Garden Chase's Strawberry
Illustration of Chase's Strawberry
Fruit

Chase's Strawberry

Fragaria × ananassa

🌱MaturesEstablished plants fruit in their first or second year
☀️SunFull sun (6+ hrs)
📏Spacing12–18 in; rows 3 ft apart
💧Water1–2 in/week; mulch with straw
🔁Life cyclePerennial

About

Garden strawberries. Sweet red fruit; runners spread the patch over time.

Growing

Pinch first-year flowers to build the plant. Renovate the bed after fruiting each year.

Harvest

Pick fully red, with the cap on. Best eaten the day picked.