Fragaria × ananassaLate. Unnamed seedling × Sophie. Bred by Peter Stoppel, Germany.
Extend your picking season into late June or early July with these sweet dark glossy beauties. One of the darkest strawberries we’ve ever seen and possibly the tastiest. Best for fresh eating, Malwina doesn’t like to hang around on the plants or the shelf. Pick every two days for firm fruits and eat ’em up with biscuits and cream. Produces fewer runners than standard varieties, so plant beds accordingly. Resistant to verticillium wilt and red stele. PPA. Z4. BACK! (virus-free bare-root crowns)
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Strawberries Fragaria x ananassa
A major highlight of every summer is picking strawberries. In
central Maine strawberry season is usually around summer solstice.
Modern strawberries, developed about 1830, are a hybrid of F.
chiloensis (native of Chile) and F. virginiana (native of
North America). Royce Bringhurst of UC-Davis developed everbearing
strawberries from wild plants found in Utah’s Wasatch Mountains. He
crossed these with modern varieties and introduced the first everbearers in
1980.
50 plants will plant from 50–100'.
Everbearing Strawberries Everbearing, or day-neutral,
strawberries flower regardless of day length as long as temperatures are
between 35 and 85Ëš, and produce fruit from June to October. They are
uncommonly productive—about 1 lb of fruit per plant the first year,
and slightly less the second year. Productivity peaks in August the first
year. The second year, berry size decreases in the hottest weather and
increases in cooler weather. After second year, turn under and start again.
June-Bearing Strawberries When cultivated as described
below, June-bearing plants begin bearing their second year and can
produce for up to 5 years.
Growing Strawberries
Soil: Well-drained and fertile. Avoid planting sites
where tomatoes, peppers or potatoes have grown in the past 4 years.
Sun: Full
Pollination: You need only one variety.
Planting and Spacing: Choose a site with good airflow.
Plant at the same depth as they were in the nursery, with the middle of
the crown at soil level. To optimize plant survival, plant crowns on
cloudy days or in the evening. Soak roots in fish/kelp emulsion to
lessen transplant shock.
For Everbearing or Day-Neutral Strawberries: These
heavy feeders benefit from 3–4" of manure worked into the
soil prior to planting. Plant 6–12" apart. Remove flowers
for the first 6 weeks, and remove all runners the first season.
After harvest the second year, turn under and start again.
For June-Bearing Strawberries: Use Matted Row
system: Set plants 12–24" apart in rows 3' apart. Allow
plants to produce runners freely and fill in the row. Remove all
flowers the first year.
Harvest berries the second year, and immediately
after harvest,
fertilize liberally with compost or aged manure and renovate the
row. By hand or with a tiller, narrow the row to 12" wide.
Thin
plants to 4–5" apart within the row. By this method a
bed
can last about 5 years.
Mulching: In late fall mulch with hay to protect plants
over winter. In spring pull mulch off plants and place between rows to
keep fruit dry and clean in summer. A
floating row cover
may be used for
frost protection.
