Volume 59 Number 1 Article 2
Year 2005 Month 1
Title: Planting Date Affects Early Season Fruit Yield of Strawberry in a Subtropical Environment
Authors: J.R. Duval, C.K. Chandler and E. Golden
Abstract:
A study was conducted to determine the effect of planting date on the fruit yields of strawberry (Fragraria ×
ananassa Duch.) transplants grown in a winter annual hill production system.
Bare-root and plug transplants of
'Sweet Charlie' and 'Camarosa' from a high latitude or high elevation nursery were planted each week during
October 1999 and 2000 at Dover, Fla.
Planting date had a significant effect on December yield.
Transplants
planted in early October generally had higher December yields than transplants planted in late October.
Planting
date also had significant effects on January, February, and March yields, but these effects were not consistent
across years or cultivars.
Economic analysis demonstrated that bare-root transplants returned significantly more
revenue than did plug transplants.
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