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
Harvest
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
Pruning raspberries in September: which canes to cut and which to keep
Summer raspberries have finished fruiting in August — now the old canes need to come out. Autumn raspberries are still in fruit. Cut the wrong ones and you'll have no harvest next year.
Strawberry runners: decide now whether to root new plants or let the mother recover
Mrs Schneider writes: 'Stachi, my strawberry plant is sending out threads everywhere. What do I do with them?' Right now — late July — you have two options. Which one you choose depends on what you want to harvest next year.
Strawberries in a Raised Bed — The 3-Year Growing Guide
No slugs, no muddy fruit, right at picking height — strawberries in a raised bed are the best thing that can happen to you in May. Which varieties actually deliver, when to plant, and why year two is when it all comes together.
Welcome to Erntezeit
Why we think gardening should be radically simple — and what you'll find on this blog in the future.
Related plants
Products mentioned in this post
- Plantura organic tomato seed set (10 varieties)Open-pollinated, good germination — robust for raised beds.
- Organic tomato seed set, 14 varieties
- Organic heirloom tomato seed set (Demeter, 12 varieties)
- Organic vegetable seed set, 10 varietiesCucumber, tomato, beetroot, broccoli, carrot, chard & more.