Authors: Charles R. O'Dell Extension Horticulturist, Department of Horticulture, Virginia Tech; Jerry Williams, Teaching Hortculturist, Department of Horticulture, Virginia Tech
Publication Number 438-018, Posted March 2000
TABLE 7* - First year number of berries, total seasonal fresh weight, and fresh weight per berry of 'Latestar' strawberries harvested in spring 1999 and transplanted bare-root or by plugs in early- (31 July), mid- (14 Aug), or late- (2 Sept.) season 1998. One replication = 12 plants. n=4. No poultry litter used prior to planting.7
| Planting time | Plant type | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bare-root | Plug | ||||||
| Fruit number | Seasonal weight (qts/plant) | Weight per berry (g) | Fruit number | Seasonal weight (qts/plant) | Weight per berry (g) | ||
| Early 7/31 | 750.5a | 0.911 | 10.0a | 676.5b | 0.764 | 9.2a | |
| Mid 8/14 | 776.0a | 0.932 | 10.0a | 1102.8a | 1.065 | 9.0a | |
| Late 09/02 | 424.5b | 0.513 | 9.8a | 584.3b | 0.626 | 8.0a | |
*Charlie O'Dell, Jerry Williams, and Roger Harris, VA Tech, Department of Horticulture, Blacksburg, VA.
Z Mean separation within columns by Duncan's NMRT. P=0.05.
Y P<F for treatment within each cultivar for 1998 and 1999.
1 0.91 qts/plant, 14" in-row spacing, 15,000 plants/A=13,650 qts/A.
2 0.93 qts/plant, 14" in-row spacing, 15,000 plants/A=13,950 qts/A.
3 0.51 qts/plant, 14" in-row spacing, 15,000 plants/A=7,650 qts/A.
4 0.76 qts/plant, 14" in-row spacing, 15,000 plants/A=11,400 qts/A.
5 1.06 qts/plant, 14" in-row spacing, 15,000 plants/A=15,900 qts/A.
6 0.62 qts/plant, 14" in-row spacing, 15,000 plants/A=9,300 qts/A.
7 Conventional granular fertilizers applied pre-plant based on soil tests; 60# N, 120# P205, 120#K2O/A, plus weekly spring fertigations totaling 40# N/A over 12 weeks time, early bloom to harvests.
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