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Growing strawberry

Fragaria × ananassa · also called strawberryStrawberry is a low, herbaceous fruit plant raised from runners, easy to grow in beds and pots. In the hills it is a perennial; in the plains it is grown as a winter crop, planted in autumn and picked in late winter and spring.

West coast: Kerala, Goa, Konkan, coastal Karnataka, south Gujarat

Our team has checked this guide against the sources at the end of the page.A hot, humid coast with heavy monsoon rain and no cool winter. Strawberry needs cool weather to flower and fruit, and wet, humid weather brings rots and leaf diseases.Includes AI suggestions where no published guide covers a detail
Ripe red strawberries and green berries on a potted strawberry plant mulched with straw
Photo: Kolforn · CC BY-SA 4.0
Not suited here

Not a crop for this region

A hot, humid coast with heavy monsoon rain and no cool winter. Strawberry needs cool weather to flower and fruit, and wet, humid weather brings rots and leaf diseases.

Where it grows nearest

Across India

When to sow it

Twelve growing regions, January to December. Your region comes first.

Not suited here

Sowing now in:Sub-tropical foothillsGangetic plainsSouth interior
  • Transplant
  • Harvest
  • Under cover
  • Today
  • Not suited here
West coastKerala, Goa, KonkanNot suited hereSouth interiorBengaluru, Mysuru, interior Tamil NaduEast coastcoastal Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, coastal AndhraNot suited here
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Temperate HimalayaKashmir valley, Shimla, KulluCold desertLadakh, Lahaul and Spiti · Under cover onlySub-tropical foothillsJammu, Kangra, DehradunNorth-west plainsPunjab, Haryana, DelhiGangetic plainseastern Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal plainsNorth-east hills and valleysAssam, Meghalaya, SikkimArid westRajasthan, Kutch, north GujaratCentral plateauMadhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, VidarbhaDeccan plateauinterior Maharashtra, Telangana, north KarnatakaSouth interiorBengaluru, Mysuru, interior Tamil NaduEast coastcoastal Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, coastal AndhraNot suited here
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RegionSowNurseryTransplantHarvest
West coastNot suited here
Temperate HimalayaAugust to SeptemberApril to June
Cold desertUnder cover onlyUnder cover: April to MayUnder cover: July to September
Sub-tropical foothillsOctober to NovemberFebruary to April
North-west plainsMid-OctoberMid-January to March (Winter Dawn)Early February to early April (Chandler)
Gangetic plainsOctober to mid-NovemberJanuary to March
North-east hills and valleysMid-September to OctoberFebruary to April
Arid westOctoberJanuary to March
Central plateauOctoberJanuary to March
Deccan plateauSecond half of OctoberDecember to April
South interiorSeptember to NovemberJanuary to May
East coastNot suited here

What it needs

Soil, sun and warmth

  • Soil pH1,2,3

    5.8 to 6.5

    Well-drained, friable loam or medium sandy loam rich in organic matter, with a subsoil that holds moisture. Most roots stay in the top 15 to 20 cm. Heavy, clayey and waterlogged soils do not suit it. Gentle slopes suit it well.

  • SunlightNo published guide covers this for the West coast, so this is an AI suggestion. Check it with local advice before you rely on it.

    At least 6 hours a day

    Full sun. Give beds and pots at least six hours of direct sun a day.

  • Temperature2,1Part of this comes from the sources cited. The rest is an AI suggestion.

    Grows best at 15 to 26 °C

    Takes light frost.

    Monthly temperatures for the West coast aren't in the library yet.

Good neighboursNo published guide covers this for the West coast, so this is an AI suggestion. Check it with local advice before you rely on it.

Grows well with

Seed and the season's end

Saving seed1,2Part of this comes from the sources cited. The rest is an AI suggestion.

Strawberry is not grown from saved seed: seedlings do not come true. Keep healthy mother plants and root their runners instead.

When the seed is ready

A runner is ready to lift when it has its own roots and two or three leaves.

Plant runners soon after lifting. Raised runners can be kept in polybags until planting.

After the last picking1Part of this comes from the sources cited. The rest is an AI suggestion.

In the plains, pull out the plants after the last picking, since they do not survive the summer. Compost healthy plants; burn or bin plants with root rot.

Rotation

Do not replant strawberry on land where it grew recently: black root rot builds up in the soil.

Sources

Where this comes from

Our team has checked this guide against the sources at the end of the page.Reviewed by our team on 13 November 2026.

These published guides are the sources. Where none of them covers a detail for this region, the page shows an AI suggestion and labels it.

  1. 1Package of practices for fruit crops 2020: strawberryDirectorate of Extension, SKUAST-JammuRead the source
  2. 3Strawberry (crop report)National Horticulture BoardRead the source

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