Strawberry planting In December 2019 we had a great holiday in South Korea. One of the day trips included a trip to a strawberry farm (I can't recall it's name or location now) but the strawberries were big, sweet and juicy. Nothing like what you get in supermarkets in Singapore. I was hooked. So, some strawberry seeds were saved. And we also had a few from a kit that LL bought in Singapore. These were Alpine strawberry seeds from Paris Garden, and I think it originated in HK. The first seeds were sown in the pink pot on 26 December 2019, straight after we got back from Langkawi. The Paris Garden kit came with a flat peat pellet that swelled with hydration and was placed in the pink pot. It only took a week before the Alpine strawberry seeds germinated. These gave rise to very small, fragile looking seedlings with the 2 cotyledons. The Korean strawberry plants germinated later, perhaps about 2-3 weeks later. They were stouter with thicker stems and leaves. As the se...
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