Growing
Growing strawberries in India
The questions every grower asks first, answered with the awkward line items left in. Written for Indian conditions and Indian input prices.
Production
Where strawberries are grown in India
One plateau in Satara district grows about 85% of the national crop. Here is what the other 15% is, why the map is spreading, and why you will not find a state-by-state production table on this page.
4 min read
Planting
Winter Dawn strawberry seeds will not grow Winter Dawn
The packets are real, the seeds inside them are real, and the plants they produce will not be the variety on the label. What is actually being sold, the one strawberry that does come true from seed, and what to buy instead.
4 min read
Irrigation
Stressing your strawberry crop for sweeter fruit costs half the yield
Holding back water does raise °Brix — by around a quarter. It also halves marketable yield and shrinks every berry on the plant. Here is the arithmetic, and why the trade rarely pays in an Indian market.
5 min read
Support
Bihar's strawberry subsidy: what Strawberry Vikas Yojana actually pays
₹3,36,000 a hectare, subsidised seedlings and packaging — the one state scheme aimed at strawberry specifically. Who qualifies, what it covers, and how to apply.
4 min read
Planting
Propagating your own runners, and when to stop
Multiplying your own planting material changes the economics of the largest line in the budget. It also degrades quietly, and most growers find out two seasons too late.
3 min read
Economics
Strawberry farming cost and profit per acre in India
India has exactly one official cost model for strawberry, published by the National Horticulture Board. Here it is in full — and here is the line that has quietly broken it.
3 min read
Systems
Protected cultivation: tunnels, polyhouses and table-top
There is more between an open field and a full polyhouse than most growers are shown, and the cheapest option captures most of the benefit.
4 min readSystems
Polyhouse vs open field strawberry: how to decide
Protected cultivation raises yield and grade, but not equally on every site. A decision framework for Indian growers — and why you should never take the payback figure from a brochure.
3 min readPlanting
Runner sourcing and the planting window
Planting material is the largest line in the budget and the planting fortnight decides the season. Where Indian growers get runners, and what to check before accepting a delivery.
3 min readTalk to us this week.
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