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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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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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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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Our wild strawberries’ journey began on September 1, 2015. This was our second alpine variety in 2015. Please follow the germination tips in this link. My variety was “Fragaria Vesca” or Woodlands Strawberries. This pack (local supermarkets’ brand) of seeds did not have a good germination rate. Out of 30 seeds, […]
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In 2017, we began a new exploration of white wild Alpine strawberries varieties in KRATKY (passive hydroponic) method. These varieties are not common commercially and too fragile to ship, thus we had to grow them from seeds. We were keen to grow them out of curiosity because their taste profiles were described as intensely […]
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