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Growing Strawberries in the Florida Home Garden

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Release Date: 9/7/2021

Reviewed At: 8/19/2025

DOI: 10.32473/edis-hs403-2021

Agriculture

Abstract

Florida is the winter strawberry capital of the world. In commercial and home production, strawberries are grown as an annual crop rather than as perennials. This 4-page publication of the UF/IFAS Horticultural Sciences Department presents guidelines for the successful production of strawberries in the Florida home garden. Minor revision by Vance M. Whitaker, Natalia A. Peres, Sriyanka Lahiri, Sydney Park Brown, and Craig K. Chandler.

About this Publication

This document is HS1154, one of a series of the Department of Horticultural Sciences, UF/IFAS Extension. Original publication date December 2008. Revised December 2014 and September 2021. Visit the EDIS website at https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu for the currently supported version of this publication.

How to Cite

Whitaker, V. M., Peres, N., Lahiri, S., Brown, S. P., & Chandler, C. K. (2021). Growing Strawberries in the Florida Home Garden. EDIS, 2021(5). https://doi.org/10.32473/edis-hs403-2021

Authors

Vance Whitaker
Vance Whitaker
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Specialist
University of Florida

professor, strawberry breeding, UF/IFAS Gulf Coast Research and Education Center, Wimauma, FL

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Natalia Peres
Natalia Peres
Specialist
University of Florida

professor, strawberry pathology, Department of Plant Pathology, UF/IFAS Gulf Coast Research and Education Center, Wimauma, FL

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Sriyanka Lahiri
Sriyanka Lahiri
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University of Florida

associate professor, strawberries and small fruits, Department of Entomology and Nematology, UF/IFAS Gulf Coast Research and Education Center, Wimauma, FL

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Sydney Park-Brown
Sydney Park-Brown
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University of Florida

associate professor emeritus, Department of Environmental Horticulture, UF/IFAS Gulf Coast Research and Education Center

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Craig Chandler
Craig Chandler

professor emeritus, Department of Horticultural Sciences

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