Galletta Strawberry
CommercialBeing an Earliglow hybrid, Galletta is vigorous and produces large, firm, attractive, glossy fruit with excellent flavor. Galletta has good tolerance to leaf diseases and red stele. Galletta is highly productive and holds fruit size well through the season. This variety is moderately winter hardy and will grow in heavy soil. Galletta is a good variety for plasticulture.
Features:
- Vigorous: Galletta plants are vigorous and show tolerance to foliage diseases.
- Highly Productive: Customers report that Galletta is highly productive and holds fruit size well through the season.
- Plasticulture Choice: Nourse Farms recommends Galletta for plasticulture systems.
Recommended Hardiness Zones: Zones 4–8
U.S. Plant Patent #19,763 (NCH 87-22 x Earliglow)
How do I properly space my strawberry plants?
Strawberry plants should be spaced 12”–18” in the row and 3’–4’ between rows.
When will my strawberry plant bear fruit?
June-bearing strawberry plants bear fruit one year after planting.
Day-neutral or Everbearing strawberry plants begin bearing fruit 12–14 weeks after planting, depending on conditions.
How much sunlight do strawberry plants need?
Strawberry plants like direct sun, ideally, for at least eight hours per day. However, if eight or more hours of direct sunlight is not possible, the absolute minimum is six hours per day.
