At a vertical farm for strawberries, the sky is the limit! Growing strawberries is a fine art – you need the right blend of water, light and nutrients – but agriculture technology is making things easier. At the strawberry farm that plants upwards, they produce so much fruit that they also sell strawberry juice, jam, smoothies and liqueurs!

CHAPTERS
00:00 Sofia’s Strawberries
00:31 A strawberry farm that started with passion for farming and study
01:24 The Portola variety: bright red strawberries with a sweet sour taste, perfect for savoury recipes
03:16 The princess of strawberries: the Vivara variety, perfect for sweet dishes
05:11 The precise art of nutrient and water management to grow strawberry plants
07:16 The right soil for optimal strawberry farming
07:59 The nutritional elements that strawberry plants need to grow and produce healthy fruit
08:26 The sweetness of a strawberry is measured on the Brix Index
10:53 The best soil for strawberry plants: coconut coir and perlite potting mix
15:09 Drip Irrigation: the most efficient water and nutrient delivery system for growing strawberries
15:40 Cutting off strawberry plants runners to focus on growing strawberries
16:42 Botanists call the strawberry a false fruit
18:35 Strawberry pollination is both anemophily and entomophily
19:28 Integrated pest management for strawberries
23:25 Greenhouse subsoil management in a vertical strawberry farm
25:24 Picking strawberry fruit: when and how to harvest a strawberry
28:35 The modern agriculture technology used in a vertical strawberry farm
29:33 The Strawberry basket: the weight and arrangement of strawberries is important
30:06 Sofia’s Strawberries is a brand that has at its heart nature, simplicity, and genuineness
31:05 The Sofia’s Strawberries shop: strawberry jam, strawberry smoothies, strawberry juice, strawberry liqueur
34:28 Ziva the dog, the Sofia’s Strawberries mascot!

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WHERE WE SHOT THE VIDEO
Country: Italy
Region: Veneto
City: Crespino
Gps: 45° 0'34.13"N 11°52'59.57"E

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