cas0502
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Strawberries? Maybe?

This year I added 2 4x8 beds and decided to try some strawberries. After filling the beds with top soil, compost and manure I planted some bear root strawberry crowns. Nothing grew in one bed and this is what grew in the other...

[img]https://farm3.static.flickr.com/2563/3868083078_6710889cf1.jpg[/img]

[img]https://farm3.static.flickr.com/2451/3867303747_566a0e6e15.jpg[/img]

[img]https://farm3.static.flickr.com/2668/3867310973_4c4af119ff.jpg[/img]

[img]https://farm4.static.flickr.com/3426/3868089852_d3d03e90d7.jpg[/img]

They are growing like crazy and they are covered in wasps. Does anyone know if they are actually strawberries? I know I could wait until they mature to find out but if they aren't I want to get rid of then ASAP. If they are strawberries I don't know if I want to keep them. They seem to take a lot of work to keep them under control and I don't like all the wasps.

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rainbowgardener
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Not sure what it is, but it isn't strawberries.

Here's a picture of what strawberry plants would look like:

https://media-2.web.britannica.com/eb-media/22/75922-004-176205B5.jpg

geojen551
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Kind of looks like wild violets.

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rainbowgardener
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violets don't have all those runners and the flowers are different

here's an image of that
https://www.centerforsustainablecommunity.org/images/lg/WildViolets.jpg

but I'm still no help on what it is.



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