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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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Grow White Wild Alpine from seeds in Singapore

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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Grow gourmet strawberries

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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Best ways to grow strawberries from seeds

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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