In today's video we are going to sow strawberries directly from the market, with three super easy methods , to compare the evolution of the seedbed, until we have the plants ready to transplant. Our goal is going to be to try to get a very thin layer from the outside where we have the least possible amount of pulp and all the seeds attached, which actually every little dot we see would be fruits, but we are going to call them seeds in this way we have all the strawberries well cut to be able to sow them in the ways that I am going to show you now and we are going to see what is going to happen to them during this whole germination process, and to prepare the seedbed I am going to use a container that can leave it well covered. Our objective is going to be that no moisture escapes, from the moment we do the first watering. The main thing is that we do not have perforations below and that we can cover it well. This is the secret to maintaining a good level of humidity and that when the seeds begin to germinate the root, it can begin to enter the substrate that we are putting and as a substrate in this case I am using a compost that has bits of wood, but our objective The main thing is that this substrate can be kept well aerated from the moment the seeds begin to germinate. Additives are often added to this substrate, as in this case it can be the peat that originates from the sphagnum moss and this is the remains that are usually added to it, lately peat is being stopped being used a lot and is being replaced by coconut fiber, in this case it helps us to maintain extra humidity and also helps us to maintain a slightly acidic pH, I name these compounds because it is very normal that you may see some recipes where they are adding them, but with all the experience that I have been making until now, the compost when we have it well in this way works very well for all germination, once we have the plants a little more grown, there if we want we can combine some of these components, but in these cases what I usually do is combine it with the rest of the leaves and the strawberries went very well, I am going to prepare the three seedlings, to later show you the methods that we are going to be using, and the tray that we are going to use, we are going to be putting about 4 to 5 centimeters, of this substrate, with this it will be more than enough until we do the transplant in this way, About four or five centimeters we are not going to press the earth down, because when we water it, this will help us so that all the seeds are in good contact with the entire substrate. The first method that we are going to do is to place the slice directly on Therefore, it is important that the soil has the least amount of pulp on the other side, because throughout this process we are going to have growth of fungi mainly, the idea is to do all the sowing and later we are going to take all the results to see how they germinate , and we are going to leave them this way. This is number one and I am going to put another one here, that is, we have a space in the three cases that we are going to see today, we are not going to cover them, because the humidity that the seed will need to germinate will be because we are going to leave all this tightly closed, and we are going to call this method number one, for method number 2 we are going to try to dry all the pulp that we have so that later we can detach each one of the seeds and for this I recommend use waxed paper and the secret is going to be putting the strawberry upside down, with the entire pulp sector facing up, so that it dries faster and we are going to put a few keep in mind that you are going to leave this inside from home and if you are in the autumn winter season, next to a stove it will be more than good for it to dry faster, this is how we are going to leave it and in a while you will be able to detach all these shells of the strawberries and they will create in this way, very dry It is normal that in some cases when you cut it it is very thin it remains stuck in this way but you will be able to remove it with a knife super easily and you will detach all the seeds you see how they come off, you grab them like this and you start to squeeze them to start We are going to break everything, in this way you will have everything well crushed and with all the strawberry seeds we are going to sow this in another of the trays that we prepared in this way and there it will remain, we cover it and we are going to call this method number 2, and the third method consists of putting the strawberries directly in water and we are going to process them and it is a method that also helps us to remove the seeds from these strawberries that the fungus can attack and we cut them directly and we also remove them to put here, to take advantage of them and that in this way we can be taking out new strawberry plants, this method has the advantage that it releases all the seeds from the pulp and we directly fill it with water and in this case I am going to do it with these hand blenders and the secret to not breaking the seeds is to pulse and release and release in this way the seeds go to the bottom and we are left with all the water with the pulp. We are only going to start removing this very slowly, look, we continue removing some that are going to happen that we can recover, but there we have all the seeds in the back, I add a little more water to remove any remaining pulp and there we have all the seeds and once they are dry, look at how well they are free of pulp and this is very important and I am going to sow them in all this seedbed that we were preparing this will be method number 3 which is the biological look and it gave us very good results and I have all three methods. We are only going to do a little watering to try that the water reaches approximately one centimeter of the substrate that we made, the same with this other that are the dried and ground strawberries and with the last one, where we have the seeds well cleaned of pulp one centimeter , now we only have to close it in this way, we have the three methods left and we are going to leave the seedbed in a place that is illuminated and warm, until we begin to see germination, two days after having done this sowing in seedbed number 1 we are going to begin to find that we still see the strawberry slices with this red color and increasingly paler, because the fungi began to attack from the bottom up and they are going to eat first all the pulp