Strawberry Plug Plants

Ready-Set-Grow uses innovative growing techniques to provide strawberry plug plants for fall or spring plantings to fruit in substrate or soil production systems.

Varieties

Albion

Everbearing plant producing firm, flavourful, red berries with the capacity to produce high yields. Resistant to verticillium wilt and phytophthora crown rot.

Monterey

Everbearing plant with great fruit size, good productivity, hardiness and great colour and flavour.

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Plug Size

80 cc

135 cc

255 cc

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Why grow strawberries in pots? 

• Avoid soil borne diseases and eradicate need for fumigants
• No soil to fruit contact, increasing fruit quality
• Allows for faster, more ergonomic and convenient picking in raised table production systems

Grow Guide

Planting
When you receive Ready-Set-Grow’s strawberry plug plants, they will arrive dormant, typically packed with 250 plugs per crate. For optimal growth, plant 6-8 plugs per linear meter, ensuring the top of the plug is level with the substrate. Plugs should be planted into a porous substrate, such as coco coir. Well draining substrate encourages healthy root development and prevents root rot. Growers can expect fruit production about 60 days from planting.
Planting strawberry plug plants in an elevated trough improves labour efficiency in planting, weeding and harvesting. Growing plug plants in a greenhouse or tunnel structure significantly extends the harvest season.
 
Growing Environment
Throughout the growing season, monitor irrigation and fertigation strategies for each growing stage: bloom, green fruit and harvest. Always avoid saturated  media in the late afternoon and evening. Frequently adjust irrigation strategies in response to temperature, humidity and light intensity. Stable environmental conditions, especially temperature and humidity, are critical for sustained plant health and steady fruit production.
Pest pressures can be controlled in your growing environment by picking clean, harvesting often and maintaining a weed free growing zone. Biological insects and banker plants are beneficial to growers, aiding in controlling several pests such as Spider Mite, Thrips, and Aphids. Banker plants attract and sustain beneficial insects; at Ready Set Grow we have used Alyssum plants to establish Orius.

​Ready-Set-Grow is a division of Fenwick Berry Farm 

Dave Klyn-Hesselink 
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Elysha Werdekker 
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