Growing Strawberry Plants

Fragaria : Rosaceae / the rose family

Jan F M A M J J A S O N Dec
        P P            

(Best months for growing Strawberry Plants in USA - Zone 5a regions)

  • P = Plant out (transplant) seedlings
  • Easy to grow. Plant with crown (of roots) just covered.. Best planted at soil temperatures between 10°C and 20°C. (Show °F/in)
  • Space plants: 30 - 100 cm apart
  • Harvest in approximately 11 weeks. Strawberries bruise easily when ripe, handle carefully. Pick with a small piece of stem attached..
  • Compatible with (can grow beside): Better in a bed on their own to allow good sun and air circulation
  • Avoid growing close to: If you are using rotation beds, avoid putting strawberries where you have grown tomatoes, potatoes, peppers or eggplant

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20 Jan 13, Maria Simmons (Australia - temperate climate)
I planted 6 strawberry plants in a hanging strawberry planter on 30/12/2012. When can I expect to see flowers and fruit? Plants are in full sun and I water every night.
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09 Nov 12, rod (Australia - temperate climate)
i have insects eating holes in my strawberrys leaves it is not snails what is the insect and how do i control them
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26 Nov 12, Eva (Australia - temperate climate)
Beetles i guess. they come out at night. kill them by hand or spray pyrethrum.
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09 Oct 12, ash (Australia - temperate climate)
some strawberries take up to 5 months to grow!
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05 Aug 12, Jen (Australia - tropical climate)
Could I grow strawberries in hanging guttering 15cm deep by 4m long? Do they need full sun or can they handle part sun?
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19 May 13, Mal (Australia - temperate climate)
You certainly can. They are actually an understory plant, so will do ok in partial shade. They love warm soil/roots, so if you have any paint, paint the gutter matt black.
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06 Aug 12, Eva (Australia - temperate climate)
We had Strawberries growing (thriving) in germany and they were in part shade THERE! It's colder and wetter there than in england.
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05 Aug 12, Eva (Australia - temperate climate)
I am in Adelaide and have alpine strawberries ready to plant out. There is a good spot which gets shade in the Afternoon but I have a tamarillo tree on a tobacco rootstock growing there. Strawberries don't like solanum plants like tomatoes and potatoes and I was wondering if it was a good idea to put my strawberries next to a solanum rootstock.
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06 Apr 12, Missy (Australia - temperate climate)
I have a heap of Cambridge Strawberry plants that have gone crazy .... should I be dividing them up and using the runners to make another bed? Will they go crazy if I just "let them go"?
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10 Sep 17, Em Paul (Australia - arid climate)
Missy - I'd love to buy some Cambridge rival strawberry runners if you have some to spare. Happy to pay for these and arrange to send you an express post bag to mail them to me. I live in Sydney. Thank you. Regards. Em
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