Strawberries are a fantastic crop for garden beds and containers. When choosing a type, consider how much room you have for your plants to spread and also if you would like them to ripen all at once or throughout a long season. Strawberries are self-fertile so only one variety is necessary.
There are three classes of strawberries:
June-Bearing (also called summerbearing) strawberries produce one large crop in June and have many vigorous runners.
Ever-Bearing strawberries produce a smaller crop in June, then fruit again in late summer to frost.
Day-Neutral strawberries fruit continuously throughout summer and fall and have very few runners.
Growing Tips
Choose a sunny site. Six hours of sun is a minimum and ten+ hours is best.
Strawberries prefer moist, well-drained soil. Avoid overhead watering to help reduce fungal diseases.
Harvest by cutting the stem rather than pulling the strawberries.
Fertilize lightly in the spring and again after harvest for summer-bearing varieties.
See more details on how to grow strawberries and how to build a Wooden strawberry planter.