SWEET CHARLIE BOOM IN THE MARKET

Deliciously sweet strawberry variety boomed in the market, since the peak season is from February to March, eventually it still a summer crop.

The price per kilo in the Baguio Public Market is P130 to P150 on a medium size.

The best time to harvest Sweet Charlie strawberries is after the very tip of the strawberry has redder.

Sweet Charlie produces a great choice for the home garden and very timely habit this pandemic that

most preferred strawberry plant both by growers and by consumers.

Sweet Charlie strawberry plants have an atypical ripening profile that can be quite variable. Generally, the variety has two weeks of an early production that produces very good, high-quality strawberries. However, after the initial two weeks, size tends to drop off drastically in the early midseason. Photo by: Mario Oclaman / FNS