Honeoye Strawberry Plants: Tips For Growing Honeoye Strawberries


Almost everyone loves strawberries that come straight from the garden. Most are red and sweet. Gardeners growing Honeoye strawberries feel that this variety is among the very best. If you haven’t heard about Honeoye strawberries, it’s time to get some information. It has been a favorite midseason berry for over 30 years. For more information about Honeoye strawberries, including tips on Honeoye strawberry care, read on.
Information About Honeoye Strawberries
Honeoye strawberry plants were developed by the Cornell Research Station, Geneva, N.Y. over three decades ago. This variety has unusual winter hardiness and can thrive even in very low-temperature areas.
In addition to the fact that they can grow in chilly climates, Honeoye strawberry plants are extremely productive. They yield a generous harvest over a long season and are classified as June-bearing type plants.
Honeoye berries are very large and very delicious. If you want to start growing Honeoye strawberries, you’ll do best if you live in U.S. plant hardiness zones 3 through 8.
This strawberry is an excellent choice for the northeast and upper Midwest, since the berries taste best when they ripen in moderate conditions. The large berries harvest easily and many claim it is the most consistent berry producer.
How to Plant Honeoye Strawberries
If you are wondering how to plant Honeoye strawberries, be sure the berry patch includes well-drained soil. You’ll get the best flavor if you use light soil. Honeoye strawberry care is also easiest with light soil since these berries have little soil-disease resistance.
You will also want to find a spot that gets some sun. A spot with full sun or partial sun will do just fine.
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If you are thinking about Honeoye strawberry planting, get the berry beds prepared early, either first thing in spring or even the previous fall, to take control of the weeds. Keeping weeds down is an important part of Honeoye strawberry care.
Plant the berries at least 12 inches (31 cm.) apart in rows that are 4 feet (1 m.) apart. The middle of the crown of the plant should be even with the soil.
The first year you start growing Honeoye strawberries, you can’t expect a harvest. The big red berries will start appearing the following spring and continue producing for the next four or five years.
Teo Spengler is a master gardener and a docent at the San Francisco Botanical Garden, where she hosts public tours. She has studied horticulture and written about nature, trees, plants, and gardening for more than two decades. Her extended family includes some 30 houseplants and hundreds of outdoor plants, including 250 trees, which are her main passion. Spengler currently splits her life between San Francisco and the French Basque Country, though she was raised in Alaska, giving her experience of gardening in a range of climates.
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