‘Hanging’ Strawberry Plant

Haaretz: Tutlui, a strawberry that grows on a bed suspended in midair, is one of the most successful agricultural inventions of the past two years. The innovation is expected to change the way this veteran yet problematic crop – a vegetable that is actually a fruit – is grown.

Despite the huge investment necessary to convert the creeping strawberry to a hanging plant, growers who have made the change report business successes beyond all expectations. The good results stem firstly from an unbelievable increase in yield. A dunam of creeping strawberries yields six to seven tons of fruit, while the hanging version yields up to 12 tons.
Moreover, of the yield from creeping plants, only between 800 kilograms and one ton are export quality. In contrast, 3 to 3.5 tons of the hanging strawberries are export quality – and that is where the big money is!
New `hanging’ strawberry plant wows Europeans [Haaretz]