Alpine strawberries lend themselves particularly well to indoor growing, because of the long growing season required.

Let's jump into what alpine strawberries are, how they grow, and why you might want to consider growing them indoors.

What Are Alpine Strawberries?

Delicious. Slow-growing. Fun!

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This little Alexandria alpine strawberry is fully-ripe at this size

Some people report alpine varieties to be bland and dry. Others say they taste 10x better than a typical garden strawberry. It depends on the variety you pick, so I encourage you to try quite a few alpine varieties before making your mind up about them.

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Alpine strawberries will be much more difficult to find at nurseries than garden strawberries.

For this reason, I'd recommend not endeavoring to grow alpine strawberries until you're ready to take on a challenge.

Growing Alpine Strawberries From Seed

Growing strawberries from seed is already a test of your gardening skill and patience. Alpine strawberries are often only available from seed, and grow even slower than regular strawberries.

This means that growing alpine strawberries from seed can be a great challenge of your gardening skill, but expect some frustration!

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I find Alexandria alpine strawberries to taste better than any grocery store strawberry, but not as good as some garden varieties. 7/10 would eat.

I'd put this off if you're new to seed-starting, growing alpine strawberries from seed is like playing on expert mode.



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If you're up for it, though, it can be incredibly rewarding to grow alpine strawberry varieties!

The Alexandria variety (shown above) took me 5 months under LEDs to get up to transplant size. Most plants would have grown to this size in 2-4 weeks.

That's a big difference, so get ready to water them for numerous months and start them early. I start my alpine strawberries from seed in the spring for an autumn transplant.

Stick with it, though, it's worth it!

Why Grow Alpine Strawberries Indoors?

Regular strawberries already take a very long time to grow, but alpine strawberries will push your patience to the limit.

A deeply rewarding challenge if you're up to a good long wait, you're going to need to be able to provide the proper conditions for your alpine strawberries until they bear fruit.

In some alpine varieties this can take 9 months, 12 months, or even 15 months or more!

Unless you're in a climate where they can survive outdoors year-round, that means they'll have to spend at least some time indoors or in a greenhouse.

I've done it with grow lights indoors all the way from seed to harvest, and it's really a special thing to be able to witness.

There's nothing quite like fresh strawberries, and alpine varieties offer unique flavors and textures not regularly found in the strawberries most folks are used it.



Tack on the joy of picking strawberries without stepping out your front door, in an environment where you've created the perfect conditions for them to thrive, and you can start to imagine the fun of growing alpine strawberries indoors.

How to Grow Alpine Stawberries Indoors