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07 Apr 23, jim (USA - Zone 8b climate)

i live in zone 8. is it too late to plant bare root strawberry plant? it is april 6th.

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19 Apr 23, (USA - Zone 10a climate)

plant now it says

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05 Apr 23, Lynda (USA - Zone 10a climate)

Which are best to grow in my zone? Thank you for your advice

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01 May 23, Jane (USA - Zone 10b climate)

I just bought Fragaria “Eclair” Strawberries. They are rated 10b, so should work for you.This is my first time with them, so crossing my fingers. I also have Mara Des Bois that I have purchased have bought barefoot. I have had several of the original plants for a couple of years. I grow in pots and move around as the seasons change. Everything is going into dappled sun now. This Fla sun is fierce in the midday already. Some under a Mango tree, some near my stand of bananas. I also have some amSeascapes that have survived. Sweet Charlie’s were recommended, but didn’t do well for me. Truly, these southern zones, people treat Strawberries as annuals.

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06 May 23, Celeste Archer (Canada - Zone 5a Temperate Warm Summer climate)

It amazes me that people grow strawberries in full sun -- sure they can grow there but their leaves scorch. Strawberries (most varieties) tend to be forest floor (perimeter of the forest) plants -- that is they are understory plants and tend to grow best in dappled shade. I have had people show me pictures of strawberries growing in the sand on a beach.... yes it was growing, but it was getting some relief from the sun for part of the day (it was on the side of a sand dune) .... and the leaves where still scorched and I certainly would not have called them prize specimens, survivors would be a more accurate name for them. I have grow them here in B.C. , Canada -- in the shade (some in full shade) and they do fine. The sun is not as intense as FLA (having lived in Miami and Ft. Lauderdale) - where I could not even withstand the sun .... I certainly would not expect a strawberry plant to manage.

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19 Apr 23, (USA - Zone 10a climate)

Whatever you can buy for/from your area,

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25 Feb 23, Dan Fachner (USA - Zone 9b climate)

I live near Phoenix, AZ. It lists our zones as 9b and 10a. WHat type of strawberry plants do yo;u reccomend for this area? Thanks.

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17 Feb 23, barbara gauger (USA - Zone 9b climate)

What berries do best in 9b on the Oregon south coast?

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09 Oct 22, Andrew MacRae (South Africa - Dry summer sub-tropical climate)

Runner plant has strawberries but mother plant none this year. Mother plant had lots last year

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25 Oct 22, (South Africa - Summer rainfall climate)

Usually you plant out the new runners and dig in/throw away the old plants, although you can produce a crop for 2-3 years with the mother plants.

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