Organic Berry Growing Guides
Start at planting day
New to strawberries? Follow the path.
Six guides in the order your plants will need them — from the box arriving on your porch to renovating the bed for year two.
1
Plant bare root crowns
Depth, soaking, spacing
2
The first year
Blossoms, runners, first fruit
3
Soil, water & fertilizer
Organic feeding
4
Care by season
Spring to overwintering
5
Pests & disease
Organic control
6
Containers & raised beds
Small-space growing
Strawberries
Strawberry growing guides
- Start Here
- Most Read
How to Plant Bare Root Strawberries
Crown depth, soaking, spacing, and first watering — the 20 minutes that decide your whole season.
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- First season
Your Strawberry Plants' First Year
Should you pinch blossoms? When will dormant crowns wake up — and when does fruit actually come?
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- Soil & feeding
Soil, Water & Organic Fertilizer
Best soil and pH, organic fertilizer, watering rhythm, and mulch — the same practices we use in the nursery.
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- Seasonal
Organic Care, Season by Season
Spring wake-up through overwintering and frost protection, plus renovating beds for next year.
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- Pests & disease
Organic Pest & Disease Control
Slugs, birds, mildew, root rot — and a troubleshooting section for yellow leaves and missing fruit.
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- Small spaces
Containers & Raised Beds
Best varieties for pots, plants per container, grow bags, and raised-bed soil and spacing.
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- Choosing
Day-Neutral vs June-Bearing vs Everbearing
What the terms mean, which produces when, and which type fits your garden or field.
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- Greenhouse
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Hydroponic & Greenhouse Strawberries
Why bare-root day-neutral crowns are the controlled-environment standard, and how to start organic.
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- Variety guide
Which Strawberry Should You Grow?
All eight varieties compared by zone, flavor, yield, and use — six UC day-neutrals plus Chandler and Denali.
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Find your zone
What grows where you live?
Hover any state — or a zone in the legend — to see its winter zone range and the varieties we'd plant there. Shading shows each state's predominant 2023 USDA zone.
Where does each variety grow best?
Tap a variety to light up where it grows. [Zone ranges: confirm against product spec blocks]
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Select a variety above to see its growing range.
Simplified by state — zones vary within states, especially in the West (California alone spans 4a–11a). For your exact zone, look up your ZIP code on the official USDA map. Zone shading based on the 2023 USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map.
Raspberries & blackberries
Cane berry guides
- Raspberries
How to Grow Organic Raspberries
When to plant canes, spacing, trellising, and how to prune everbearing and black raspberries.
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- Blackberries
How to Grow Triple Crown Blackberries
Spacing, trellis design, and pruning semi-erect thornless canes for the biggest
harvest.
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- Variety guide
Red, Gold or Black: Which Raspberry?
Heritage, Cascade Gold, Honey Jewel, Ruby Jewel, and Jewel compared — plus black raspberry vs blackberry.
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Grown right starts with grown organic.
Every guide assumes what we ship: certified organic dormant crowns and canes from non-fumigated soil.