Best time to plant strawberry in Charters Towers
Fragaria × ananassa
Also called garden strawberry
Sow strawberry in Charters Towers in Mar to May.
Bred in France during the 1750s, the strawberry is a hybrid prized for its scent, red colour and juicy sweetness. The fruit is eaten fresh or turned into jam or ice cream. Botanically it is not a true berry, and each surface 'seed' is really a tiny fruit.
When to sow in Charters Towers
Charters Towers, QLD is in the tropical zone. Its months for strawberry apply here without a frost adjustment.
Not yet checked against a local guide.
Your local conditions can shift any months shown here, so treat them as a guide.
Frost in Charters Towers
Frost usually arrives in Charters Towers around early July and finishes by late July. In about 1 year in 10 it comes as early as mid June or as late as late August, so frost-tender crops are planned around those dates.
From its Bureau of Meteorology station, 1991 to 2020, counting a night at 2°C or lower as a frost. Frost hollows and hillsides can shift these dates by weeks, so ask the growers at your garden too.
On a shared plot: stays for years
Holds its spot for years. Check your garden's rules and how long your plot licence runs.
Growing details
- How to start
- Raise seedlings, then transplant
- Plant spacing
- 30cm
- Row spacing
- 35cm
- Height
- 30cm
- Frost
- Hardy, takes a light frost
- Sun
- Full sun
- Life cycle
- perennial
These are typical figures, and varieties differ. Your seed packet takes priority.