Leo Alba progress

My Leo Alba seeds are progressing nicely with new leaves forming regularly, a couple of the largest leaves look like miniture versions of the mature plant leaves.
I'm really pleased with this new batch of plants as they were seeds I harvested myself and I had no idea if I had done it correctly or if they would successfully germinate.
I would definitely recommend giving it a go. I used berries at the end of the season and left the on the plant longer so they were really ripe and a little squishy. I then gently mashed them in water to free up most of the seeds and then sieved then out through kitchen roll. I then scraped the seeds onto a plate and left them in the sun on the windowsill to dry out. I placed them in a little pot, sealed with clingfilm and chucked them in the cupboard for the winter.
I am sure there was a more scientific way of doing it but it seems to have worked for me!

Planting Leo Alba seeds in January

I planted the Leo Alba seeds (that I harvested from berries from my own plant last season) in January 2014.

I used a standard multipurpose compost and planted around 30 seeds in a windowsill propagator.

I also planted some Red & White Alpine Strawberries, Yellow Wonder Strawberries and a selection of 6 types of tomato.

Last year's Leo Alba White Alpine Strawbs

I bought a tiny little plant at Homebase for £2. I looked after it well and it grew and grew and I got handfuls and handfuls of the small white berries.

As an experiement, I harvested seeds from a couple of berries at the end of the season, dried them out and stored them until the beginning of this year.

I am also currently overwintering the original plant.