Do Strawberries Bear Fruit Every Year, How Many Times a Year, and Profit Analysis of One Mu of Cream Strawberries

Strawberry is a perennial herbaceous plant. It has high nutritional value, contains a variety of nutrients, and has health benefits. So do strawberries bear fruit every year? How many times do they bear fruit in a year? How much money can be made by planting one mu of cream strawberries?

Strawberries bear fruit every year.

The fruiting period of strawberries is very long, lasting 6-8 months. In the subtropical regions of the south, they are generally planted in late September and early October, the fruit matures 50 days later, and harvesting continues until the arrival of heavy rain in March of the following year, when it ends, and 2 to 3 batches of fruit can be harvested. In the central region, when greenhouses are used, they are generally planted from late August to early September, the fruit matures in about 90 days, and harvesting continues until May of the following year, and 3 to 4 batches of fruit can be harvested. In the northern region, they are generally planted from mid-August to late August, the fruit matures in about 100 days, and harvesting continues until June of the following year, and 4 to 5 batches of fruit can be harvested. As for grasping the planting time, the climate varies from place to place, so the planting time also differs. The strawberry fruit is the aggregate berry of the strawberry plant in the Rosaceae family. Planting usually starts around May, and strawberry cultivation has a three-year cycle. In the first year, only very few strawberries can be harvested, and in the second year, a lot can be harvested, but by the third year or after three years, the yield of strawberries will decline significantly, and the plants need to be replaced. Therefore, rationally arranging the cultivation of new plants to ensure that some strawberries are second-year plants every year can obtain the greatest economic benefit.

When strawberries grow well, they produce a kind of runner, and at the end of the runner new small plants will grow. When the small plant grows to 3-4 leaves, it can be cut off and planted in another flower pot, and care should be taken to water it. It is best not to let the new first-year plants bear strawberries, and only let them grow more leaves. So when you find that a one-year-old new strawberry has bloomed, remove the flowers. At the same time, do not forget to hang a small tag on the plant and write the planting date of the new plant, so as not to forget it later. Remove other excess runners on the new plant. If the strawberries are planted in the ground in the yard, also pay attention to weeding. When watering, be careful not to get the strawberries wet, because once strawberries are splashed wet by water, they are prone to rot.

Strawberries are suitable for planting in soil with sufficient sunlight and good drainage. The soil depth should be about 8-10 inches.

For large strawberry plants, the row spacing should be 12 inches and the plant spacing about 18 inches. Remove the runners from the plants in time to help the strawberries bear fruit. Strawberry yield is cyclical, so it is best to cultivate some new plants in the first few years of planting.

If you do not like to manage strawberries, you can plant one strawberry every 18-24 inches, so that the strawberries can spread freely. Of course, it will look a bit messy, and the strawberries will not be large. If you want to avoid this situation, you can appropriately remove some runners.

In autumn, spread a layer of soil over the plants to prevent frost. After the soil freezes, you can spread 3-4 inches of dry grass over the plants. By the spring of the following year, when new leaves grow, remove the dry grass. When the weather turns warm and stable, remove the covering soil on the surface of the plants. But leave some dry grass between the rows to prevent weeds from growing and to maintain soil moisture.

How much money can be made by planting one mu of cream strawberries?

Investment per mu for own land: seedlings 3 thousand, fertilizer 5 hundred, pesticides 5 hundred, plastic film and drip irrigation 5 hundred, steel pipe greenhouse 6 thousand yuan (this is an ordinary one, usable for 5 to 7 years; the best quality one costs 12 thousand yuan and can be used for 20 years), totaling about 10 thousand yuan; if land is rented and workers are hired, then add land rent 1 thousand and labor 2 thousand, with investment per mu calculated at 13 thousand yuan. Yield is generally 4 thousand to 6 thousand jin, the price is 5 to 12 yuan per jin, the output value is 20 thousand to 30 thousand yuan, and the profit is about 10 thousand to 20 thousand yuan.