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How to grow strawberry

'Verities:

Chandler', 'Corona', 'Douglas', 'Tufts', 'Gorella' and 'Toro'

Soil:

well-drained, silty loam, medium-high land having soil pH 6.8 with heavy rainfall, high humidity, high temperature, and relatively long days during the month

Sowing temperature:

27c°- 24c°

Row-Row and plant-plant distance:

60cm x 40cm.

To minimize water use, strawberry planting must be mulched in the fall for good winter survival and maximum yields.

Fertilizer

Apply fertilizer at the rate of 120, 40, 110, 25, 4, and 2 kg/ha of N, P, K, S, Zn, and B, respectively. The entire amount of cow dung (5 t/ha), half MoP, and all of other fertilizers except urea were applied as basal and were incorporated into the soil during final land preparation. The urea was applied as top dress in three equal installments at 15, 30, and 45 DAT (days after transplanting), respectively. The rest half of MoP was applied at 45 DAT.

Irrigation:

Apply Common irrigations after 5 to 10 days interval till plant establishment. Intercultural operations such as weeding and earthing up were done as and when necessary.

M To minimize water use, strawberry planting must be mulched in the fall for good winter survival and maximum yields.

Mulching:

 

For mulching, 13.5 kg straw mulch was used where the thickness of the straw was 2 cm. Black polythene mulch with 25-micron thickness was used to cover the entire plot. Both mulches were installed manually on the entire bed. Black plastic mulch with small holes was stretched tightly on the soil surface after 40 days from transplanting for strawberry seedlings to grow up

Harvesting:

Harvested at the ripening stage when three-fourths of the fruit skin turned red.