HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla. — Did you know that one strawberry plant can produce up to 50 berries during a single season? Now, multiply that number by thousands of strawberry rows.

That’s a lot of berries. And this year, there may be more than ever.

What You Need To Know • The University of Florida's IFAS Extension Hillsborough County Office reports more than 15,000 acres of strawberries planted • It’s due to demand and high usage of strawberry acreage • One local farm in Plant City says they are looking at a promising strawberry season this year

We’re only at the start of the strawberry season, but one farm in Plant City says it's a promising one, that’ll be the sweetest one yet.

“This one already has a lot of flowers. It hasn’t produced the strawberry yet, but we can see they’ll

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