Planting Strawberries
Buy plants, and remember when you buy them that you need some space for them as they will grow quite a bit.
IN ROWS:
- leave 18 inches between plants
- plant in a somewhat shady spot
- cover plants with straw in the fall
Strawberries are easy to propagate. They send out runners that root and grow into individual plants. There are different varieties of strawberries:
- June Bearing strawberries produce a single, large crop per year during a 2 - 3 week period in the spring. They produce many runners and the largest fruits. You find early, mid-season and late varieties.
- Everbearing strawberries produce two to three harvests of fruit from spring to fall, but unfortunately do not send out many runners.
- Day Neutral strawberries will produce fruit throughout the growing season and only few runners, too.
If you have limited space and are not too keen on runners, Everbearing and Day Neutral varieties are best for you, even if the fruits are somewhat smallish.
