Strawberries in Davao

Soon we will have strawberries?

What a surprise! One of the little plants that we have taken from the region of Arakan (which is a plateau located near the Mt. Apo, about 50 km from Davao and which  is cool)  last year, there is now the first, small fruit: strawberries in Davao. For us, this is a  surprise.

It is not so easy to get strawberries to bloom and then hope that they will also form fruits. The sun here in Davao is just too strong: Shoes that have a synthetic sole or ladies handbags with plastic inserts will be mercilessly destroyed by the UV radiation - and also our seeds brought from Germany , such as basil, cut lettuce, marjoram and chives went  down too. The seeds germinated, developed a little bit and then it was over. Nothing more.

That what you get in vegetables here is small and has a tough skin, such as peppers or tomatoes or grapes. And on the fields where it grows, there are  nets  stretched to mitigate the solar radiation. It's obvious,  we are almost directly below the equator!

So, we hope that the other strawberry plants  will come to flower and will bring fruits. Maybe it's enough for strawberry cake!

With best regards

Ludwig from Davao