Performance of Junebearing strawberry cultivars: 2019-2022
January 27, 2023
![hands holding strawberries](/sites/fruit.umn.edu/files/styles/slick_media/public/2023-01/low_tunnel_albion_15651000950_o.jpg?itok=qemcRifD)
The latest look at strawberry cultivar trials, and how they have been performing at our two research centers.
Junebearing strawberry variety trial results 2019-2021
January 27, 2022
![people working in strawberry trial field](/sites/fruit.umn.edu/files/styles/slick_media/public/2022-02/Strawberry%20trials%20banner%201.jpg?itok=w--PGD82)
Variety testing is an important part of the research we do at the U of MN. We put classic and newer varieties to the test to determine how they stand up to challenges specific to different areas of the state.
Insect repellents for berries
April 29, 2021
![blueberry fruit on plants](/sites/fruit.umn.edu/files/styles/slick_media/public/2021-04/Blueberry%20morning.jpg?itok=aKssklKB)
Can spraying essential oils protect ripening berries from invasive spotted-wing drosophila?
Testing tabletop strawberries in the Upper Midwest
August 24, 2020
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Are you interested in growing strawberries with reduced labor or on marginal land? We are testing a raised gutter growing system to meet those goals.
The Minnesota berry variety scene
January 14, 2020
![jim luby standing in blueberry variety trial field](/sites/fruit.umn.edu/files/styles/slick_media/public/files/jim_in_blueberry_field.jpg?itok=sznP9Nk_)
Get a glimpse into the newest berry varieties being tested at the University of Minnesota.
Battling weeds in strawberry fields with living mulch - what we've learned
November 25, 2019
![test plot with flat of harvested cabrillo strawberries](/sites/fruit.umn.edu/files/styles/slick_media/public/files/cabrillo_canola.jpg?itok=oYaeho2x)
We experimented with living mulches for weed control and soil building between rows of annual strawberries. Here’s what we found out.
Living mulch and annual strawberries - about our research
November 5, 2019
![strawberries harvested from research plots](/sites/fruit.umn.edu/files/styles/slick_media/public/files/albion_rye_2.jpg?itok=1gRJknHr)
Living mulches may give strawberry growers a new tool for weed control and soil-building.
A spy, a botanist, and a strawberry
June 11, 2019
![strawberry illustration from 1848](/sites/fruit.umn.edu/files/styles/slick_media/public/files/strawberry_illustration_internet_archive.jpg?itok=O11htmfM)
A Frenchman on a covert mission in Chile encounters a strawberry and takes it back to Europe. Botanists get involved and eventually develop the strawberry we know today.
Berries, bees, and borage
December 3, 2018
![Green sweat bee on strawberry flower](/sites/fruit.umn.edu/files/styles/slick_media/public/files/img_2595_1.jpg?itok=odSN8FQi)
Planting borage next to a strawberry crop attracts bees and other pollinators, and may even boost strawberry yield.
Defending berries against spotted-wing drosophila
September 11, 2018
![SWD larvae inside blueberry fruit](/sites/fruit.umn.edu/files/styles/slick_media/public/files/swd_larvae_blueberry.jpg?itok=iGlwxaY4)
A new invasive fruit fly, spotted-wing drosophila, is changing the way Minnesota berries are grown.