"For the past 10 years, it has consistently rained in India during our peak season - November, December, and the first week of January. "We have trailed 19 different varieties, including rare Japanese ones, and we are the only ones in India trailing a specific Netherlands variety this season." He can remember when the first American varieties were planted in 1992 and being amazed at the size of the fruit. The FPO is also building vertical towers, where strawberries can be grown on a coco-peat substrate, five layers deep. I post videos of how one can grow strawberries and invite tourists to visit my strawberry farm, learn and pick the fruit.