Robert Nyman
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Robert Nyman
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Every single strawberry is the result of lots of care and work. Fortunately I know to appreciate the work involved in strawberries. I was lucky enough to grow up in a small strawberry plantation my parents started to get some additional income in addition to all other farming products.
We all know from where strawberries come ... from the supermarket shelves. We also know who does all the work ... we hire cheap foreign labor willing to work for less than 5$ per hour because the work is too hard and too low paying for us ...
Wrong!
It is time to learn to do such jobs ourselves. No matter how little it pays.
Strawberry farming is a year long work of caring for your strawberry fields, for each plant and each fruit.
Many ways to grow strawberries - artificial, chemical / plastic methods and organic natural methods. The coming pictures will show you how to grow strawberry plants and berries.
In album Fruits of the Philippine islands
Lupine at Quail Hollow Ranch, CA USA
Underlaying dry straw or grass to protect strawberries from fouling. Strawberries are easily fouling when nearing the dark red ripe stage. A rainy day wet soil from irrigation may cause strawberries to foul. Hence there is a need to keep the fruits away from soil, either with a layer of clean low grass or straw as practiced here in this photo.
As long as the strawberry is green or partially green, the fruits easily survives rain or wet condition. In the final 2-3 days before harvest however the strawberry turns into a a very fragile fruit.
The dark red ones are ready for harvest NOW, the other one with the greenish tip still needs another 2-3 days.
Strawberry fields need to be harvested every day during harvest season. One single day too late may either surrender a ripe fruit to snails or fouling.
In album Fruits of the Philippine islands
Info from:
Private Club
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