Flowering and Fruiting

• Cultivated strawberry bear two types of flowers- Hermophrodite and pistillate flowers
• Flowers occurs in cluster and receme type inflorescence
• Flowers bloom in late winter or early spring
• Parthenocarpy can be induced by the application of IA

Irrigation

• Strawberry being a shallow rooted
• Plant requires more frequent but less amount of water in each irrigation
• First two months – Twice per week without rain
• Third month – Weekly
• Fourth and fifth months -Every two weeks
• Fruiting begins – Increase again for larger fruits
• With drip irrigation apply water @200 ml/ plant/day

Mulching

• Be done just after planting (before start their growth) for checking weed growth and conserving moisture in the soil
• Fruit rotting is also reduced by inorganic mulch.
• It is two types:

1. Inorganic mulch – Black plastic film (widely used) and silver plastic film
2. Organic mulch – leaves, wheat and paddy straw, news paper and dry grasses etc.

Weed control

• Hand weeding and mulching can be done
• Oxyfluorfen + napropamide @ 0.6 =5.0 kag a.i/ ha OR
• Simazine 3 kg/ ha to control weed infestation