How to Plant Seeds Picked Off a Strawberry? A Detailed Guide to Growing Strawberries from Seed

Anyone who has eaten strawberries knows that the tiny dots on the surface of a strawberry are its seeds. Some people pick them off and plant them in soil, waiting to eat strawberries they grew themselves one day. So, how do you plant seeds picked off a strawberry?

1. How to plant seeds picked off a strawberry?

First, press the seeds with your fingernail to see whether the strawberry seeds are plump and mature. If there is a white solid inside, the seed is mature; if it is hollow or liquid inside, it cannot be used. Then, soak the seeds in warm water for 8-12 hours, and once they have swollen, scatter them on the soil surface in a flower pot, covering them with fine sandy soil about 0.2 cm thick. Finally, place the flower pot in a shallow water basin, and once the water has slowly seeped through and moistened the soil in the pot, take it out and wait for germination.

2. How much is strawberries per jin?

The price of strawberries is not cheap. When expensive, they cost around ten to twenty yuan; when cheap, just a few yuan. According to information provided by the National Agricultural Products Business Information Public Service Platform, the strawberry prices on October 18, 2019 were: Shandong Jinan Dikou Fruit Wholesale Market sold at 8 yuan/kg, Hebei Handan (Weixian) Tianxian Fruit Agricultural Trade Wholesale Market sold at 19 yuan/kg, Beijing Jingfeng Yuegezhuang Agricultural and Sideline Products Wholesale Market sold at 20 yuan/kg, and Beijing Chaoyang District Dayanglu Agricultural and Sideline Products Wholesale Market sold at 26.5 yuan/kg.