[DD.]

I'd just like to make it clear at this point that I'm not a perfectionist either and have never removed flowers off new plants!

[sunshineband]

I'd just like to make it clear at this point that I'm not a perfectionist either and have never removed flowers off new plants!

I wasn't casting nasturtiums, DD 

[JayG]

All my current Albion strawberry plants (and 2 of my neighbour's!) came from a single plant bought a few years ago in autumn.

The following year it fruited all summer long and produced about 30 new plants from runners!

The next year I compromised on "the flowering thing" with the new plants by just removing the earliest flowers, but I'm happy to report that this particular variety is hard to slow down for long!  :happy:

[DD.]

Never know you grew "Albion". 

[JayG]

Never know you grew "Albion". 

That's strange, I'm sure I've mentioned them before (although not so far this year - perhaps your memory is starting to fail you DD!  ) 

[DD.]

I grow "Irresistible".

I'm sure I've never mentioned that.

[Dopey113]

No.

When can I hope to get fruit then, next year, the year after?? 

[bendipa]

If sown from seed now you are looking at next year for cropping. By the way 200 plants is a lot to manage IMO. 40-50 plants usually crop enough for a family.  Remember to watch out for greenfly on the foliage. They will devastate your plants if ignored, and they are already around in numbers. Thankfully the Harlequin ladybirds are helping me out.

[Dopey113]

Ok will do, the reason for the 200 seeds is I will share the plants on the allotment, I had a packet of 200 so thought i would use them all up (i dont know how long you can keep seeds for) there's a local nursery closing down just up the road, and he gave me a LOAD of post for free, but its a job and a 1/2 im sure doing that many