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Temperamental Plants

Growing cool seasoned plants such as strawberries outside their ideal zones is not difficult as long as we understood the plants’ signals. From the experience of seeds grown plants, we first recognized what are the healthy signals. For strawberries, the most indicative of health is red or vivid stems/crown. Next are open faced leaves, upright […]

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Vertical Edibles Gardens in Containers

Vertical Container Gardens

    Our indoor gardens are often challenged by limited space and sun but it is still pleasant to live surrounded by plants we love. Since 2015 to accommodate our expanding strawberry garden, we grew vertically on our windows as well as horizontally on tables by the windows. We made pots out of recycled PET (  polyethylene […]

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Home Grown Sugar Cane in Singapore

SUGAR CANE !

    My friend of over 20 years, Ling, brought me some homegrown sugar cane in February 2018 and they were amazingly juicy and sweet. To enjoy these, we hacked the long hard stem of the fruits at the joint which will break after a few hits. From the top of each shortened stem, split […]

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Grow Harvest Eat microgreens

MICROGREENS

    Thanks to Jack Yam’s sharing with easy to follow tutorial and accompanying photographs, a lot of gardeners learned how to grow microgreens. With Jack’s permission, his pictures and instructions are shared in this post.   Step 1 – Recycle any plastic container suitable for growing! Drill or cut holes at the base for […]

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Grow Coriander or Cilantro from seeds in Singapore

Coriander – Grow from seeds

    I love this aromatic herb for many reasons. It adds flavor to any dishes and packed a punch in health benefits. Coriander or Cilantro’s health benefits – Reduce levels of LDL (bad cholesterol) and increasing levels of HDL Lower blood sugar and pressure improve bowel movement Rich in vitamin C, K, and protein […]

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Healthy Aloe Vera Signs

Aloe Vera Care & Benefits

  Healthy Aloe Vera looked like the above illustration. The following notes and illustrations are from Eric Lim (June 11 2017) who hope they are helpful to fellow gardeners. Unhealthy Aloe Vera symptoms – Aloe Vera plant problems and solutions – How to grow aloe vera – Interesting information about Aloe Vera from my readings […]

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Start a garden with an experienced guide

Customize Soil Mixes

    We all know that plants have different preferences for where they rest their “feet” (roots). Some plants preferred very dry medium, like rosemary and lavenders, while others thrived in moist but well-drained mixes. Generally, plants do not tolerate having their roots soaked all the time. Thus, it is important to know how to […]

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Tropical strawberry planter ideas

COOL PORTABLE GROW BED

    Gardening is no longer about just growing plants! Its a combination of great D.I.Y ideas like this and plant knowledge which will allow gardeners to grow plants that are typically out of the zone. And that’s why I love Wanqing Lee’s icebox idea for a tropical strawberry planter. For material cost of less than […]

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Home Aquaponics

Ethan Phang’s Sleek Aquaponics

    The idea is simple. Reared some marine life, be it fishes or shrimps, then channel the aquarium water to feed vegetables. It’s a self-sustaining system that auto-irrigates your edibles while you are on holiday! Sound great, right? But this post took me the longest time to write, even though I told Ethan Phang […]

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Hydroponics Strawberries

Finally! A well documented hydroponics experiment contributed by member Cher Keng Heng and posted in our “berries crazy” group, SG Farming in Apartments!!! Gardener Cher Keng Heng grew his strawberries in his office, where the environment is cool at 22C all day long (24hours) and I am assuming 7 days a week. Ideal strawberries environment indeed! […]

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Grow Bell Peppers or Capsicums from seeds in Singapore

CAPSICUMS FROM SEEDS

    Orange capsicum’s journey began on September 27 2015 with seeds from fresh supermarket capsicums. This is the second time I grew capsicums after culling my first crop due to fruit flies larvae infestation in the pot.     Rather than applying pesticides, we culled the above plants. The larvae’s problems were too serious. […]

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Grow Heirloom Pineapple Strawberries from seeds

