Strawberry Farming by SB Luwang is a practical field-to-market handbook for growers who want to understand strawberry cultivation as both an agricultural system and a profitable business.
The book explains the complete production cycle in clear, practical language, covering open-field, plasticulture, protected cultivation, greenhouse, tabletop, and soilless production systems.
Rather than offering one rigid farming recipe, it teaches growers how to make informed decisions based on climate, soil, cultivar, water availability, production system, market requirements, and farm economics.
Inside the Book
- Strawberry plant biology and flowering
- Farm and site selection
- Soil testing, pH and drainage
- Cultivar selection
- Nursery plants and transplant quality
- Raised-bed and plasticulture systems
- Drip irrigation and water management
- Strawberry nutrition and fertigation
- Tissue and plant analysis
- Runner, flower and canopy management
- Pollination and fruit development
- Frost, heat and rainfall management
- Low tunnels, high tunnels and polyhouses
- Greenhouse and tabletop strawberry farming
- Soilless and substrate cultivation
- Weed management
- Integrated pest management
- Strawberry diseases
- Neopestalotiopsis management and farm biosecurity
- Organic and low-input production
- Harvesting and grading
- Postharvest cooling and cold-chain management
- Food safety and traceability
- Farm economics and break-even analysis
- Marketing, branding and sales channels
- One-acre and one-hectare planning models
- Protected-cultivation investment analysis
- Seasonal farm management calendar
Special Features
The book also contains:
100 Strawberry Farming Problems and Solutions
A practical troubleshooting guide covering plant establishment, nutrition, irrigation, pests, diseases, fruit quality, harvest, postharvest handling and business problems.
Farmer Worksheets & Calculators
Includes practical tools for:
- Plant population calculation
- Irrigation calculations
- Fertigation calculations
- Cost of production
- Break-even price
- Break-even yield
- Farm suitability assessment
- Nursery plant inspection
- Pest and disease scouting
- Harvest records
- Cold-chain monitoring
- Traceability
- One-acre business planning
- One-hectare enterprise planning
Suitable For
- Commercial strawberry farmers
- New strawberry growers
- Agri-entrepreneurs
- Protected-cultivation growers
- Polyhouse and greenhouse farmers
- Horticulture students
- Agriculture students
- Extension workers
- Farm managers
- Nursery operators
- Researchers and agricultural trainers
Why This Book Is Different
This book connects crop production with farm profitability.
It does not focus only on producing strawberries. It explains how to produce marketable fruit, reduce losses, control production costs, manage postharvest quality, calculate break-even points, and build reliable markets.
Special attention is also given to strawberry production opportunities and research relevant to India and Northeast India.
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