Strawberry Plants - All Season Collection

Collection comprises 24 strawberry plants (6 of each variety):

Honeoye - A really early variety which will start to fruit at the beginning of June. This variety has the perfect strawberry shape and is a beautiful glossy red colour. Plus the fruit are probably the best tasting early variety. Harvest June-July.

Malling Centenary -Voted best performer in our trials. This mid season strawberry is an outstanding variety to celebrate 100 years of the famous East Malling breeding station. Beautiful conical-shaped berries with good colour and flavour. Yields of up to 450g per plant.

Malling Opal -The tastiest large fruit! Produces the large, sweet and juicy fruit that you would expect from a June bearer. Crops steadily June-October – expect to pick around 2–3lb per week from just 12 plants!

Malwina - Bright red flesh with a superb flavour! Conical-shaped fruit are large, juicy and packed with flavour. Plus it’s disease tolerant and will reliably provide you with a heavy crop of fruit mid June-mid July.

Plant 45cm (18") apart; 75cm (2'6") between rows.

Growing Information

On Receipt

Plant without delay, provided soil and weather conditions are favourable. Should this not be possible open the bundle of plants and place them in a box or seed tray surrounding the roots with moist potting compost.

Ground Preparation

Strawberries prefer a good, loamy, well-drained soil. Choose an open, sunny position which is sheltered from cold winds and late frosts. On no account should planting be made on ground that has recently cropped strawberries as this greatly increases the risk of disease build up. Prepare the ground prior to planting, incorporating well-rotted garden compost or manure and remove all perennial weeds. Immediately prior to planting apply a general fertiliser.

Planting

Planting should take place as soon as possible after arrival provided the soil is not over wet or frozen. If the roots are dry, soak them in tepid water for a few hours. Dig a hole large enough to spread out the roots, spacing the plants 45cm (18") apart with 75cm (30") between rows. Firm the soil around each plant and water in. If soil conditions are heavy planting can be made on a shallow (3") ridge to aid drainage.

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