The second type of strawberry is the everbearing strawberry. Everbearing varieties typically produce a spring and fall crop with little flowering or fruiting in the summer months. The day-neutral varieties are the third and newest type of strawberry. They are regarded as an improved, more productive everbearing type strawberry. Day-neutral varieties perform best during the cooler periods of the growing season and are not very productive during hot weather.
Strawberries require full sun and well-drained soils.
When selecting a site for the strawberry planting, do not plant in ground that is heavily infested with perennial weeds such as quackgrass. Weed control will be a major problem. Also, avoid sites where strawberries, tomatoes, potatoes, and peppers have been grown the last two years to prevent possible root disease problems. Purchase virus-free strawberry plants from a reliable, reputable mailorder nursery or garden center. Plants from an old planting or the neighbor's garden are often disease-infested.