Excellent and extensive article on growing strawberries, from the OSU Extension Service, click here.
Three types of strawberries: June, day neutral (all summer), and everbearing (two crops, early and late)
Suggested day neutral varieties for Oregon
- Tristar
- Albion
- Seascape
Suggested June varieties for Oregon
- Sweet sunrise
- Rainier
- Puget Crimson
Purchased 2018: Day neutral
SweetKiss (Home Depot)
Height: 6-8 inches
Spread: 24-36 inches
Super-sweet, extra-juicy fruit from June until frost … beats other berries in blind taste tests. Perfect size for small gardens.
Keep soil evenly moist. Avoid wilt and mulch well to conserve moisture.
Fertilize monthly. Provide 6 or more hours of sun per day.
How to grow Day Neutral strawberries
Use the hill system (8″ high hills, one plant per hill). Make hills 12-15″ apart in double or triple wide rows. Midpoint of crown should be level with the top of the soil. Mulch with straw.
Remove runners, and fertilize with balanced (eg. 6-6-6) fertilizer.