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 50°F and 68°F. (Show °C/cm)
  • Space plants: 12 - 39 inches 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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14 Feb 18, Mike (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
Check your fruiting time of the year. In Bundy Qld - they fruit in the winter and early spring. After fruiting has finished they send out runners which grow new crowns and grow new leaves. You maybe at this stage.
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10 Oct 17, Daniel Mapoma Mwansa (South Africa - Semi-arid climate)
how do i grow my strawberries in rain season since ive no green house
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16 Sep 17, Colin Hofmeier (Australia - tropical climate)
Would the tropical weather here be conducive to growing strawberry's
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24 Sep 17, Mike (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
You could try. Try to have them ripening in winter - early spring. Could even try a 50% shade cloth over them.
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11 Sep 17, Em (Australia - temperate climate)
Anyone with cambridge rival strawberry runners to sell? I live in sydney and can arrange payment and postage . Thanks.
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15 Sep 17, Mike (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
www.diggers.com.au/shop/fruit/berries/strawberry-cambridge-rival-potted/pstcp/ If no web link above this - then google - Cambridge rival strawberries. Go to Diggers website. They have potted ones coming out on 22nd Sept 2017. $9/pot. Maybe phone them and see if you an buy runners.
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07 Sep 17, Daniel Mapoma Mwansa (South Africa - Semi-arid climate)
HOW DO YOU GROW THEM ALL YEAR ROUND IN ZAMBIA
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26 Aug 17, Raut (USA - Zone 11b climate)
Pls suggest me appropriate varieties of strawberry and sowing time. Thks
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20 Mar 18, Elizabeth (USA - Zone 10b climate)
Wish Farms in Plant City Florida are the BEST, contact them and they will help you.
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17 Aug 17, Stephen Hughes (Australia - temperate climate)
I planted 12 seeds in a pot 17 weeks ago. One plant came up beautifully in 10 days, another came up 4 weeks later. This 2nd one is still tiny but has many leaves. Best sun I can get is 5-6 hrs about midday. Is the lack of sun the reason I have no flowers?
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I want to start a small "balcony " hydroponic system with approx. 100 plants. My aim is to build a tower system comprising about 5 pvc pipes holding 20 plants each. I will feed the nutrients into the top and circulate pump running 15 mins on and 15 mins off. Do you recommend I use a indeterminate variety and if so what variety. Can I buy root stock in South Africa or should I start from seed. I plan to plant into rockwool in net cups- would you agree? I recently purchased a Tarpan plant at our Builders store which I plan to use the runners in spanghnum moss until they root and plant these into rockwool however, it will hardly be enough to setup 100 plants. My long term plan is to do this commercially once I know what I'm doing. I look forward to your advice. Thank you in advance, Clive

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