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- So you do not miss the optimal harvest time for strawberries
- The prelude is in the merry month of May
- Crop harvest strawberries safely
- Tips & Tricks
So you do not miss the optimal harvest time for strawberries
Who does not wait impatiently for the beginning of the harvest season for strawberries? Fruits picked too early cause a bitter disappointment, as they do not ripen. Follow our instructions and harvest your strawberries accurately at the right time.
The prelude is in the merry month of May
Under normal weather conditions, the time window for the strawberry harvest opens in May. The classic varieties are picked by the end of July. Small-fruited strawberries, wild strawberries and strawberry varieties that continue to produce will extend the harvest season into October. Experienced strawberry gardeners plant different varieties according to a sophisticated plan and harvest the refreshing fruits until winter knocks on the door.
Crop harvest strawberries safely
Since strawberries do not ripen, not only the calendar determines the beginning of the harvest season. By these attributes you recognize a mature fruit:
Ideally, you will harvest the strawberries during the morning, because at this time of day the aroma content is at the highest level. Bend off the fruit stalk in the middle with the green sepals remaining on the fruit.
Tips & Tricks
An extra long strawberry time can be acquired by experienced hobby gardeners by growing a twice-bearing variety, such as Ostara. In the spring half of the flowers are broken. The result is a long harvest time from the end of July to the first frost. If all flowers are removed in the spring, the main crop shifts to fall.