Berries · Perennial
Strawberry
Rosaceae
At a glance
- Plant spacing
- 30 cm
- USDA zones
- 3a–10a
- Frost-sensitive
- no
- Growth duration
- 42 weeks
Which beds suit?
- Sun (prefers)
- full sunAlso okay:partial shade
- Soil (prefers)
- loamyAlso okay:sandyraised-bed mix
- Drainage (prefers)
- normalAlso okay:very free-draining
Seed & start
Perennial
Plant once, returns every year.
Stachi's tip
Strawberries spread happily but controllably. Yield peaks in year 2, drops after year 4 — so rotate and use runners to renew. Straw under the fruits = clean berries instead of mud.
Sowing
No sowing weeks recorded.
Transplanting
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Harvest
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Good neighbours
Avoid these neighbours
Good pre-cultures
Stachi has no specific pre-cultures recorded.
Sources
- Kreuter, Bio-Garten
- Kosmos Gartenkalender
- LLM-Baseline-Intercrop
- LLM-Baseline-2026-05-09 yieldKg
- LLM-Baseline-2026-05-10 family-zehrer
- LLM-Baseline-2026-05-10 sun-soil-drainage
Articles about this plant
Strawberries in a Raised Bed — The 3-Year Growing Guide
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