Strawberry 'Seascape'

I have purchased some of the Sequoia strawberry plants from Sakuma this spring, too. I have then in two garden plots. The area is Mario...Read Moren, Iowa (zone 5). The intention was to see how much production they would have this season as an everbearer. I do not expect them to overwinter in this area. They were first planted in mid-April, and are just producing the first berries. Since they were bare-root, not much of the plants' energy was directed to initial fruit production, as the root and leaf systems needed to be established. Thus I can accept the small size for the first initial berry production.
No diseases of any sort on the plants yet.
I will update later this season how the Sequoia strawberry plants fare....

Wonderful to finally find a strawberry that thrives in hot, humid Houston.
Bought 10 plants from Sakuma Bros this spring to try ou...Read Moret. Potted them, and they were fully leaved out & producing within 6 weeks. The first berries are small but very flavorful. It's June now, with temps reaching 100 degrees almost daily and humidity hovering at 80%, and they are still going strong.Just bought another 30 plants!

I don't think I've ever shared a negative comment about a plant, but these strawberries are a disappointment. Purchased from Vesey's See...Read Moreds last year (planted 3 rows x 8 plants Spring 2009), but they didn't bear much and later in the season an animal started using the berry patch as its litterbox, so we couldn't eat any.

So last week was my first time tasting these berries, and they are just NOT GOOD BERRIES. None of the sweetness and complexity of my June-bearers, the Seascape are just plain watery, with just a faint hint of strawberry flavour.

To their credit, they grow well and seem to be strong, disease-free plants, but frankly, I'm not growing strawberries for their looks. It's not the weather or the soil, since I still have a few delicious June berries coming from the regular plants.

Granted, the first few were probably underripe, because we were just so eager to try them. So when they tasted so-so, I dismissed it as Not Ready Yet. But this morning, after a few days of not picking, there were plenty of bright-red, soft berries. They looked great, but the eatin' was terrible. I had to come here and post something because the other two reviews of these strawberries are pretty decent.

Since I garden with kids and wanted everbearers to give us a steady (if small) supply of tasty berries to get the children excited about the garden, this is doubly disappointing. Guess I'm in the market for a new everbearer. :-(

Easy to grow and prolific. It produces large sweet berries throughout the season.