From a botanical point of view, every strawberry plant is a perennial. Nevertheless, there are striking divergences within the varieties. The following lines explain what these are and what conclusions can be drawn from them for the cultivation of strawberries.

Once bearing or remounting - the concise difference

The strawberry genus is home to a wide range of species and varieties. The garden strawberry, or cultivated strawberry, takes a leading role here, thanks to its large, deliciously flavored fruits. The extensive variety of varieties is divided into once-bearing and several times bearing (repeating) strawberry plants. This is how the difference is defined:

  • Once bearing strawberries: Harvest from May to June/July, depending on the early, medium early or late variety
  • Strawberries that bear fruit several times: Harvest in June/July and after a break again in August/September

There are also monthly strawberries that are still bearing fruit, but they do not come from the garden strawberry. They are based on the native wild strawberry with tireless flowering and a continuous fruit load until the first frost.

The best once-bearing cultivated strawberries

The following strawberry varieties have proven to be excellent for growing in the garden:

  • Elsanta
  • Senga Sengana
  • corona
  • Elvira
  • polka
  • avant-garde
  • Tenira
  • Thuriga
  • salsa

In the second and third year after planting, these perennial strawberries bear a bounty. If you mark the highest-yielding specimens each year and multiply them with offshoots, the enjoyment of fruit continues uninterruptedly from season to season.

Recommended growing garden strawberries

If you prefer to harvest juicy, sweet strawberries several times a year, these varieties come to the fore:

  • Kitty Nova
  • Ostara
  • Evita
  • Mara de Bois
  • sweater
  • Rapella

Experience has shown that the amount of fruit for the second harvest in late summer is significantly reduced. The strawberry varieties compensate for this shortcoming with the tastier fruits, from which you can conjure up tempting jam by boiling them down.

tips and tricks

Regardless of whether you grow one or more bearing strawberry plants. If you sacrifice the first flowers after planting by pinching them out, this courageous measure will have a beneficial effect on the development of flowers and fruit. In the case of everbearing strawberry varieties, continue the bursting of the flowers even until the end of May to benefit from a bountiful harvest.

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Vegetable garden