Strawberries
Strawberry Plug Plants
McNitt Growers has 20 plus years’ experience producing high quality fall planted strawberry plug plants. Our customers trust us to provide them with the best quality plants available. We utilize unrooted plant starts from reputable nurseries in Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island, Canada to meet our customer’s needs.
Chandler
The vigorous, high-yielding, June-bearing Chandler strawberry plants produce very desirable strawberries. Chandler strawberries are very large, firm, and produce early-season to mid-season. The strawberries vary from being long and wedge-shaped to large and conical. They are a brilliant red color, glossy, and have an exceptional flavor profile.
Ruby June
Early season. Ruby June produces a large, moderately firm, conical fruit. The fruit is red in color and has an exceptional flavor.
Fronteras
Fronteras is a large vigorous plant that produces early, large, moderately firm fruit. Fruit has excellent color, low cull rates and good flavor.
McNitt Growers start booking plug orders in June. We encourage growers to be proactive and place their orders early. Plugs are typically ready to ship from the end of August through the first part of October. We work with growers of all sizes, but require a minimum order of 1,000 plants.
Shipping options include:
(Pricing does not include shipping)
- Customer pick up
- FedEx
- LTL
- Grower truck
For questions regarding pricing or general information, please feel free to contact us. Someone will be happy to assist you.
Strawberry Fertilizer Information
McNitt Growers is proud to offer Plant Marvel Laboratories, Inc. water soluble fertilizers. Plant Marvel offers a wide variety of complete fertilizer for all your crop needs.
For strawberry growers, either 12-5-19 or 14-5-22 has been the preferred formulas for their strawberry production program. Both formulas provide a complete nutritional package in a single bag. This simplifies a growers’ life.
Growers can be provided a week by week recommendation of fertilizer to apply. This recommendation is based off the number of plants in a field and the required amount of nutrients a strawberry plant requires at each stage of the growing cycle. Minor adjustments may be needed, based off petiole sampling.