Getting Ready to Plant Strawberries in a Plasticulture System – Planting Date July 28, 2021 - From Issue: 694 By: Wenjing Guan Read More Growers interested in growing strawberries on a plasticulture system can choose to use plug plants or bare-root plants. The pros and cons of using each of the planting materials was[Read More…] Article Categories: Other Vegetables Strawberry Article Tags: Crop Culture
Getting Ready to Plant Strawberries in a Plasticulture System — Planting Materials June 29, 2021 - From Issue: 692 By: Wenjing Guan Read More In Indiana, strawberry is traditionally grown as a perennial crop using a matted-row system, in which strawberry bare-root plants (Figure 1) are planted in spring on bare soil. Each year,[Read More…] Article Categories: Other Vegetables Strawberry Article Tags: Crop Culture
Strawberry Update May 5, 2021 - From Issue: 688 By: Wenjing Guan Read More Strawberry harvest is right around the corner. We visited a few fields last week, things are generally looking good at the farm visited. Damage from the freeze event about two[Read More…] Article Categories: Other Vegetables Strawberry Article Tags: Crop Culture
Strawberry Frost Protection April 7, 2021 - From Issue: 686 By: Wenjing Guan Read More Last week when the heavy frost hit us, air temperature at Southwest Purdue Ag Center (SWPAC) in Vincennes, IN dropped to 24°F. We did not take action for frost protection[Read More…] Article Categories: Other Vegetables Strawberry Article Tags: Cool Temperature Crop Culture
Answer to Question from Last Issue (5-21-2020) June 3, 2020 - From Issue: 675 By: Wenjing Guan Read More What is wrong with these strawberries? Answer: The deformed fruit is likely caused by frost damage or poor pollination. More information about deformed strawberry fruit can be found in this[Read More…] Article Categories: Other Vegetables Strawberry
Spring Planted Day-neutral Strawberry Update May 22, 2019 - From Issue: 658 By: Wenjing Guan Read More With the support of the Purdue Extension AgSeed Program, we are currently evaluating different production systems for growing strawberries in an open-field with plastic cultural systems for our area at[Read More…] Article Categories: Other Vegetables Strawberry Article Tags: Crop Culture Varieties
Annual Strawberry Production in Southern Indiana August 16, 2018 - From Issue: 649 By: Wenjing Guan Read More Strawberries are primarily grown in the mattered row system in Indiana, in which bare-root strawberry plants are set in the spring, fruit is first harvested in the second year and[Read More…] Article Categories: Other Vegetables Strawberry Article Tags: Crop Culture Protected Culture and Season Extension
Strawberry Winter Protection: Straw Mulch vs. Row Covers April 12, 2018 - From Issue: 640 By: Wenjing Guan and Bruce Bordelon Read More Although strawberry plants can be quite cold hardy, they need protection to survive the winter. In North Carolina, growers use floating row covers to protect strawberries in the winter. In[Read More…] Article Categories: Other Vegetables Strawberry Article Tags: Crop Culture
