Fresh strawberries from your garden or strawberry patch are one of summer's most amazing delights.
We offer two different types of strawberry plants. The first type are June bearing plants, which are the most well known in Minnesota. You plant these directly in the soil in your garden or a separate strawberry patch. Strawberries need full sun, and you should plant them 12″ to 18" apart. Over the course of the summer the original strawberry plants send out runners which will fill in the spaces between your original plants. You will get a full crop of berries next year in late June and early July. They will not produce fruit this season. These strawberries are perennial and can overwinter in Minnesota. Covering them with straw for the winter is a good practice but is optional. Click here for instructions on how to plant and care for strawberry plants throughout the season.
The second type of strawberry is "day-neutral" or everbearing. They are best grown as an annual crop that keeps produces multiple harvests of sweet, flavorful berries from July to September or the first frost. These plants work well in pots or planters or can be grown as annuals in your garden.
Both types of strawberry plants come in a 4" pot and are ready to plant. These plants will be available starting Friday, May 10th for pickup at the farm. We are sorry but we cannot ship plants.
This year we are offering the following varieties:
Earliglow (June bearer): Our favorite early season strawberry with possibly the best flavor of any June bearing variety. Ripens in mid-June. The plant produces medium sized berries. Is a vigorous variety that often produces many runners.
Jewel (June bearer): Mid to late season variety ripens in mid to late June. If you are going to only plant one strawberry variety, this is the one to plant. Grows well in a wide variety of soil conditions. Produces large, bright red fruit with excellent flavor.
Cabot (June bearer): Ripens at a similar time as Jewel, mid to late June. Cabot is known for producing very large fruit. It doesn't runner as aggressively as Jewel or Earliglow so you want to plant it closer together, such as 12" apart or even 10".
Albion (Day-neutral): Big, beautiful berries with consistently good yields. The plants are quite vigorous so will need plenty of water and some fertilizer.