What month is the strawberry picking season?

The strawberry picking season is from March to May every year.

Strawberries planted in greenhouses can be picked in March, and the picking period can last until May. There are some ripe strawberries, and the perfect time is not fixed, so the picking time is different. Because the maturity of each fruit in a flower ear of strawberry seedlings is different, it must be picked in stages and batches. Generally, it can be picked once every 1-2 days in the early stage of picking, and it should be picked every day in the high-yield period. If the fruit is not picked in time, it will rot and deteriorate if it is over-ripe, which will endanger the immature fruit quality in other places.

Generally, the picking time should be carried out before the dew has dried out in the morning, before the high temperature continues to come at noon, or before the temperature becomes cold in the evening. Because the temperature is low in the morning and evening, the fruit is hard, so it needs to be stored and transported again, which is conducive to picking; Around the afternoon, the temperature is relatively high, the fruit softens, and the peel is easy to be bruised and squeezed, which is harmful to the storage and quality of the fruit. Fruits picked when the dew is wet are perishable and not suitable for long-distance storage and transportation.

Introduction of main strawberry varieties

There are more than 20,000 varieties of strawberries in the world, but only dozens of excellent varieties have been cultivated in large areas. There are 200-300 new varieties cultivated by China itself and introduced from abroad. Strawberry varieties are mainly divided into red and white according to fruit color; According to the source, it can be divided into Japanese varieties, European and American varieties and domestic varieties; According to the reaction of flower bud differentiation to sunshine length, it can be divided into short-day strawberry, four-season strawberry and Japanese neutral variety.

Strawberry germplasm resources can be classified according to "species", ploidy, origin and fruit color. The main strawberry varieties in China are Hongyan, Sweet Charlie, Fengxiang and Jill Zhang. It has bred many excellent domestic varieties such as Jingzangxiang, Jingmoka and Liyan.