You might be surprised to learn that strawberries are perennials that can produce tasty harvests year after year, but only if you take steps to keep them safe.
Few can resist the allure of fresh strawberries — they’re an early summer treat for many. Luckily, cultivating these delectable fruits is relatively easy. With full sun, well-drained soil and just a ...
Strawberries propagate themselves through stolons that grow out of the plant's crown; thus, growers often follow suit and plant starts, then allow them to fill out a bed. Strawberry plots can produce ...
Question: Winter has really hit. Is there anything special we need to do (or should have done) to our everbearing strawberries to make sure they survive the winter well? Ours still have strawberries ...
Strawberry growers spend months coaxing out those juicy, ruby-red jewels, only to watch them fall victim to heat, weeds, rot, ...
The charming flowers push their way to the sun through the leaves and are soon followed by mouthwatering berries. Photo by Bettina Böhme on Pixabay Strawberries are very easy to grow in almost all ...
It is a great time of year to plant some strawberries in your home garden. They are an especially kid-friendly crop to grow at home. Once my niece, and later my son, found the strawberries in our ...
Strawberries have a reputation of being difficult to grow, especially organically, though that’s only true if you don’t know the tricks. Their beauty is that they are perennial: plant them once, and ...
Wild strawberry (Fragaria virginiana) is one of the parent plants used to create 250 different types of strawberries available to growers and consumers today. The wild strawberry plant is identical in ...
One of the priceless rewards of growing strawberries is plucking and eating a lusciously ripe, sun-warmed strawberry straight off the plant. A fresh strawberry far exceeds the relatively flavorless, ...
Strawberry plantings must be mulched for winter protection to produce consistently in Nebraska. Mulching reduces winter damage to the strawberry crown and flower buds. Most unprotected strawberry ...