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Sweet, juicy strawberries are a delightful summer treat and are easy to grow in a home garden. These productive plants are perennial, returning year after year, and depending on the type can provide months of mouthwatering berries.
Planting a strawberry patch can save you lots of money too! Pick Your Type There are three main types of strawberries: everbearing, June bearing and day-neutral.
Everbearing plants fruit in early summer and again in autumn. June-bearing plants produce a heavy crop of large, juicy berries from late spring through early summer.
Day-neutral strawberries produce a modest but continual harvest from the late spring through early autumn.
To encourage vigorous plants, pinch all flowers that develop on June-bearing plants that first year. With everbearing and day-neutral varieties, pinch flowers until late June and then let subsequent blooms develop into berries.
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