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Post by Robert on Apr 5, 2008 16:56:14 GMT 8
Hi Tarence, (sorry to hijack the thread here) . The ornamental strawberry, i was told, grows wild in Taiwan. Amos, our Taiwanese cps residing in Kuching, planted in his garden and grows very well under cool shade. He said it was called "san chow mei" literally mean wild strawberries. The commercial variety sold in the market were grown in the valley of Ba'kelalan ( Northern Sarawak ) due to the cold night 18°C, day 28°C , and high humidity. Not just strawberries but some varieties of apples were commercially grown due to well drain soil . Some photos taken during my visit enroute to Batu Lawi last year. Ba'Kelalan was the launch pad for photographers and enthusuasts of neps, orchids, aroids, ferns, etc.. Ba'kelalan valley taken from one of the mts  resting to catch a view of the valley before proceeding our journey  commercial methods of growing ( I heard it was introduced by a Taiwanese)   2 varieties of apples. Apples were already harvested during my visit. These are the immature ones. apple farm    |
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Post by tarence on Apr 7, 2008 14:19:40 GMT 8
Robert, when you say ornamental s`berries, you mean much smaller fruits rite ? the ones in your photo are the commercially grown ones which are bigger ?
In all your time spent outdoors, have you ever come across the s`berry tree i mention ? which i saw in KK Park.
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Post by Robert on Apr 7, 2008 15:50:44 GMT 8
Robert, when you say ornamental s`berries, you mean much smaller fruits rite ? the ones in your photo are the commercially grown ones which are bigger ? In all your time spent outdoors, have you ever come across the s`berry tree i mention ? which i saw in KK Park. The strawberries grown in Bario are the same as those grown in KK. They have harvested when i was in Bario,only immature ones are left behind. yup, they're bigger than the ornamental s'berries. Commercially grown s'berries and ornamental type are imported from overseas. more likely those grown in KK are not native to Borneo. There are wild edible berries , round smooth skin, but doesn't resembled s/berries. |
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Post by harris on Apr 8, 2008 17:28:34 GMT 8
Hi guys, Been off the forum for 2 weeks now. Currently on a rig with painfully slow internet connection. Tarence, Very nice looking strawberries lah, I'm jealous. When I was in CH, I was tempted to buy the shrub. Can't stop imagining strawberrries hanging from pergola ;D and plucking a red one whenever you wish. But, that's only my dream lah since it won't produce fruit in low land  . |
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Post by tarence on Apr 9, 2008 12:29:45 GMT 8
Harris, i can send you the ornamental strawberry if you want...it`s cute, produces fruit easily & hardy....i even use it for ground cover in certain sections of my garden.
Robert : i wish I had taken a better photo of the wild strawberry tree ( it was raining & very dark when i was there last ) when i was in KK park. It really does resemble a strawberry in shape, colour & size....i`ll see if my KK frens can assist.
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Post by plantlover on Apr 9, 2008 16:08:52 GMT 8
I wish I had a strawberry plant. Looks so cute.
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Post by phissionkorps on Apr 9, 2008 16:44:32 GMT 8
Saw some strawberry roots in the store today. Unfortunately I don't have anywhere to plant them I don't think. Either birds would kill them in the front yard, or my dog would eat them in the back.
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Post by phissionkorps on Apr 10, 2008 6:48:15 GMT 8
Well we are trying to sell this house, and my dad told me to do some landscaping, so I bought the strawberry roots and planted them in this big whiskey-barrel looking thing in my front yard. Will update when/if something happens.
They are supposed to produce fruit all year long. In the summer, it easily gets to 114° here, so we'll see if they survive haha.
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Post by tarence on Apr 10, 2008 9:10:15 GMT 8
they sell strawberry roots ? interesting.....the s`berry plants in the barrel should be lovely. over here, the nurseries sell this strawberry pot which has a few side holes ( about 5 or 6 i think ) to support the vining stems of the shrub. so eventually, you`ll get s`berries growing around the whole pot.
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Post by phissionkorps on Apr 10, 2008 9:33:27 GMT 8
Yup. Right where my fingers are, there is a rhizome, and right above them is where the new growth pops out.  You just dig a hole, drop em in, and water them. This method is much better than seed since it gives you such a head start. More expensive though, but it's better this way if you only want a few plants. $1.50 or so for a seed pack vs. $3.50 for a pack of 10 roots. |
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Post by tarence on Apr 10, 2008 16:17:02 GMT 8
i`ll take the roots anytime...heheh. thx for the sharing......i learnt that s`berry roots can be dried & stored for future germination. whaddya know....  |
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Post by phissionkorps on Apr 12, 2008 9:23:06 GMT 8
I went to water my strawberries today, and they're gone! There are little indentations in the soil where I planted them. A squirrel must've gotten to them and eaten them. My neighbor has 2 squirrel nests in his tree which I think I might go burn down |
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Post by rsivertsen on Apr 12, 2008 10:00:42 GMT 8
I've had some problems with these semi arborial rodents myself! They seem to dig up my dormant Drosera pots and scatter them all over my driveway, and even get into my attic and set up shop, gnawing on my rafters, waking me up 4:30 AM in the morning, and having me go through some Donald Duck routine early in the morning! Oh well. I'll deal with it!  |
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Post by bactrus on Apr 12, 2008 10:59:57 GMT 8
Wondering if you could trap the rodens then release it somewhere else?
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Post by phissionkorps on Apr 12, 2008 14:05:21 GMT 8
Nah there are TONS of squirrels around here. The only way to control them is burning their nest, pellet gun, or rat trap. I'm a redneck though...so I'd eat them. Can't waste!
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Post by rsivertsen on Apr 12, 2008 19:57:08 GMT 8
It's actually illegal to trap them and release them elsewhere! I tried that once, and was informed that I could introduce disease and parasites into other populations!
All the natural predators (snakes bobcat, and fox) of these invasive rodents are gone, and with warmer and milder winters, they are in a massive population explosion! If they are trapped and released too close to where they were caught, they find themselves right back again to the same area within the same day.
One of my neighbors set a "Have-A-Heart" trap in his garden where he has a few bird feeders, and the squirrels tear up his plants and destroy the bird feeders, and apparently forgot about it after a few days of staying empty. Then one day he got a knock on the door and was arrested for "cruelty to animals" as there had been a squirrel that got in the trap, and a was there for 2 days! Poor guy is facing criminal charges, and possibly jail, plus a thousand dollar fine! Yikes!
_ Rich
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Post by harris on Apr 14, 2008 5:57:16 GMT 8
Hi Tarence,
Thanks for the generous offer, I really appreciate it ;D.
I'll contact you when I get home in early May.
Cheers.
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Post by tarence on Apr 22, 2008 18:25:33 GMT 8
No problemo harris..plse do.
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Post by tarence on May 29, 2008 19:34:50 GMT 8
i have squirrels scurrying about in my garden too. but my miniature schnauzer takes good care of me CPs. she`s great at scaring off most rodents & can dart almost as fast as the squirrels. so my CPs are safe ecept for the occasional knocked over pot.
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Post by phissionkorps on May 30, 2008 5:03:43 GMT 8
Just an update on my strawberry roots: Nothing ever happened. I put some outside, and some in my nep grow chamber which has very good conditions, and they never did anything. I would expect they would've at least shot up one leaf by now. I think I will throw them away today, since I am running out of room in my chamber anyway, and they're not doing anything.
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