Planting guide

When to plant strawberry

Sweet, easy berries for pots, hanging baskets and beds; fresh fruit by spring or summer. In Melbourne it goes in Jun–Aug.

Start as: Potted plant or Bare-root plant or Crown
Ready in: 9–13 wks
Spacing: 30 cm
Depth: 0 cm
Sun: Full sun (6+ hours)
Water: Regular
Effort: Easy
Frost-tender: No

When it goes in

● means strawberry can go in that month, ○ means wait. Worked out from each town's climate zone and season, the way planting guides do it. Pick your town for the full list for that month.

Australian towns and cities
Town	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
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Melbourne	○	○	○	○	○	●	●	●	○	○	○	○
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Sunshine Coast	○	○	○	●	●	●	●	●	○	○	○	○
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Wollongong	○	○	○	○	○	●	●	●	○	○	○	○
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Cairns	○	○	○	●	●	○	○	○	○	○	○	○
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Darwin	○	○	○	●	●	○	○	○	○	○	○	○
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Mandurah	○	○	○	○	○	●	●	●	○	○	○	○
Bendigo	○	○	○	○	○	●	●	●	○	○	○	○
Launceston	○	○	●	●	○	○	○	○	●	●	●	○
Mackay	○	○	○	●	●	●	●	●	○	○	○	○
Rockhampton	○	○	○	●	●	●	●	●	○	○	○	○
Coffs Harbour	○	○	○	○	○	●	●	●	○	○	○	○
Blue Mountains	○	○	●	●	○	○	○	○	●	●	●	○
Bunbury	○	○	○	○	○	●	●	●	○	○	○	○
Bundaberg	○	○	○	●	●	●	●	●	○	○	○	○
Alice Springs	○	○	○	○	○	●	●	●	○	○	○	○
Mildura	○	○	○	○	○	●	●	●	○	○	○	○
Port Macquarie	○	○	○	○	○	●	●	●	○	○	○	○

Around the world
Town	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Auckland	○	○	○	○	○	●	●	●	○	○	○	○
Wellington	○	○	○	○	○	●	●	●	○	○	○	○
Christchurch	○	○	●	●	○	○	○	○	●	●	●	○
London	○	○	●	●	●	○	○	○	●	●	○	○
Manchester	○	○	●	●	●	○	○	○	●	●	○	○
Edinburgh	○	○	○	○	●	●	○	○	○	○	○	○
Dublin	○	○	●	●	●	○	○	○	●	●	○	○
New York City	○	○	○	○	●	●	○	○	○	○	○	○
Los Angeles	●	●	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	●
Chicago	○	○	○	○	●	●	○	○	○	○	○	○
Seattle	○	○	●	●	●	○	○	○	●	●	○	○
Austin	●	●	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	●
Toronto	○	○	○	○	●	●	○	○	○	○	○	○
Vancouver	○	○	○	○	●	●	○	○	○	○	○	○
Cape Town	○	○	○	○	○	●	●	●	○	○	○	○
Johannesburg	○	○	○	○	○	●	●	●	○	○	○	○
Singapore	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	●	●	○
Mumbai	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	●	●	○
Paris	○	○	●	●	●	○	○	○	●	●	○	○
Berlin	○	○	○	○	●	●	○	○	○	○	○	○

How to plant strawberry

Plant crowns with the growing point at soil level.
Mulch with straw to keep fruit clean.
Water at the base and feed every 2 weeks.
Pick fully red and remove runners to boost fruit.

Strawberry varieties

Classic varieties are the reliable, widely grown ones. Adventurous ones are heirlooms, odd colours and rarities.

Tioga Classicheavy-cropper · 9–13 wksFirm, juicy berries; a common Aussie variety
Red Gauntlet Classicheavy-cropper · 9–13 wksLarge, tasty berries on vigorous plants
Melba Classicsweet · 9–13 wksAussie-bred cultivar with sweet fruit
Chandler Classicsweet · heavy-cropper · 9–13 wksLarge, firm berries with superb flavour
Camarosa Classicheavy-cropper · 9–13 wksProductive California type with big fruit
Albion Adventurouseverbearing · sweet · 9–13 wksDay-neutral for long cropping
Baron Solemacher Adventurouseverbearing · pot-friendly · 13–17 wksAlpine strawberry from seed; no runners
Alexandria Adventurouseverbearing · pot-friendly · 13–17 wksAlpine strawberry with tiny, intensely sweet berries
White Soul Adventurouscolourful · pot-friendly · 13–17 wksWhite alpine berries with a pineapple-like taste

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Good companions

Spinach, Lettuce, Borage

Strawberry by month

Jan · Feb · Mar · Apr · May · Jun · Jul · Aug · Sep · Oct · Nov · Dec

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