Mock Strawberry
4.5 out of 5 (2 experiences)
Survivor
Also known as
False strawberry, Duchesnea indica and Indian strawberry
Taxonomy
Potentilla indica
Potentilla
Rosaceae
Rosales
How to care for Mock Strawberry
How often to water your Mock Strawberry
every 9
Mock Strawberry needs 0.5 cups of water every 9 when it doesn’t get direct sunlight and is potted in a 5" pot.
Use our water calculator to personalize watering recommendations to your environment or download Greg for more advanced recommendations for all of your plants.
Water 0.5 cups every
9
Finding light for Mock Strawberry in your home
a window
Mock Strawberry love being close to bright, sunny windows 😎.
Place it less than 1ft from a south-facing window to maximize the potential for growth.
Mock Strawberry does not tolerate low-light 🚫.
Select your region to see how the current weather in your area affects the placement of Mock Strawberry in your home 🏡.
How to fertilize Mock Strawberry
Most potting soils come with ample nutrients which plants use to produce new growth.
By the time your plant has depleted the nutrients in its soil it’s likely grown enough to need a larger pot anyway.
To replenish this plant's nutrients, repot your Mock Strawberry after it doubles in size or once a year—whichever comes first.
Care Summary for Mock Strawberry
Mock Strawberry
Greg recommends:
Water
0.5 cups every 9 days
Placement
< 1ft from a window
Nutrients
Repot after 2x growth
Based on the 4” pot your plant is in, and that it doesn’t get direct sunlight.
What other plant parents say
Survivor 1
Fast grower 1
Blooms easily 1
12/09/2021
I bought this plant over a year ago and grew it from seed, after not seeing any growth after a series of months I thought it was dying so we bought another one about a month later. This summer the newer one we had bought died and the original one we thought was dead made an amazing recovery and had tons of flowers constantly blooming and we could see many strawberries forming! I’m worried that it won’t make it through the winter though because the flowers are drying up along with the strawberries but I still see new growth everyone once in a while so I’m sure it will hang in there.
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