Growing Strawberry Plants

Fragaria : Rosaceae / the rose family

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

(Best months for growing Strawberry Plants in New Zealand - cool/mountain regions)

  • P = Plant out (transplant) seedlings

September: Protect from frost

  • 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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04 Apr 18, Mike (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
Look on the internet for people who grow/sell in your area. Or ask around for someone who is growing runners/crowns in your area. I have plenty at my local men's shed - don't know the variety. Don't know how they would travel from Qld to Vic either.
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08 Mar 18, Julie (New Zealand - sub-tropical climate)
How long do you keep strawberry plants growing. Mine are about three years old now, do they need replacing?
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23 May 20, Allan (New Zealand - cool/mountain climate)
Yes, second season is always best crop, third season is ok. Replace with runners and plantlets from your current bed as they are tuned to your area. Past three years plants don’t produce as well.
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20 Feb 18, Mario (Australia - temperate climate)
Hi, when the plant sends out a runner and that new plant attaches to ground, do you cut the runner in between the two plants?
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20 Feb 18, Mike (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
Yes - make sure it has established itself a bit first - a few leaves. That stops it taking from the older plant. Next year cut all the runners off before they establish - or start a new lot. After two crops of fruit plant new runners.
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14 Feb 18, Darlington creek organic strawberries (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
This being our first year at growing strawberries in south west Victoria we are unsure how long the fruiting season will last for Any input would be great
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16 Feb 18, Mike (Australia - tropical climate)
You live bottom of Vic and I live mid Qld coast and both sub-tropical ?????. I understand there are early mid and late fruiting varieties. And even some that produce near all year. I would guess about 10-12 weeks.
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13 Feb 18, Carole Ellis (Australia - temperate climate)
strawberries leafing profusely but not fruiting
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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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