Kiwi Sprouts and Strawberry Updates

I planted the kiwi seeds on 1/26/12 and I looked at the pots today and I have 3 sprouts that just popped up.  I have no idea what variety they are, just store bought fruit.  These seeds were not stratified.  I will see if the other 3 seeds germinate.  

My strawberries are doing well too.  Their leaves are beginning to look like mature strawberry leaves.  Hopefully soon they will be big enough to transplant.  

Strawberries

Strawberry Close-up

Strawberry Sprout Pictures

I'm up to 17 strawberry sprouts.  Here are some pictures:

This is a close-up of my first sprout.  It's still small but has 1 true leaf on it.

Strawberry Sprouts

As of today, Jan. 5th, I have 4 sprouts.  All of them are from the extracted seeds.  The strawberries I planted whole have not produced a sprout yet.   My camera is not good enough to get a picture of them yet because they are so tiny.  Each sprout starts with 2 very round leaves.  All of mine currently only have 2 leaves.  I'm excited to see how many more pop up within the next week :)

A single sprout

It's been 5 weeks and about 3 or 4 days and I have a single, tiny sprout from my strawberry seeds.  Hopefully more will sprout too.  If it survives I'll post some pictures.   It is too small to get a non-blurry picture right now.  

Another Update

My strawberries still have not sprouted. :(  I am definitely going to buy some seeds/starter plant from a nursery in the spring.  


Also, my pineapple didn't make it either.  It began to rot.  Two days of drying out must not have been enough.  Not to mention that Smyrna tap water is horrible and what I put the pineapple in to start rooting.  I never buy distilled or spring water.  I do good to filter my own drinking water.  

Updates

It's been 3 weeks and 3 days since I planted my strawberry seeds.  So far, nothing.   I'm giving it up to 8 weeks which will be January 12th.  I found sites that listed 3 different germination times.  1-2 weeks, 2-3 weeks, and 2-8 weeks.  


In the mean time, I obtained a pineapple top and have it growing some roots.  I'll put a blog post about that when I put it in a pot of dirt.  I got my pole connectors for my greenhouse, now I need another set of shelves and another grow light.