Need information about June vs everbearing strawberries berries. - Ask Extension
I want to put in several rows of strawberries. . I'm getting old and thinking 5 years as the time I'll have the berries. would like to pick some th...
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Need information about June vs everbearing strawberries berries. #678926
Asked January 09, 2021, 9:52 AM EST
I want to put in several rows of strawberries. . I'm getting old and thinking 5 years as the time I'll have the berries. would like to pick some this year. Probably one or two 100 ft. rows. I have a couple of acres. Would like some advice on good ever bearing. Thanks Wayne Vanzomeren
Washtenaw County Michigan
Expert Response
Everbearing strawberries allow you to collect multiple small harvests of strawberries through summer into fall as opposed to June-bearing which have one larger harvest in spring. You can pick everbearing fruit the first year but it is recommended to pinch the flowers for the first six weeks after planting. Your everbearing plants will likely not be productive for the entirety of five years. June-bearing can be stretched to 4-5 years with regular rejuvenation but everbearing varieties are not rejuvenated. Everbearing have a much shorter lifespan. Tribute, Tristar and Seascape are recommended everbearing varieties.
More strawberry care:
Webinar on small fruit production: https://www.canr.msu.edu/videos/basics-of-small-fruit-production
Articles from Extension colleagues:
https://www.purdue.edu/hla/sites/yardandgarden/preparing-strawberry-patch/
https://extension.umn.edu/fruit/growing-strawberries-home-garden
More strawberry care:
Webinar on small fruit production: https://www.canr.msu.edu/videos/basics-of-small-fruit-production
Articles from Extension colleagues:
https://www.purdue.edu/hla/sites/yardandgarden/preparing-strawberry-patch/
https://extension.umn.edu/fruit/growing-strawberries-home-garden
