Overview
- Fields for pick‑your‑own strawberries are open in the Munich area, Augsburger Land and Werra‑Meißner-Kreis as of early June and are receiving visitors.
- Most farms quoted self‑pick prices clustered around €3.40–€4.00 per kilogram while at least one grower, Obstbauernhof Kraus, is charging €4.90/kg.
- Growers said a short cold spell and a shallow soil frost last week delayed the start by a few days and could reduce yields for sensitive early varieties.
- Farms are managing visitor flow with measures such as daily rotation of picking areas, straw laid on paths, posted opening hours and multiple fields open through the week.
- Domestic production supplies about 39% of German demand, consumers eat roughly 3.3 kg of strawberries per person a year, and farmers warn higher energy and labor costs may keep prices varied.