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Down the Garden Path: Planning for growing strawberries next year · Kendall County News - Shaw Local

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  Speaker 1: Down the garden path. Planning for growing strawberries next year.
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  Speaker 1: Written by Katrina Burmeister, University of Illinois Extension. This article
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  Speaker 1: is being read by an automated voice brought to you
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  Speaker 1: by Everlett. Growing your own strawberries lets you enjoy them
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  Speaker 1: at their peak freshness and flavor. Enjoying freshly picked strawberries
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  Speaker 1: straight from your garden is truly special. Plus, you'll save
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  Speaker 1: money and know exactly how your fruit was grown. Here
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  Speaker 1: are some tips to help you get started with strawberry
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  Speaker 1: growing next year, or to care for your berries this year.
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  Speaker 1: Strawberry types. There are three types of strawberries. June bearing,
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  Speaker 1: which produces a large amount of fruit during a two
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  Speaker 1: week period in June, Day neutral, which produces fruit throughout
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  Speaker 1: the growing season, and ever bearing, which produces three times
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  Speaker 1: during the growing season spring, summer, and fall. Strawberry growing conditions.
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  Speaker 1: Choose disease resistant cultivars appropriate for EU region and Zone one.
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  Speaker 1: The hilling system is best for day neutral and ever
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  Speaker 1: bearing strawberries. Plant these two types about twelve inches apart.
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  Speaker 1: The runners are typically removed from the mother plant, enabling
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  Speaker 1: multiple crowns and flower stalks. The matted row is best
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  Speaker 1: for june bearing strawberry plants. Plant june bearing strawberries in
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  Speaker 1: matted rows eighteen to thirty inches apart and three to
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  Speaker 1: four feet between rows, and leave some of the runners
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  Speaker 1: or daughters to fill in and form a mat of
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  Speaker 1: strawberry plants. Strawberries also can be grown in terraced beds, pyramids,
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  Speaker 1: or in a hydroponic system. They require six hours of
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  Speaker 1: direct sun and consistent water, targeting one inch per week.
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  Speaker 1: Avoid growing strawberries in the same location as plants from
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  Speaker 1: the night shade family, that is, tomato, potato peppers. To
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  Speaker 1: reduce the risk of verticillium wilt, a soil borne disease.
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  Speaker 1: Fertilize strawberry plants in early August with four to six
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  Speaker 1: pounds of ammonium nitrate thirty three percent nitrogen fertilizer or
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  Speaker 1: equivalent per one thousand square feet two cover strawberry plants.
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  Speaker 1: Strawberry harvesting harvest timing. Pick strawberries in the morning when
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  Speaker 1: it's cool outside, ripeness. Chooseberries that are fully ripe and
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  Speaker 1: bright red. Storage if you don't eat them right away.
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  Speaker 1: Refrigerate the strawberries washing weight to wash the strawberries until
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  Speaker 1: just before eating to prevent them from molding, strawberry disease
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  Speaker 1: and pests. To control pests and diseases, good cultural practices
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  Speaker 1: such as proper spacing, watering, and mulching can be effective
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  Speaker 1: at preventing disease. Strawberry diseases include anthract nose, angular leaf spot,
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  Speaker 1: gray mold, and powdery mildew. Root based pests include the
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  Speaker 1: strawberry crown borer, strawberry root weavil, white grubs, strawberry root worm,
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  Speaker 1: and strawberry root a fit Fuliage pests include leaf rollers,
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  Speaker 1: the strawberry root worm, and two mite species, the two
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  Speaker 1: spotted spider mite and the cyclone in might. Cultural controls
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  Speaker 1: for pest management include removing dead leaf litter weeds in
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  Speaker 1: the strawberry patch, with chemical control as a final option.
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  Speaker 1: Katrina Burmeister is a certified Master Gardner volunteer with University
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  Speaker 1: of Illinois Extension serving DuPage, Cane, and Kendall Counties.