that they found when we put them in contact with the substrate and if we go a little closer, these would be the hyphae of the fungus that began to attack and inside the strawberry, we began to find that all the pulp is very soft, this is totally normal. And as time goes by, the fungus will end up disintegrating all the pulp remains, so that only the seeds end up remaining, it is a fairly invasive method. And it may be that tomorrow it ends up affecting some of the seeds, in method number 2, since we were crushing all the dry pulp of the strawberries, we are going to see a greater attack of fungi and that it attacks all the remains of the strawberries that we were putting and this happens because the bits of strawberries that were left hydrated and began to release all the remains of sugar they had and the fungi invade much more and this method can end up affecting many of the seeds that we were putting, here is one of these pulp-free seeds and we are going to have to wait for this population of fungi to drop so that the seeds have time to start germinating. Look at the amount of moisture that is preserved and this is very important to give the seeds extra hydration when they begin to germinate, but this moisture will also be favoring the fungi, but this is a completely natural process that you have What to give so that the pulp disintegrates and frees all the seeds and in method number 3, which is the one that I always recommend in biological views. Notice that after two days we have almost no fungal growth and this is because As we remove the pulp, we are not going to have any extra water and we are not going to have the sugars that are what stimulate all the growth of these fungi, this does not mean that the fungi are not present, but that in this way, by not Having food we will have it well controlled and the seeds will be free so that they begin to germinate. And look at the amount of humidity that we also have around here and this is very important because it will help us so that when the roots begin to emerge it can have the necessary water to grow much faster, three days later the fungal attack is quite invasive, but we will notice that the pulp began to disintegrate in both method 1 and method 2 and in the last one we will have the seeds completely free and on the eighth day we will begin to notice that the fungal population completely decreases and we are practically not going to see any of pulp, both in case number 1 and in case number 2 we are going to have many dead seeds. I am going to show you how they evolved almost two and a half months after having planted them. This is the number one method, where I sowed the slices directly and note that a small amount of seeds were germinating, although here and in the other two that we are going to see, the strawberry seeds have a staggered germination, with this it does not mean that it is only these that are going to germinate, but as time goes by all the seeds that are dormant will continue to germinate, and with this we can notice that they have the two small cotyledons and we still do not see true leaves, since We are not going to have any more pulp or mushrooms, so I close this and I am going to continue leaving it in a well-lit and warm place, to give time for all the other seeds to germinate and here I have seedbed number 2 where I was putting all the dried and crushed strawberries and here we are going to have a much smaller amount of germinated seeds and this has to do with the amount of fungi that were attacking throughout the first period, and this is the third case where I removed all the pulp and look at the difference, we are going to notice a higher percentage of germination and the seeds that remained dormant have this very yellow color and this is an indication, which will give us, that many of these will continue to germinate, we are going to go with this one It has the two true leaves and on the back are the two cotyledons, and I'm going to show you up close, so you can tell it apart when your strawberries begin to germinate, these are the two small cotyledons, which will hardly be noticeable at first true leaf in the center, as it develops, we will begin to see that this leaf opens and is very similar to a clover leaf, as time goes by we will notice that the true leaf grows much more , and it will have a shape very similar to this, but we are not going to see the three little parts of a strawberry leaf yet. And I am going to take this one, which already has the two true leaves and as a substrate I am going to use this compost that I told you at the beginning that it had bits of wood, but since these little plants are going to be very small I am going to recommend that when making the transplant, we do not have many remains of thick wood, so that the root can be in good contact with the substrate, we water it well, so that the root is well hydrated And look at this, after having watered it is very important let the water go fast. Look how small, it has a fairly long root and we're going to try to keep it all here and I'm not going to try to press too hard with my fingers, because since it's a very small plant, I'm not going to want to hurt the root and turn it over to water so that the roots come into good contact with the substrate and this is very important, you see that the water goes super fast, this will help us to maintain a well-aerated substrate, if we see that the leaves have substrate, We are going to remove it so that they are very clean, I close this seedbed again, to give more time for the new plants to continue growing and for the rest of the seeds to continue germinating. Since this little plant came from an environment that has practically 100% humidity, if I leave it this way it is very likely that it will end up dehydrated, we are going to cover it with a transparent container so that the light is passing through it, but that it It is maintaining all this level of humidity and from time to time we are going to open it for a little while and we are going to cover it, so that the plant becomes rustic and here I show you this seedbed, what I am doing to have strawberry plants for this next season and the method that I used, was the sowing of the totally clean seeds, which I sowed directly on this substrate, which gave it more space to accelerate all this growth. I hope you liked today's video, share it with your friends, so that everyone can have lots of strawberry plants, for the next season, I send you a big greeting... Bye...
