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This plant deserved its own journal instead of writing it under our 2019 post, which was not successful in liquid-based. We sowed the seeds on April 26, 2020, at 2.31 pm. When it germinated on the 28th, we thought it was a blueberry because this errant seed has gotten into our blueberry […]
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From the beginning of our gardening adventures, we love the idea of foraging for homegrown berries in our gardens. Since growing strawberries in 2015, we had explored other types of berries plants, from mainly seeds and also from cutting. In 2016, we grew wolfberries, and this year (2019) began journeys into berries “bush” […]
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Ground Cherries are not cherries 🙂 These belong to the nightshade family, similar to capsicums and tomatoes. They are also known as husk tomatoes or sweet tomatillos. Another common name that is confusing, is “Cape Gooseberries” (Physalis Peruviana), which really is a type of ground cherry that shared the “gooseberry” name and […]
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Our orange’s journal began unexpectedly on January 31 2019 when this sprouted seed was found in our fruit. We will observe how it grows from this point more for curiosity’s sake than expecting any fruits. Moreover, it is unlikely our bedroom is able to support an orange tree. Its growth was […]
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Our first exploration of white strawberries was WHITE SOUL on August 23 2015 in soil. In 2017, we learned how to grow in a liquid base, and began new exploration using KRATKY hydroponics method. This post is a rewrite of the journal from 2015 to compare notes between soil-based and KRATKY, non circulating hydroponic. […]
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It had been 4 years since we grew and documented journals on growing strawberries from seeds in Singapore. With the compilation of data and observations from our plants, we began to test what we hypothesized about strawberries in the tropical zone since 2016 and these were some of our findings. The parameter for our […]
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Before we get too excited about these apples seedlings and dreams of picking fresh apples from our own trees, some reading would suffice to put everything back on track, firmly in reality. Here are the “BAD NEWS” about apples from supermarkets’ fruits seeds – The seedling will become a tree, about 6 […]
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Notice I did not add a “tree” behind the papaya in the title? There was some debate during the sharing of this post in our group (SG Farming in Apartments) whether a papaya plant is a tree, herb, or both! 🙂 What is interesting about the papaya plant is that it has three […]
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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 […]
Continue ReadingLiving 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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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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The day finally arrived to pick and taste the fruits of our labor! No one, not even ourselves, anticipated that this day would arrive so quickly. We picked our first SG strawberries on October 20, 2015, two months earlier than expected. As our plants are cultivated in water bottles and not […]
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In March 2015, my 11-year-old daughter’s birthday wish was to harvest strawberries in our apartment. 🙂 It would not be a hard wish to grant if we were living in a temperate climate region, but we are living in Singapore, a tropical country. Right from the start, we were met with disbelief and skepticism […]
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