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 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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28 Nov 19, Veronica (South Africa - Summer rainfall climate)
I need to plant strawberries I'm in upper tongaat Where can I start
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29 Nov 19, anon (South Africa - Summer rainfall climate)
By the planting calendar here it is nearly too late for you. Read your post again
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26 Nov 19, Geoff (Australia - temperate climate)
I planted some strawberry plants in large pots. They were growing well for a couple of weeks when one night something has eaten all the leaves of the plants. What may have caused this?
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27 Nov 19, anon (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
Sounds like some animal if all eaten in one night, If over a couple of nights then some grub probably.
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14 Nov 19, Deb (Australia - temperate climate)
My plant is in a hanging basket..last season just runners......... It's looking good again and growing runners...... Will I ever get fruit ?
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15 Nov 19, anon (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
Read up about how to grow strawberries or go back through the last 50 posts here. I would suggest you scrap the idea of a hanging basket. Have a big pot where you can plant several plants or plant in the ground.
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19 Nov 19, natalie (Australia - temperate climate)
My hanging baskets never survive or thrive, yet planting in large pots that already have a plant, and they have taken off!! Seperate them from the hanger and plant in pots
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25 Nov 19, Another gardener (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
Anything planted in a pot requires a lot more attention to watering and the amount of fertiliser you apply. A fine line between under watering and over watering, same with fertiliser. Too much fert and the plant will be just leaves. The other night on a gardening show I saw a person fill 3 pots of reducing sizes to make a tower. One pot on top of another on top of another.. The bottom pot about 15 (??)
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10 Nov 19, (Australia - tropical climate)
Can I grow strawberries in a pot with a raspberries plant
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31 Oct 19, Melanie (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
Will my strawberries survive in a garden bed over Brisbane summer? I'm worried the heat may kill them. I have a mother plant that has been giving off runners that I have also replanted around mid October. I planted the mother plant in mid September, should I be expecting strawberries from the mother plant or just the runners due to when I potted them?
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