Where are strawberries grown in California?
Strawberries flourish in the warm, sunny days and cool, foggy nights in the coastal growing regions found in San Diego, Oxnard, Orange County, Santa Maria and Watsonville/Salinas. The western ocean exposure provides one of the best places in the world to grow strawberries. Strawberries have been commercially grown in California since the turn of the century. How long is the strawberry season in California? The California strawberry season begins in January in Southern California and continues through November in the northern part of the state. Peak strawberry season occurs in April, May and June when all five major growing districts are producing strawberries simultaneously. During peak season, volume rises from about a million trays per week up to five million trays. That’s 60 million pint baskets per week! How large is the annual California strawberry crop? California provides 80% of the nation’s fresh and frozen strawberries and produces about a billion pounds of strawberries to wra
