I know what you are thinking: How long does it take to grow strawberries? This is what everyone wants to know, whether they are growing from seeds or planting plants. We as humans tend to be a little impatient, so when you first plant your seeds or plants, it can be very hard to wait to see the results of all of your efforts!

Knowing how long they take to grow will also help you decide the best time to plant strawberries, since depending on when you plant them, you may have to wait a few weeks or wait several months.

So, let’s try to clear up some of this confusion on how long you can expect to wait!

If you are a serious strawberry grower, you will have to wait a very long time for your plants to grow and start producing fruit, because most people will pinch off the flowers so the plant puts more energy into growing strong roots (and therefore reproducing). In the long run, this is going to be much better for your plants and give you a better crop for a longer period of time. But it is hard to be patient!

Typically you can expect that most plants, when grown from seed, will take about 4 to 6 weeks to sprout, at which point the crowns of the plant will be visible. You can then expect it to take a few more weeks for the first flowers to appear. Though you won’t want to do it, picking those flowers off at first will help your plant to instead establish strong roots and propagate. If you do this in the spring, you will likely get another crop of flowers by late summer or early fall and at that point you’ll be able to keep them there. Remember that different berries produce fruit at different times – June bearing varieties will only flower and produce fruit in June, ever bearing and day bearing varieties will typically give you at least two crops per year, one in the spring and another in the fall.

Once you see flowers on your plant, it usually takes another 30 days or so for these flowers to turn into the fruit that all of us are so excited to finally see. It can take another week or so for the fruit to ripen. Once it is ripe, you will want to pick it right away to avoid it becoming moldy or diseased.

Now that you know how long it takes for strawberries to grow from their beginning stages of seeds into a fruit producing plant, you can see that patience is very important! It may be anywhere from a few months to even a year to see to the results, but the hard work will pay off when you have a blossoming strawberry plant that gives you a nice crop!