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Welcome to the last source you will ever need for information about strawberry plants! You have likely eaten your fair share of those delightful red berries, and we hope to encourage you to learn as much as you can about the flavorful fruits and the strawberry plants that produce them. We exist to spread excitement about strawberries and hope that you will benefit from the information contained here.
Whether you want information on growing strawberries, eating strawberries, scientific information on the actual strawberry plants or strawberry varieties, or even information about where you can purchase strawberry plants or strawberry seeds, you will find help on Strawberry Plants .org. This entire site is dedicated exclusively to all things related to the strawberry plant.
Be sure to browse the Reference Pages to the left (or just below this paragraph). They are a wealth of information on topics related to learning about strawberry plants. Be sure to come back often as we regularly update this site with new information and details about strawberries and strawberry plants! And, of course, remember that this site is best read with a bowl of fresh strawberries in hand…
 Strawberry festivals are a wonderful source of fun and excitement for kids of all ages and adults too! Strawberry shortcake, pageants, and a host of entertaining events make for a great weekend experience for families. As strawberry harvest season begins in earnest all around the country, the strawberry festivals coincide. If you are looking for something to do this weekend, check out these strawberry events. If you are are even relatively close to where one is occurring, consider making the trip!
The festivals that are happening this weekend are listed below. However, even MORE festivals are going to be happening over Memorial Day weekend, so if you can’t make one this weekend, see the entire directory for those happening throughout the rest of the year.
Continue reading Weekend Fun: Strawberry Festivals!
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This is an entry in the Strawberry Plants Library here at Strawberry Plants .org. Continue reading for summarized information. The entire resource may be accessed or downloaded by clicking the link at the bottom of this post.
Continue reading Strawberry Varieties for Maine
 Strawberries are big business. Really big business. Since everyone loves strawberries, a billion-dollar industry has developed in order to meet the demand of consumers in America and around the world. California leads the world in strawberry production, but Florida, North Carolina, and other locations produce many tons of harvested berries annually.
But, humans aren’t the only entities that love strawberries. Bugs, slugs, and fungi love to feast upon the nutrient-rich fruits and plants. The more fruits are destroyed, the less the hard-working farmers can sell to salivating consumers. To increase the harvest, therefore, most strawberry producers have developed techniques and practices that allow for maximum yield and minimum loss. The widespread use of fumigants and pesticides has become mainstream.
Continue reading Strawberries Are Dirty
 This is a question submitted to Strawberry Plants .org by a reader. The information provided in response to the question may benefit others with the same or similar inquiries. Therefore, it has been added to the archive page of submitted questions. See the Strawberry FAQ for more questions, or use the search box at the top right of this page to search this site for information.
Q: How Big Are Pineberry Plants?
On April 20, 2013, Ann asked:
Continue reading How Big Are Pineberry Plants?
 This is a question submitted to Strawberry Plants .org by a reader. The information provided in response to the question may benefit others with the same or similar inquiries. Therefore, it has been added to the archive page of submitted questions. See the Strawberry FAQ for more questions, or use the search box at the top right of this page to search this site for information.
Q: How Long Do Strawberry Plants Live?
On January 27, 2011, Mark asked:
Continue reading How Long Do Strawberry Plants Live?
 This is a question submitted to Strawberry Plants .org by a reader. The information provided in response to the question may benefit others with the same or similar inquiries. Therefore, it has been added to the archive page of submitted questions. See the Strawberry FAQ for more questions, or use the search box at the top right of this page to search this site for information.
Q: Growing Winter Strawberries?
On December 29, 2010, Gerard Caron asked:
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 As the strawberry growing season starts to really ramp up, there are lots of experienced gardeners who know what they need to do to harvest a crop of bulging strawberries this year. But, if you aren’t completely confident about what to do and where to start, this quick guide to growing strawberries will walk you through the essentials. Virtually everyone loves those delicious icons of taste supremacy. So, if you haven’t even considered growing strawberries yourself, why not take the plunge this year?
Follow these 10 easy steps, and you should have the knowledge you need to have to walk confidently out to your garden and see happy strawberry plants. From the planning and selection all the way to picking and preserving, this information will teach virtually anyone how to grow strawberries successfully.
How to Grow Strawberries in 10 Easy Steps
Continue reading How to Grow Strawberries in 10 Easy Steps
 The article linked in this post makes a few political comments, and it is not the place for this website to delve deeply into the treacherous currents of political discourse. However, the linked article points out a few of the difficulties associated with growing strawberries commercially. First and foremost of the difficulties is that strawberry plants are too delicate to plant via mechanized system.
They have to be planted by hand.
