Strawberry Seasonal Checklist, January - March

The checklist for strawberry growers, by?Jeremy A. Pattison, Strawberry Extension Specialist, North Carolina State University, includes the following items regarding harvesting and? marketing: - Plan on purchasing bee hives to help with flower pollination and good fruit set. - Check inventories of harvest containers, roadside signs and other marketing necessities. - If marketing berries to wholesalers or other third party intermediaries off the farm, contact buyers to discuss expectations regarding volume, timing and price. - Labor is one of the most significant components to the cost of production. Ensure you have an adequate labor force to accomplish the massive undertaking of harvest. Effective marketing strategies can help keep PYO fields filled with customers while identifying and securing a dependable harvest crew can keep prepicked fruit on the shelf. Both are important for most operations. Source Small Fruit News, Volume 14, No.1 January 2014 Key wordsPoscosecha?? ?postcosecha?? ?postharvest?? ?na-oes?? ??? ??? ???????? ????? ?post-r?colte?? ????? ?? ??????????? ??? ?na-oogst?? ?post-raccolta?? ?Obr?bka po?? ?p?s-colheita?? ????????????????? ?hasat sonras??? ??? ?Ernte?? ????????????????? ????? ????????????? ?postcollita?? ?poskliz?ov頠 ????? ??? ??? ??? ?nakon branja?? ?pozberov頠 ??? ?obdelovanje zemlje po?? ?post-colleita?? ?????? ??????? ?pascapanen?? ??il?onn postharvest?? ??????? ?p?c ra?as?? ?derliaus apdirbimas po?? ?lepas tuai?? ??? ?? ???????? ?post-recoltare?? ??????? ??????? ???????????????????? ?????????????? ?????????????????? ?sau thu ho?ch?? ?????????????????? ?zangemva kwenkathi yokuvuna Fresa?? ?frutilla?? ?strawberry?? ?aarbei?? ??????????? ????? ?fraise?? ?????????? ????????????? ?aardbei?? ?fragola?? ?truskawka?? ?morango?? ??????????? ??ilek?? ??????????