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Featured Resources
- Strawberry Production Guide – An exhaustive commercial production manual for strawberries in the Northeastern United States. Updated 2023.
- Tunnel Production — Protected culture information for strawberries and brambles formerly hosted at www.tunnelberries.org See also: Protected Culture for Strawberries Using Low Tunnels. View webinar: Low and High Tunnels for Protected Culture for Berries.
- Protected Culture for Strawberries Using Low Tunnels – Protect berries from weather and extend your harvest season into summer and late fall. View webinar: Low and High Tunnels for Protected Culture for Berries
- 2022 Organic Production and IPM Guide for Strawberries
- Propagating Strawberry Plants Through Runners – This guide reviews the best practices for propagating strawberry plants through runners in a soilless system.
- Nursery Guide for Berry and Small Fruit Crops – This two-part nursery guide for berry growers cross references scores of cultivars with the nurseries that sell them.
- Berry Soil and Nutrient Management – A Guide for Educators and Growers – Guide and webinars to help prepare soil preplant, correct problems in existing plantings, perform foliar testing and improve soil health.
- Season-Long Strawberry Production with Everbearers for Northeastern Producers – From NESARE, this 70-page guide covers production techniques, economics, and pests in day-neutral strawberry production. 2011 winner of National Association of County Agricultural Agents Communications Award, publications category. (pdf file)
- Berry Webinar Archive – View and listen to online berry web seminars on topics including production, weed control, varieties, insects, and nutrient needs.
General Production
Matted Row Strawberry Production
- Strawberry Production Guide for the Northeast, Midwest, and Eastern Canada
- Perennial Strawberry Production
- Strawberry Plant Establishment
- Strawberry Crown to Plug Conversion Protocol
- Starting the Berry Production Season
- Strawberry Renovation – University of Massachusetts
- Optimizing Strawberry Production with a Reduced Tillage System
Day Neutral/Plasticulture Strawberry Production
- Season-Long Strawberry Production with Everbearers for Northeastern Producers
- Day Neutral Strawberry Production Guide
- Production of Vegetables, Strawberries and Cut Flowers Using Plasticulture (print publication)
- Growing fruits: Day-neutral strawberries in New Hampshire: Variety selection & production tips
Greenhouse/Tunnel Strawberry Production
- Tunnel Production — Protected culture information for strawberries and brambles formerly hosted at www.tunnelberries.org
- Berried Treasures: Off-Season Production of Strawberries and Raspberries
- Growing Strawberries in High Tunnels in Missouri – University of Missouri-Columbia
- High Tunnel Strawberry Production – Utah State University
Organic Production
- Organic Production and IPM Guide for Strawberries
- Strawberries: Organic Production – ATTRA
- Key Features of Organic Berry Crop Production
- Organic Strawberry Production – MOFGA
Soil, Site Selection, and Preparation
- Berry Soil and Nutrient Management – A Guide for Educators and Growers – Guide and webinars to help prepare soil preplant, correct problems in existing plantings, perform foliar testing and improve soil health.
- Effect of Soil Compaction on Strawberry Root Health and Yield (2015 Fruit Quarterly v. 23-3)
- Lessons Learned Through the NE SARE Berry Soil and Nutrient Management Project: Soil and Plant Tissue Nutrient Survey (2014 Fruit Quarterly v. 22-3)
- Lessons Learned Through the NE SARE Berry Soil and Nutrient Management Project Part II: Berry Soil and Nutrient Management and the Cornell Soil Health Test (2014 Fruit Quarterly v. 22-4)
- Optimizing Strawberry Production with a Reduced Tillage System (2013 FQ v. 21-1)
- Nitrogen Management in Strawberry Production (2011 FQ v. 19-3)
- Site and Soil Requirements for Berry Crops
- Preplant Cover Crops for Strawberries
- USDA Hardiness Zone Map for New York State
- More Hardiness Zone Maps
- Agro-One Services: [Soil Testing] ; [Plant Tissue Analysis]
- Cornell Soil Health Website
Cultivar Selection
- Cornell Nursery Guide for Strawberries
- Performance of New Berry Varieties at the NYSAES in Geneva, NY (2015 Fruit Quarterly v. 23-4)
- Growing fruits: Day-neutral strawberries in New Hampshire: Variety selection & production tips
- Strawberry Variety Review
Nutrient Management
- Berry Soil and Nutrient Management – A Guide for Educators and Growers
- Agro-One Services: [Soil Testing] ; [Plant Tissue Analysis]
- Understand Your Agro-One Soil Test Results
- Strawberry Nutrient Management
- Strawberry Foliar Analysis
- Leaf and Soil Tests on Local Berry Farms: Lessons from Summer 2010
Water Management
Plant Growth and Development
Pollination
- Pollinator Network @ Cornell – Cornell resources for insect pollination and conservation.
- Working Together to Protect Bees
- Pollination Services Contract
- NE Pollinator Partnership – Creates a deeper understanding of the biodiversity, abundance, and value of wild bees.
- Optimizing Pollination of Fruit Crops with Bees – Michigan State
- Pollinator Protection Plant New York State (2016) and Pollinator Protection Plan Results Update (2018)
- DEC Pollinator Page
- Active Ingredients Eligible for Minimum Risk Pesticide Use
- NYSIPM Pollinator Page
- Wild Pollinators of Eastern Apple Orchards and how to Conserve Them
- Managing Alternative Pollinators: A Handbook for Beekeepers, Growers, and Conservationists (PALS Publishing book)
Winter Mulching
- Winter Mulch for Strawberries – University of Massachusetts
- Cold Acclimation in Strawberries – OMAFRA, Canada
Other
- New York Berry Growers survey about GMO strawberries
- Mid-Atlantic Berry Guide For Commercial Growers
- California Strawberry Commission
- University of Florida Strawberry Lab
- NC State University Strawberry Growers Information Portal
- Southern Region Small Fruit Consortium
Information for Home Fruit Plantings
- Cornell Guide to Growing Fruit at Home
- Cornell Garden-based Learning – Fruit
- Chapter 11: Small fruit cultural pest management in Pest Management Around the Home Cultural Methods
- Fruit Production for the Home Gardener- A Comprehensive Guide – Penn State University
Production Archives