How to Germinate Yellow Wonder Strawberry Seeds

Place the Yellow Wonder strawberry seeds in a resealable bag, then on a shelf in the freezer for 30 days. Alpine strawberries are native to cold climates and require a period of cold to sprout properly.

Prepare a seed flat with sterile seed sprouting mix. Moisten the mix thoroughly and place the flat in a warm, brightly lit location.

Insert one Yellow Wonder seed per cell in the seed tray. Use fine-pointed tweezers to place the tiny seeds. Place them on the surface of the seed sprouting mix. Barely cover them with sand and mist with water.

Cover the seed tray with plastic wrap to hold the moisture in. If the seeds dry out, they will not sprout.

Place the seed tray on a heating pad or mat covered with plastic and plugged into a GFCI-protected outlet if your seed-sprouting area is cold. Alpine strawberries sprout best at 60 to 70 degrees Fahrenheit. Use grow lights positioned 2 to 4 inches above the seed flat if you don't have a bright window. The seeds require 12 to 14 hours a day of bright light to sprout.

Open the plastic wrap daily to check the seeds. Mist if the surface of the planting mix appears dry. Alpine strawberry seeds germinate at an uneven rate, taking up to a month to sprout. Remove the plastic after the seeds germinate to avoid fungal infections.

Transplant the seedlings to flower pots or the garden when the Yellow Wonder strawberries have two to four sets of leaves. The young plants are cold sensitive; harden off and transplant after all chance of frost is past.