Bushcroft Kitchen Garden in central west of NSW, Australia

At Bushcroft kitchen garden most of the strawberries are grown in clay soil with large amounts of compost, cow, sheep manure and rock minerals added.
Some are grown in pots
Late winter the strawberries are fed a small amount of chicken pellets and some homemade compost.
Mulched with sugar cane mulch and or pine needles
Strawberries like a pH of between and 6.5 to 7.0
When picking strawberries I do not touch the berry especially the strasberries. They are picked off by the stem. I have found that the strasberries are best picked when they are a little under ripe, They ripen very quickly.
Slugs and pill bugs can be a problem, so dead and dying leaves are removed when the strawberries are fruiting to deterred them.

Description: A large to medium firm strawberry. Chandlers are a good pollinator for the strassberries.
Uses: Eat fresh, jams, desserts
Purchased From: Diggers, started with three plants
Date Planted: 9 November 2017
Position: North facing
Harvest in Bathurst: November to December
Harvest dates: First harvest -
Second harvest -
Third harvest -
Propagate: Propagate from runners

Description: Strasberries are a round shaped very soft flesh strawberry with a white flower. They taste a bit like a cross between a strawberry and raspberry and do not keep. They need another red strawberry as a pollinator.
Uses: Eat fresh, jams, desserts. freeze immediately after picking
Purchased From: Diggers, started with three plants
Date Planted: 9 November 2017
Position: North facing
Harvest in Bathurst: November to December
Harvest dates: First harvest -
Second harvest -
Third harvest -
Propagate: Propagate from runners. Strasberries send out about eight or more runners per plant so they can multiply very quickly and become a weed, it can be a constant job cutting them off.