🍓 Strawberry
The plant is hardy but blossoms fear frost; big day–night swings mean sweeter fruit.
Strawberry at a glance
Is Strawberry frost tolerant?
Yes, through light frosts. Damage starts at -2°C and it is killed below -12°C.
What temperature does Strawberry grow best in?
It grows best between 10 and 27°C. Below 4°C it stops growing altogether, and above 30°C it slows down.
How many days does Strawberry take to mature?
About 60–80 days (from seedling). That is a typical figure: it needs roughly 750 °C·d of warmth above 4°C, so a warm season gets it there sooner and a cool one later. The city calendars below give the sow and harvest dates for each place.
Is Strawberry a cool-season or warm-season crop?
A cool-season crop. It does best in the mild weather of spring and autumn, and slows down in summer heat above 30°C.
What the numbers mean
These are the actual parameters this game runs on. Growth is driven by growing degree days: each day contributes max(0, min(mean temp, 30) − 4), and Strawberry is ready when that total reaches 750. That is why the same seed takes a very different number of days in Dublin and in Guangzhou.
| Base temperature | 4°CBelow this, the plant accumulates no growing degree days at all. |
|---|---|
| Degree days to maturity | 750 °C·dThe heat budget it must accumulate before it is ready to pick. |
| Comfortable range | 10–27°CWhere it grows without stress. |
| Frost damage below | -2°CLeaves start taking frost damage below this low. |
| Killed below | -12°CBelow this it does not come back. |
| Heat stress above | 30°CAbove this the plant slows down and stops setting fruit well. |
| Typical time to harvest | 60–80 days (from seedling) |
| Yield per bed | 20 berries |
Things worth knowing
- A strawberry is not a berry — the tiny dots are the true fruits; the red flesh is a swollen stem.
- Warm days and cool nights are the recipe for the sweetest strawberries.
Where and when to sow Strawberry
Pick your city to see the months when Strawberry scores well against that city's real climate records: