How Do You Care For Everbearing Strawberry Plants?
Everbearing strawberries don’t really produce fruit year-round, but they do produce fruit in the spring and early autumn. The twice-year production gives you two opportunities to enjoy fresh, delicious strawberries straight from the vine, and for no more effort than strawberry varieties that only bear fruit once a year. To produce the biggest, juiciest strawberries, the strawberry plants must receive the proper care, but caring for strawberry plants is something an amateur gardener can do with relative ease. Water the strawberry plants with at least 1 inch of water per week during the growing season. Morning is the best time to water as it gives the leaves time to dry before nightfall, preventing leaf disease. Fertilize the strawberry plants prior to flowering in the spring and after harvesting the strawberries in the fall. A fertilizer with equal parts of nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium will achieve the best results. Weed the strawberry plants by hand to avoid damaging the shallow
