#strawberries
I planted these spring onions as companion plants for my strawberries last summer.
I wasn't expecting them to grow big, just to deter the bugs from my strawberries on the balcony. It worked and I didn't have any problems with bugs on any of the pots with strawberries (despite huge problems with other plants and bugs).
Some 7 months later, the strawberries are all in winter mode and these onions are getting really big. I have already picked a few of them from the pots and used them in cooking or frozen some as they get too big for the small planters on the balcony.
These 2 are going to be used in a spring onion soup and the rest will be frozen for future use.
Thanks to the tip someone gave me last spring, I have been self sufficient when it comes to these and don't think I will ever buy them from the shops again.
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From the $8,400 #Ruby #Roman #grapes to the (spoiler alert) $45,000 Yubari #melon, here are some of the most expensive and #exotic #fruits in the #world. Honourable mention: #Strawberries at $375 apiece.
Published 11th November 2023 (22:25
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Earlier this year, I planted some spring onions between my strawberries to prevent them from getting attacked by bugs.
Surprisingly it worked well and now that the strawberries starting to fade. The spring onions are growing faster and I have already harvested 2 grocery stores size plants from another pot and have some 20 more growing.
Lost lot of of them in the aphids infestation that I didn't detect earlier, but I have more than enough for my personal use and enjoy having fresh leaves of them with my stews and sandwiches.
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Having strawberries and cream this #HamsterMonday
Hope you’re enjoying all the lovely seasonal berries.
Got some #strawberries while I was gone in Sweden!
Plants are full of #flowers, both the ones from last year and those I bought at local market.
Have a bunch of runners and may use them to start in #hudroponic again and see how I manage this time. The previous attempts end up in plants dying, but now I know more and have better test equipment and nutrients.
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First strawberry from the balcony garden!
I don't really like #strawberries, but I eat the ones I grow because they are delicious.
This one was amazingly sweet with a taste of sourness. I'm hoping to have more int the coming days and weeks.
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Planted the spring onions in between the strawberries as companion crops. They will help preventing bugs eating the strawberries.
I learned that from an old organic gardener who said he never needed pesticide after he planted #onions and #garlic in between his #strawberries.
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I never had good luck with strawberries.
I keep buying them and they keep dying on me. Last year I bought 6 plants, decided to keep some in a dedicated planter and not mix it with anything else 4 died and managed to get more plants from the runners.
This spring, I see flowers popping up and they seems to be really healthy.
Preparing some organic liquid fertilizer to feed them so they have enough nutrients to grow healthy fruits.
My daughter is coming at the end of April to visit and I hope to be able to give her some delicious home grown strawberries (her favorite when she was a kid).
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I was worried thaty strawberries from last year were not doing so well.
Gave them a boost of organic fertilizer last week and now I see a little flower popping up.
I really don't like #strawberries, but love to grow them. They are so pretty and love to keep expanding them via the runners.
But I kill more plants than I ever eat their fruits. And it's one of the plants I've never been able to grow from seeds!
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Bought 6 strawberry plants when i moved back here in March.
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5 died. And the last one seems to be doing great. 3rd round of flowers and fruits, 5 baby plants and 3 runners. Going to grow half in soil and half in hydroponics. To see what i do.
Will use mycheap hydroponic unit for 3 strawberries. It is not cost effective, but can be fun to try. Place it on the bedroom window so it gets evening sunshine and 8 hours of LED lights per day.
Bit of a wet day and a couple #strawberries from yesterday.
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VEGAN STRAWBERRY PIE
Vegan Strawberry Pie is the perfect summertime dessert, made with plenty of fresh strawberries and a sweet homemade sauce with no Jell-O! Only 6 ingredients and easy to make.
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Gardening season has officially started.
Brought some plants from my old place and had them in the IKEA krydda system for a while, and yesterday, I found strawberries at a local shop that I brought home and realized I can push them into the square holes of the system.
Have to replace the soil and change it with coco peat this weekend but for now it looks good.
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A stroll around the back #garden. My spouse is the person responsible for most of this bounty.
The #tomatoes have appreciated the hot conditions of the #summer and are bearing #flowers and #fruit.
#Allium #flowers appear in a variety of #colours and cluster sizes.
#Strawberries have already produced #fruit but are still #flowering too.
Meanwhile, it is too early for the #pumpkin patch to produce #squashes yet but the flowers are also edible. We've had just a few in dishes. You can also see #dill flowers here and as the subject in the subsequent #photograph.
There are a few ornamental flowers too which also help to attract #pollinators.
The #grapes are also ripening on the #vine and we've already enjoyed some of the #VineLeaves for dinner.
The #RunnerBeans continues to #flower even though it has borne #fruit.
The #apples are getting bigger too.
Finally, the #lettuce plants are growing tall and producing seeds for next year.
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As we're in #summer now, the #garden is in production mode.
Here are some unripe #strawberries. I like the vivid #greens that came out in the #photograph.
And here is a clump of white #roses.
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