Garden By the Bed
2015 When we started on this journey in March 2015, it was just one nondescript table by a sunny window in a bedroom. Then two tables started filling up with plants as we gained confidence in gardening. Papaya, lychee, and any seed that stroke our curiosity were tried. We saw how […]
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Wild Woodlands Strawberries
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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White Strawberries
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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How To Germinate Strawberry Seeds
3 EASY steps to germinate strawberry seeds in Singapore : I) Bright morning sun room in normal SG temperature (NO air-conditioning) Cool breeze ventilated the germinating trays which were recycled from fruit packaging. 2) Don’t bury the seeds! Seeds sowed on the soil surface as shown: […]
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Harvesting Strawberries In SG Apartment!
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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Strawberries’ Overview – From Seeds to Fruits :)
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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