Tips for Growing Strawberries Fairfield OH

Growing strawberries is not as difficult as people in Fairfield suppose it to be. Read the following article and if you meet their basic requirements and you can enjoy a sweet harvest.

Wilson Garden Center
(513)-863-5831
2385 Jacksonburg Rd
Hamilton, OH
Lakeview Nursery
(513)-829-6624
6061 Pleasant Avenue
Fairfield, OH
Conrads Greenhouse
513-756-9635
2196 Decamp Rd
Hamilton, OH
Station Road Farm
(513)-777-3650
6749 Station Rd.
West Chester, OH
Mattfeld's Greenhouses & Florist
(513)-385-6577
8730 Cheviot Rd
Cincinnati, OH
Designer's Landscape Inc.
513-755-1500
5029 Millkin Road
Liberty Townsip, OH
Jungle Jim's International Market
(513)-674-6000
5440 Dixie Highway
Fairfield, OH
Meyer's Nursery Center & Landscaping
(513)-829-8299
5072 Dixie Highway
Fairfield, OH
Renck's Landscaping & Garden Center
(513)-738-2461
11765 Hamilton Cleves Rd
Hamilton, OH
Gear's Florist & Garden Center
(513)-779-2324
7400 Tylersville Rd
West Chester, OH
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Tips for Growing Strawberries

Strawberries aren’t difficult to grow. Meet their basic requirements and you can enjoy a sweet harvest.


  • Strawberries grow best in slightly alkaline sandy soil high in organic matter, with full sun and one to two inches of water a week. Excellent drainage is key.
  • Strawberry plants are susceptible to the root rot fungus Verticillium, which is carried by tomatoes, potatoes, peppers and eggplants. Don’t plant strawberries where these crops have grown in the past four years.
  • Plant 18 inches apart in spring. Space multiple rows 48 inches apart. In the first year, pinch off all flower buds to encourage the plants to send out runners, filling the bed and creating the best harvest next year.
  • Be diligent about weeding as weeds can easily overtake a strawberry bed and reduce the yield.
  • With proper care, “June-bearing” strawberry beds will produce good crops for three to five years. They start producing fruit in their second year. Peak harvest is in June. Varieties include ‘Earliglow’, ‘Allstar’ and ‘Brunswick’.
  • "Day neutral" strawberries (such as ‘Tristar’, ‘Quinalt’ and ‘Tribute) produce fruit throughout the summer. Plant day neutrals in early spring; pinch flowers for four to six weeks; then harvest fruit until frost. Remove runners as they appear. Treat day neutrals as annuals, pulling them up in fall and planting new plants in spring.



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