Pineapple Strawberry

    UPDATE 2018 – Successfully grown in non-circulating hydroponics (KRATKY) and began 3rd generation seedlings trials. This variety was acclimatized to SG natural environment by 2017.     The parent plants of this variety began their journey on January 16 2016 in soil. This is Alpine heirloom Pineapple strawberries, a low growing variety with […]

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Grow Lavenders from seeds in containers

For Lavender Fans

      UPDATE 2019 – GROW LAVENDERS IN LIQUID  WORKSHOP AVAILABLE!      Our Unique curriculum includes how to acclimatize lavenders for our climate! These plants are able to renew growth from dry wooden barks on their own.     Hardy acclimated lavenders are easier to maintain in our climate. This is how the […]

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Grow Rosemary from cutting or seeds in Singapore

ROSEMARY – GROW THEM WELL

  Rosemary plants are one of the easiest herbs to grow once we understood what they need. As a novice gardener in 2015, I could not say the same as I was a serial killer of rosemary plants bought from nurseries, even though I followed their instructions of care faithfully. I did not understand then […]

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Small Space Edibles Garden

    Living in a small apartment and no space for homegrown vegetables?   This was Lim San’s tomatoes harvest from a cup!       Too busy! No time to tend to a garden?   How about a Do-It-Yourself – Automatic watering garden out of free-of-charge recycled containers?       Having no land […]

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Cycle of strawberry plants from seeds in Singapore

Cycle of Strawberry Plants

    Strawberry plants with dainty flowers, lush green leaves, and vivid red stems do not remain pretty forever. Even in our climate, there will be a season for fruiting and dormancy. In dormancy, they rest but will not attain full dormancy as plants with winter. Our observation regarding winter in tropical strawberries post.   […]

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Hydro Mint from Cutting

How to Propagate Mint Plant

    2018 UPDATE – HYDROPONIC MINT 2019 UPDATE – HYDROPONIC HERBS, VEGETABLES OR LAVENDERS WORKSHOPS AVAILABLE   ROOTING HERBS METHOD Many herbs can be propagated this way. First, cut a stem from a plant or use any stem from the market with lower leaves removed. Stick the stem cutting in water until roots appear. […]

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Strawberries Care in the Tropical Zone

New data in  2017 – Strawberries are heat and cold tolerant at the same time. They are extremely adaptable plants once they are mature. This observation lead to new trials to see how far I can pushed this boundary. In outdoor trials, plants successfully fruit in spite of aphids infestation and without hand pollination. No […]

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Grow wolfberries, Goji berries from seeds or cutting in Singapore

Wolfberries / Goji Berries/ KAU KEE Plant

Updated 2018 June 30 –  We completed the full cycle journal on Kau Kee cutting to fruits and other observations. These plants continue to surprise while gifting us knowledge and food. As fresh berries were not available in our markets, we grew to share them with our family and neighbors. Last but not least, we can grow […]

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Grow strawberries from seeds in Singapore

Growing Strawberries in Singapore Outdoor Garden

The goal is to test how to adapt strawberries to fruit without air conditioning in Singapore. On October 19 2015, I began the first outdoor trial with Alpine strawberries from my niece’s sickly lot. These outdoor plants had a traumatic start ! 🙂 Summer and I decided to self pollinate the strawberry flowers in the […]

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How to Chill Cool Seasoned Plants’ Soil?

The plants that often intrigue us in Singapore are ones thats not meant to grow in our tropical climate! 🙂 Lavender today (Oct 29 2015)  from one post in our Facebook group, ” SG Farming in Apartments”, and strawberries are my all time favorite plants to grow in Singapore! If we cannot put our plants […]

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Grow Mignonette Strawberries from seeds in Singapore

How to Transplant Strawberry Plant

    More than half of our 30 strawberry plants died from transplanting woes than from Singapore tropical weather. This is an experience earned the hardest way. And the reason why this blog is set up, to share our knowledge.   2 weeks old Seedlings Transplant        Young Seedlings ( 1 – 3 […]

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