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Ok Heya!! I'm trying to start a new gardening project and um im getting kind of worried it's not growing... lemme explain what im growing in the first place, strawberries. My friend said she was growing blueberries from her blueberry and I thought the idea was cool so I wanted to do the same except with strawberries. So I plucked some seeds off of a berry and just planted it in a medium pot (I was planning on transferring it to a bigger one) and it's been 5 days since. Now I'm no dummy (well maybe a little) but I know that strawberries take a while to grow but I was expecting at least a Lil sprout! Did I do something wrong or am I just unpaitent? If so how do I do it right?! Thank you!! 
If it's store bought, it's probably not going to grow 
. Also, I'm pretty sure strawberries can take up to about 3 weeks to sprout. If it's not a store bought strawberry then make sure to keep it in full sun and water regularly, and it will likely start to grow 
I'm not really sure myself, but I think that's a really cool idea so can I maybe, steal the idea?
lol go for!! It's quite fun, just try not to let the plant die....
If it's store bought, it's probably not going to grow
. Also, I'm pretty sure strawberries can take up to about 3 weeks to sprout. If it's not a store bought strawberry then make sure to keep it in full sun and water regularly, and it will likely start to grow
thank you!! It was just a regular grocery strawberry so maybe it won't work but I'll try another batch of seeds but actually prepare them before I put them in the soil!!
I've grown strawberries before so I've got a little advice for you once you've got a healthy plant growing: beware the birds 
Almost every strawberry I grew got nommed on before it was ready 
Also, don't fuss too much about trying to keep the plant happy. The one we had actually grew better and produced more strawberries once we had abandoned it 
Here's some of the ones that actually survived 
I recommend you taking Runners (baby plants from an existing strawberry plant). 
Woah I just woke up and there are so many replys!! Thank you guys for you feedback I'll try and seem if the seeds I've already planted will actually grow in 3 weeks (I realize I was being very impatient...) in the mean time I'll watch yt videos about strawberry growing and stuff and try to prep a new batch of seeds. Thank you!!
As it's been said, seeds off store-bought fruit aren't very likely to be viable, and strawberry plants aren't big on growing out of seeds but out of rhizomes. BUT if you want to have fun with them, try choosing the ripest strawberry and keeping it somewhere until it starts to go bad before you remove the seeds for planting. Seeds continue to mature while on the fruit. (Technically, those tiny grainy things are actually an achene, a "real" fruit so to say, and the seed is inside them, not that it matters for this purpose.)
If you want to enjoy watching something grow, things like onion, wheat, carrots or avocadoes (don't put those in the ground!) are easy and fun too.
LE: Had luck with tangerine seeds a couple of times. A friend's managed to grow a mini-tree, mine never grew that much.
yeah I've heard that tangerines are also fun to grow but I don't have one right now, i'm not too upset that it might not grow because I just want to do it for fun!! I'll try others fruits to and see if they have any luck
Well, there were several times we actually caught a bird in the act, but so many of the strawberries were ruined that I'm sure plenty of other animals got in on it too 
Well, there were several times we actually caught a bird in the act, but so many of the strawberries were ruined that I'm sure plenty of other animals got in on it too
Don't rule out snails, they leave exactly the kind of snaking ruts with no clear puncture hole that I see in the photo. They love sweet things, not that they won't nom other stuff. They ate my ginger! It had just sprouted, too.
Update: So I will still water the original batch of seeds i've planted but I did just plant 2 more batches so now I have 3 pots to look after. I did use a different method for the latest one ( cut off thin slices method ) and have sealed them in the pot/jar. This time I will try and be more patient with them. If this doesn't work then um... I guess I'll just have to find another fruit to plant!!
btw, thank you all for all your responses, I didn't think I'd get so many of them!! (you guys are so helpful thank you!!
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