[jb]

Bought some strawberry plants in a bag from Wilkc on Mon (Ostara a perpetual variety)
Potted them in 3" pots on Tues and put them on the windowsills as a bit cold to put them straight out (as been in a warm shop for unknown period).
Have flowers developing on 2 of them today  :blink:

As the plants are still small (max 2-3 small leaves on) i assume that they won't be able to produce decent fruits so I will cut them off. But can anyone suggest why this will have happened and how i can prevent it  from occurring again until the plants are bigger and outside.
Many thanks
Jon

[garddwr]

Take a look at this thread which someone was in a similar sitiuation. I don't know if it will help you or not:

Linky;

http://chat.allotment-garden.org/index.php?topic=30222.0

[jb]

thanks for the link, managed to miss it in my search before posting.
My situation is a tiny bit different as I don't think theere has been any leaf/shoot growth since potting-just flowers.
Might be a side effect of the plants' treatment. Mine were from a warm shop (and could have been there for some time) and in very dry powdery compost. This coupled with being grown indoors (high temp?) could be the source of their behaviour as their conditions in the shop would have stressed them which usually leads to a race to flower. I might try moving them to the bathroom that is cooler than the living room they are in currently.
Jon

[woodburner]

thanks for the link, managed to miss it in my search before posting.
My situation is a tiny bit different as I don't think theere has been any leaf/shoot growth since potting-just flowers.
Might be a side effect of the plants' treatment. Mine were from a warm shop (and could have been there for some time) and in very dry powdery compost. This coupled with being grown indoors (high temp?) could be the source of their behaviour as their conditions in the shop would have stressed them which usually leads to a race to flower. I might try moving them to the bathroom that is cooler than the living room they are in currently.
Jon

I think you just answered your own question.