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Because of their underground runners, wild strawberries can be difficult to get rid of. The most effective way of eliminating them is pulling them by hand. Also consider adding lime to your lawn. This will help the grass to grow denser, thus crowding out the strawberries, as well as making the soil unfriendly for the pesky plants (they prefer acidic soil).

-- Contributed by: Kathleen Roberts

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I have a problem with wild strawberries actually becoming a nuisance and popping up in my lawn and spreading where I don't want them. Weed killers dont seem to work, any suggestions???

-- Contributed by: Steve Carpenter

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I have a volunteer wild(?)strawberry plant that just popped up in my garden. It is almost July and I have seen no flowers or fruit. It is a large healthy plant with lots of runners, I just can't see a problem...anyone have any ideas?

-- Contributed by: Liz

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The plant with the yellow flower is probably a "wood strawberry." I don't think it is poisonous, but it is also not very tasty.

-- Contributed by: Tom C

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Hi Paulette, The wild strawberry resembles a domestic strawberry plant both in the way the leaf looks and the berry itself (though usually somewhat smaller and rounder). The berries also have that unmistakable strawberry smell, even more so than domestic strawberries do. The plant will have a 5 parted white flower and a 3 parted leaf.

-- Contributed by: Charlotte Gerber

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We have a ton of what appears to be wild strawberry, but our flowers are yellow and not white , as is seen in the photo. I read a while ago that there is a poison berry that resembles a wild strawberry, is what we have that plant or the edible wild strawberry? Does anyone out there know? I don't plan on eating them just yet : )

-- Contributed by: Paulette
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