So, when the millions upon millions of strawberry plants are planted each year for the annualized plasticulture growing systems, they are inserted into the soil by human digits. That can make for some tired phalanges. For a better idea of how the planting process works, watch this video, and then click the link below to proceed straight to the full article:
Continue reading Millions of Strawberry Plants…Planted by Hand
Not that this has much to do with growing your own strawberries, of course, but you may get a kick out of watching a possum eat a strawberry. While possums in the country find themselves on the road far too often, and can wreak havoc in your chicken coop, birds typically prove more of a threat to your growing strawberries than do the large hairy rodents. City-dwelling pet possums seem to have more of an affinity for the delectable red fruits than do their country-dwelling kin. So, if you’d like to see a possum eating a strawberry, just click below!
Continue reading Ever See a Possum Eating a Strawberry?
 Few things are more exciting to a green thumb than strolling about outside and discovering a native fruit-producing plant growing wild. I’ve had several such occurrences in just the last few years. I was as giddy as a kid in a candy shop a while back when I noticed a mulberry tree laden with dark, almost black fruit tempting me with its heavy branch hanging over my head and almost brushing my hair on a sidewalk in the middle of a suburban setting. I guess no one ever thought to cut down the tree growing near the runoff drain, but I harvested as many fresh mulberries as I could before I had to leave the area. I’ve often stumbled into wild blackberry thickets in my wanderings, and just last year I discovered four wild American persimmon trees not a mile from my dwelling place.
While blackberries are generally loved and known by everyone, mulberries are less known, and knowledge of persimmons is confined to a fairly small group within the general population. Strawberries, however, are the A-List celebrities of the fruit world. Virtually everyone loves them. So, many people who find what they believe to be wild strawberries in their yard often ask me, “Why aren’t my wild strawberries with yellow flowers producing any strawberries?!” Well, here’s why:
Continue reading Strawberry Plants with Yellow Flowers
 This is a question submitted to Strawberry Plants .org by a reader. The information provided in response to the question may benefit others with the same or similar inquiries. Therefore, it has been added to the archive page of submitted questions. See the Strawberry FAQ for more questions, or use the search box at the top right of this page to search this site for information.
Q: Do Strawberry Plants Need Acidic Soil?
On February 20, 2013, Becky asked:
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 Strawberry season is here! Right now, hundreds of folks all across the country are probably thumbing through their mail-order gardening catalogs finalizing their orders. Many more are surfing the internet trying to find the best deals on their garden seeds and plants. Well, when it comes to the best prices on strawberry plants, we’ve made it easy for you.
To save dollars and time, simply follow this short, two-step guide. If you already know what strawberry variety you want to purchase and plant, excellent! If you don’t, find out which varieties are a possibility for your region or state by going here: Recommended Strawberry Varieties by State. Scroll down to your state and pick one of the cultivars that is recommended by your state extension or other organization.
Then, mosey on over to the Buy Strawberry Plants directory, click on the variety you chose in the table at the top, and then price shop for the best deal. Easy as that! We here at Strawberry Plants . org do not sell or ship any strawberry plants ourselves, and our goal is to help you find the best plants at the best price for your location.
 Introduction to the Strawberry Nursery Page
Everyone loves strawberries. And, just about every gardener loves to reap the sweet harvest of home-grown, plump, sweet, delicious strawberries each year. Once a green thumb has decided to begin Growing Strawberries, the next step is procuring plants. In today’s internet-connected world, a gardener doesn’t even have to leave the back yard to obtain strawberry plants. They can be ordered right from any computer. To help those who want to get the best online deal, Strawberry Plants .org keeps a comprehensive directory of the varieties and suppliers who will mail plants directly to your door. The full list is here and easily browsed by variety: Buy Strawberry Plants.
But, not everyone wants to buy online. For those who want to find a bricks and mortar location where you can drive up, pay, and carry away as many strawberry plants as you desire, or if you’d like to see what goes into a successful strawberry operation by finding one to visit in person, this page is for you.
Continue reading Strawberry Nurseries
 At the end of winter each year, strawberry plants laden with flowers burst forth from thawed earth in response to the warming rays of the sun. Soon thereafter, new strawberries begin to change from hard green new fruits to ripening white and pink ones foretelling the harvest soon to come. When the deep red develops heralding the production of the nutritious bioflavonoids, picking time is right around the corner!
Whether you pick your own or grow your strawberries, or even if you buy them in the store, it is important to store strawberries appropriately. Here is what you need to know to stave off moldy strawberries and maximize the life of your berries (and your enjoyment of them!).
Continue reading How to Store Strawberries
 From New Zealand comes news of a new elevated strawberry growing system. The strawberries are grown in elevated systems about a meter off the ground, and are grown in soil and pots. Although they are fertilized and watered in a precise way, they are not hydroponic since the plants and their roots are anchored in dirt.
The elevation off the ground seems to help with pest problems, and the roots warm sooner. The warming roots cause the plants to fruit sooner as well. This elevated system is novel, according to the developers, Mr. & Mrs. Malone.
For the entire story, see the article in The Timaru Herald: Plants react to elevation
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