Which strawberry variety and planting time suit Mahabaleshwar conditions?

Strawberry is a cool-season crop, and Mahabaleshwar in Satara is one of India's best-known strawberry belts. Commonly grown varieties in India include Winter Dawn, Camarosa, Sweet Charlie, Nabila and others, with day-neutral and short-day types behaving differently, so pick a variety suited to your climate and market. Planting is usually timed so the crop runs through the cooler months, often runners or plug plants set out in the cooler part of the year, with raised beds, plastic mulch and drip being standard. Healthy, disease-free runners or tissue culture plants from a reliable source are critical, as virus and disease come in through bad planting material. Confirm the current recommended variety, exact planting window and a genuine plant source for Mahabaleshwar with your KVK and local growers.