Because they bear early and are relatively easy to grow, strawberries are a great crop for you to start with in your home fruit planting. Strawberries are the most widely grown fruit crop in the world. They can flourish from tropical highlands to subarctic regions. The plants are hardy throughout New York State (if managed and mulched correctly) and can tolerate a wide range of soil types. Strawberries provide more vitamin C than oranges and have fewer calories than most other fruits. Read more here- https://cpb-us-e1.wpmucdn.com/blogs.cornell.edu/dist/f/575/files/2015/12/5strawberries-21dju94.pdf
Additional Resources:
https://blogs.cornell.edu/berries/productions/strawberry-production/
http://chemung.cce.cornell.edu/resources/strawberries
https://rvpadmin.cce.cornell.edu/uploads/doc_409.pdf
Post Brought to you by:
Roger Ort
Local Foods and Ag Educator
rlo28@cornell.edu
