Yes, they DO produce fruit...tiny little red balls that sorta' kinda' look like strawberries (its a stretch). However, they're not very tasty. I've never seen my turtles eat them. And the plants do become invasive. I pull it up every year so that I can actually see my turtles in the pen.

 

[terryo]

OK...so ...no I don't have wild ones then. Mine have lots of strawberries, and they are really sweet. Pio loves them.

 

[moswen]

Lol these are wild, they do have yellow blooms that turn into tiny red balls that resemble strawberries, and thanks everyone!

 

[TortieLuver]

Terry..do you happen to have a picture of your strawberry plants? I would love to look at it and try to find the same thing at the nursery.