Basic benefits and steps for growing strawberries in your hoophouse or high tunnel, including starting your own plugs.
An overview of the 3 main types of strawberries, with tips for selecting which ones to plant and grow, by seasoned market farmer and author Lynn Byczinski.
Key Growing Information
Day-Neutral / Everbearing Strawberries | Key Growing Information
Written by our research team, Written by our research team, here is the Key Growing Information for day-neutral, everbearing strawberry varieties from seeds or plugs: site selection, planting, spacing, mulching, irrigation, and harvesting. Read more for a successful harvest!
Follow the recommendations in this Tech Sheet for optimal success with strawberry production from your bare-root plants from Johnny's. *** Take special note of steps you should take immediately upon receipt of your perishable, bare-root strawberry plants.***
Follow the guidelines in our Tech Sheet for planting the bare-root form of any variety of strawberry (Fragaria spp.) in containers. Cultural notes are provided on life cycle, soil, planting, temperature, watering, and fertility.
Follow the instructions in our Tech Sheet for growing traditional strawberries (Fragaria X ananassa) and alpine strawberries (Fragaria vesca) from seed, for successful production-style gardening or direct-market farming.
Key Growing Information
Summer-Bearing / June-Bearing Strawberries | Key Growing Information
Written by our research team, here is the Key Growing Information for summer-bearing (June-bearing) strawberry varieties from bare-root plants, including cultural, planting, and harvesting recommendations. Read more for a successful harvest!