When to plant strawberries

Strawberries (perennial fruit) is classed hardy perennial in the cited extension guidance. The timing rules below are relative to your local freeze dates — enter a location to turn them into calendar dates.

The rules this site applies
MethodFrost-relative windowRule & reconciliation
Transplant outdoors
(plant dormant crowns)
4–2 weeks before the median last spring freezeNC State: plant 1-year-old dormant plants about three or four weeks before the average last frost. Utah State: dormant bare-root plants need not wait for frost danger to pass. Span extended to 14 days.

No direct-sow outdoors window: Garden strawberries are planted as crowns/plants, not seed.

Variety assumption: June-bearing beds fruit the year AFTER planting (blossoms are usually removed the first season).

Crop rule sources (2)
Reviewed city pages for strawberries
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