Junebearing or Everbearing?

[Beaners]

If you could only have one or the other which would you pick? I'm having a tough time deciding. I would like to go with Junebearing strawberries so that I could have enough at a time to make jellies and jams. But then I think I would also like an Everbearing variety to provide table fruit here and there over the season.

We only have 1/2 an acre here, and some of that is the house and shady pine trees, so we don't have room to include everything we want. I might be able to squeeze in a second strawberry patch, but it would take some room away from the vegetables and the fruit trees I have planned. I don't want to try and perform maintenance on a patch that contains both varieties, because the requirements are slightly different.

So which would you choose?

Kayleigh

[MELOC]

junebearing

i think it is better to get a good crop all at once than to have them trickle in. you would need a nice sized patch to get enough everbearing to use throughout the season unless you rely on the late crop they bear. if you are waiting on a late crop, why not just go for the early crop?

[DW]

We have June bearing for the reason of jams/jellies BUT we also have a few on the ends that are everbearing just to snack. We have always enjoyed a couple to snack BUT this yr, our puppy discovered them and she can find a ripe one & eat before I even see one!!

[mldollins]

I did not have good luck with everbearing. I had several rows of honeyoe(sp) and they thrived for years. I have since moved and purchased 3 different varieties of junebearing. I am keeping my fingers crossed till may.

The junebearing produced gobs and I just smashed them and put them in the freezer. They lasted all through winter.

[agmantoo]

Junebearing will yield more!

[diane]

If I could only have one type of strawberry I would plant Tribute. It is an everbearing, but if properly watered and feed it is the most berry for the space of anything I have grown in over 50 years of gardening. Use your pine needles for mulch. The berries love it!!

[uyk7]

Can you plant some up next to the house? We have a small patch along the back side of the house.

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[Bonnie L]

We have both everbearing & Junebearing. While we do get a lot of berries from the everbearings, the June ones have much more flavor. The lack of taste could be the variety, or maybe we don't nourish them with the right things (they get plenty of pine needles!), but I'd sure like to replace them. Unfortunately, my dh loves them & babies them.

[Callieslamb]

I am too hot in my climate to get much good from everbearers. I use Junebearers - they spread a lot faster too.

[Pink_Carnation]

I vote Junebearing...they usually taste better.

[pickapeppa]

I would plant a patch of June bearing for production, and then toss in some Ozark beauties here and there for ground cover. They grow well under trees, make a great edging for the front of a flower bed, spread readily, are hearty as can be, have an excellent flavor, are a productive everbearing, and for some reason the birds tend to not see the little red berries hiding under the leaves. They're perfect for tossing in your cereal or muffins in the morning, or scavenging for a snack while you're out weeding the beds.

You can have both. You just need the right kinds in the right places. That's all. ;-)

[EDDIE BUCK]

I have June bearing Earliglow that does good every year. I have tried two or three everbearing varieties,but can't get them to live long enough to get any berries.I have no problems growing june bearers. Looking for info on what i'm doing wrong? Good Luck With Them Tastie Berries, Eddie