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Wild strawberry season is here!
(slrpnk.net)
Anyone else finding these? Small but delicious.
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this post was submitted on 06 May 2024
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I remember my first wild strawberry. The sweetness was unparalleled. It's something everyone should try once.
Maybe I just had an unripe one once, but it was completely red on the outside like in OP's images but when I bit into it, it was completely white and bitter
Wild blueberries on the other hand...
There's a plant called false or mock strawberries that looks incredibly similar but tastes like you described/very bland. They have yellow flowers and a few differences but otherwise are pretty similar.
I just learned about this yesterday. I have a mix of a real strawberry plant and false strawberries in my backyard. The false strawberries also have mush smaller leaves. I'm planning on ripping them out so the real strawberries can grow and fill the space.
TIL, thanks
Now I will be on the hunt for the real deal
My grandfather relocated a bunch of wild blueberries into his yard and cultivated them. I learned many years later that they were actually called Sparkleberries.
That's what I've always run into
Depending on where you live, it couldโve been a mock strawberry