Overview

Cultivate your own delicious fruit with our everbearing strawberry plants, a fantastic choice for any home gardener seeking a continuous supply of fresh, sweet berries. This offering includes 5 bare root plants of a highly productive, day-neutral variety. These plants are celebrated for their ability to produce fruit from late spring right up until the first frost, ensuring a prolonged harvest season. Ideal for both seasoned gardeners and beginners, these strawberries are perfect for snacking, baking, preserves, or adding to your favorite smoothies. The robust nature of these plants makes them a rewarding addition to raised beds, traditional rows, or even container gardens, providing a steady yield of delicious fruit throughout the growing season.

Our bare root strawberries establish quickly, making them an efficient way to start your strawberry patch. The day-neutral characteristic means that fruit production is not dependent on day length, allowing for consistent berry development. This makes them a reliable choice for gardeners in various climates looking to maximize their harvest. Experience the joy of picking your own fresh, firm, and flavorful strawberries directly from your garden with these easy-to-grow plants.

Key Benefits

These everbearing strawberry plants offer numerous advantages for the home gardener, transforming your outdoor space into a productive edible landscape. Their continuous fruiting habit is just one of the many reasons why they are a popular choice:

• Extended Harvest Season: Enjoy fresh, ripe strawberries from late spring through to the first frost. Unlike June-bearing varieties, these day-neutral plants produce berries consistently throughout the growing season, providing a steady supply for your culinary needs.
• High Yield Potential: This particular variety is known for being high yield strawberries, meaning you’ll get an abundance of fruit from just a few plants. This makes them an excellent value for gardeners looking to maximize their berry production.
• Versatile Growing Options: Whether you have a large garden, a raised bed, or simply a patio, these plants adapt well. They thrive in various settings, including containers, making them perfect for small spaces and urban gardening.
• Delicious Fruit Quality: The berries produced are consistently sweet and firm, making them ideal for eating fresh. Their robust texture also holds up well in baking, jams, and freezing, ensuring you can enjoy your harvest in many ways.
• Disease Resistance: These plants possess good resistance to common strawberry diseases, contributing to healthier growth and more reliable harvests without extensive chemical intervention.
• Cold Tolerance: Suited for USDA Zones 4–8, these plants demonstrate good cold tolerance, allowing them to overwinter successfully in a wide range of climates and return with vigor each spring.
• Easy to Establish: As bare root strawberries, they are easy to plant and establish quickly in well-prepared soil, requiring minimal fuss to get started on your journey to grow strawberries.

Plant Care & Growing Tips

Caring for your everbearing strawberry plants is straightforward, and with a few key practices, you can ensure a bountiful harvest. These plants prefer a location that receives full sun, meaning at least 6-8 hours of direct sunlight per day. Adequate sunlight is crucial for optimal fruit production and flavor development. If growing in containers, ensure they can be moved to follow the sun or placed in the sunniest spot available. The ideal soil for strawberries is well-draining, rich in organic matter, and slightly acidic (pH 5.5-6.5). Before planting, amend your soil with compost or other organic materials to improve fertility and drainage.

When planting your bare root strawberries, soak the roots in water for about 20-30 minutes before setting them in the ground. Dig a hole large enough to spread the roots out, ensuring the crown (where the leaves emerge) is at soil level, not buried too deep or exposed too high. Space plants 12-18 inches apart to allow for proper air circulation and growth. Throughout the growing season, maintain evenly moist soil, especially during flowering and fruiting periods. Avoid overwatering, which can lead to root rot. During the first year, it’s beneficial to remove any flowers that appear. This encourages the plant to put its energy into developing a strong root system, leading to more robust plants and better harvests in subsequent years. Fertilize with a balanced slow-release fertilizer in early spring and again after the main flush of fruit production. Watch out for common pests like slugs and birds, and consider netting or other deterrents to protect your precious berries. With proper care, these day neutral strawberries will provide a continuous supply of fruit.

Size & Details

This offering includes a pack of 5 everbearing strawberry plants, provided as bare root specimens. Bare root plants are dormant and ship without soil, making them lightweight and easy to plant upon arrival. Each plant is ready to be established in your garden, whether in the ground, raised beds, or containers. While individual plant size will vary upon arrival as they are dormant, they are selected for their vigor and potential for strong growth. Once planted, these plants will quickly develop foliage and begin to produce runners. They are a compact variety, well-suited for various garden sizes and container growing. Expect fruit production to begin in late spring and continue consistently until the first frost, making them truly high yield strawberries. The mature plants typically reach a height of 6-12 inches with a similar spread, forming a productive patch over time.

Frequently Asked Questions

• Q: How big do these everbearing strawberry plants get? A: These everbearing strawberry plants typically grow to about 6-12 inches tall with a similar spread. They are a relatively compact variety, making them suitable for various garden sizes and container growing.
• Q: What condition will the bare root strawberries arrive in? A: The plants will arrive as dormant bare roots, meaning they will not have leaves or soil. This is normal for bare root strawberries and ensures they are ready for planting and quick establishment in your garden.
• Q: How much sunlight do these day neutral strawberries need? A: These day neutral strawberries require full sun, which translates to at least 6-8 hours of direct sunlight per day. Ample sunlight is crucial for robust growth and abundant fruit production.
• Q: Is this variety good for beginners looking to grow strawberries? A: Yes, this variety is an excellent choice for beginners. Its vigorous growth, disease resistance, and continuous fruiting make it a very forgiving and rewarding plant to grow strawberries.
• Q: When is the best time to plant these bare root strawberries? A: The best time to plant bare root strawberries is typically in early spring after the danger of hard frost has passed. This allows them ample time to establish their root system before the heat of summer.
• Q: Can I grow these high yield strawberries in containers? A: Absolutely! These high yield strawberries are very well-suited for container gardening, hanging baskets, or raised beds. Just ensure the containers have good drainage and are large enough to accommodate growth.
• Q: What USDA Zones are these strawberries suitable for? A: These strawberry plants perform well in USDA Zones 4–8, offering good cold tolerance and adaptability to a wide range of climates.
• Q: Should I remove the flowers in the first year to get better high yield strawberries? A: Yes, it is highly recommended to remove any flowers that appear during the first growing season. This redirects the plant’s energy into root development, leading to stronger plants and significantly better harvests in subsequent years.
• Q: How often should I water my everbearing strawberry plants? A: Maintain evenly moist soil, especially during flowering and fruiting. Check the soil moisture regularly and water when the top inch of soil feels dry to the touch, avoiding waterlogging.
• Q: What kind of soil is best for these everbearing strawberry plants? A: These everbearing strawberry plants thrive in well-draining soil that is rich in organic matter and has a slightly acidic pH (5.5-6.5). Amending your soil with compost before planting is highly beneficial.