The TRUTH About Regrowing Veggies From Kitchen Scraps
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Date: 2022-07-18
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Kristijan
To be honest, this is more of a hobby than regrowing stuff to actually depend on it for food. Maybe depend is too strong of a word, I meant as a replacement for going to the market. It takes time. It's slow. :) The yield is low. It's definitely fun to grow plants on your own, especially if you have the time and the garden to support that hobby, but for many of us (especially living in flats) it's just not worth the hassle to be doing it constantly. There's nothing wrong in tossing the scraps in compost or in garbage if you don't have the option to compost it or put it in special bins for biowaste collection. :)
I would definitely do all of this if I had time and space for it: ) Space being the limiting factor, of course, time I could easily find. But it's just not worth the trouble to grow one tiny plant in a flat the size of someone else's actual garden: )
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To be honest, this is more of a hobby than regrowing stuff to actually depend on it for food. Maybe depend is too strong of a word, I meant as a replacement for going to the market. It takes time. It's slow. :) The yield is low. It's definitely fun to grow plants on your own, especially if you have the time and the garden to support that hobby, but for many of us (especially living in flats) it's just not worth the hassle to be doing it constantly. There's nothing wrong in tossing the scraps in compost or in garbage if you don't have the option to compost it or put it in special bins for biowaste collection. :)
I would definitely do all of this if I had time and space for it: ) Space being the limiting factor, of course, time I could easily find. But it's just not worth the trouble to grow one tiny plant in a flat the size of someone else's actual garden: )
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souffl
2: 49 always makes me laugh because, you know, _high chance_ they will _not_ taste the same as the avocado or mango you ate.
There's a good reason why mango and avocado farmer propagate their plants through vegetative propagation like air layering or grafting; it barely changes the characteristics of the fruit, either the taste, texture, aroma, etc.
Raising from seed will produces fruits with different characteristics compared to its parent because you barely can control the pollination process. Even if you self-pollinate it, the random gene combination can results in some nasty, bitter fruit.
That's why planting avocado from seed is ridiculous, unless you're trying to grow new variety.
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2: 49 always makes me laugh because, you know, _high chance_ they will _not_ taste the same as the avocado or mango you ate.
There's a good reason why mango and avocado farmer propagate their plants through vegetative propagation like air layering or grafting; it barely changes the characteristics of the fruit, either the taste, texture, aroma, etc.
Raising from seed will produces fruits with different characteristics compared to its parent because you barely can control the pollination process. Even if you self-pollinate it, the random gene combination can results in some nasty, bitter fruit.
That's why planting avocado from seed is ridiculous, unless you're trying to grow new variety.
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BertieFox
Hey, growing kiwis from seeds is fine. OK it did take us about 6 or 7 years to get the first flowers on the vine, they grew very healthily and strongly and we have been harvesting loads of fruits from them every year. To be honest, all the seed came up as females, so without a male we were stuck and have never succeeded in getting a male vine to grow and survive. But luckily we found a neighbour about 4 km away who has a male vine and no female so we have to visit each year and take a big mass of flowers back to do hand pollination, which is remarkably easy. But the quality of the fruit is every bit as good and tastes better than the ones we buy in the supermarket.
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Hey, growing kiwis from seeds is fine. OK it did take us about 6 or 7 years to get the first flowers on the vine, they grew very healthily and strongly and we have been harvesting loads of fruits from them every year. To be honest, all the seed came up as females, so without a male we were stuck and have never succeeded in getting a male vine to grow and survive. But luckily we found a neighbour about 4 km away who has a male vine and no female so we have to visit each year and take a big mass of flowers back to do hand pollination, which is remarkably easy. But the quality of the fruit is every bit as good and tastes better than the ones we buy in the supermarket.
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handmade
The only kitchen scraps which worked for me was Bok Choy and Scallions. I got one harvest from the scallions and then they died. My 6 Romaine Lettuces grew some leaves, but not enough to even make 1 salad and they ultimately died. Carrots, celery, onion, beets were uneventful and died. Her bagged living lettuces seem the way to go. but that's like buying an already established plant. I haven't seen bagged living lettuces in my grocery store. but will try to find out where to get them. Thanks for the video and the information. Now I don't feel so badly about not being successful with my kitchen scraps. I thought it seemed to good to be true.
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The only kitchen scraps which worked for me was Bok Choy and Scallions. I got one harvest from the scallions and then they died. My 6 Romaine Lettuces grew some leaves, but not enough to even make 1 salad and they ultimately died. Carrots, celery, onion, beets were uneventful and died. Her bagged living lettuces seem the way to go. but that's like buying an already established plant. I haven't seen bagged living lettuces in my grocery store. but will try to find out where to get them. Thanks for the video and the information. Now I don't feel so badly about not being successful with my kitchen scraps. I thought it seemed to good to be true.
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Loxalair
Plus some plants just don't do as well. I know when I tried regrowing a regular green cabbage, I got some good leaves off of it, but they were very tough compared to store bought ones. For a $2 cabbage, it was a decent experiment, but not one I'm eager to devote garden space to again. Potatoes tho, are excellent for regrowing. Just stick them in your cupboard, forget about them until spring, and next fall you have a thousand percent increase in yield! I also have some peach seeds I've been wanting to try, that I know will take a long time, but I just think they're neat
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Plus some plants just don't do as well. I know when I tried regrowing a regular green cabbage, I got some good leaves off of it, but they were very tough compared to store bought ones. For a $2 cabbage, it was a decent experiment, but not one I'm eager to devote garden space to again. Potatoes tho, are excellent for regrowing. Just stick them in your cupboard, forget about them until spring, and next fall you have a thousand percent increase in yield! I also have some peach seeds I've been wanting to try, that I know will take a long time, but I just think they're neat
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Elizabeth
2: 20 seedless there was a seedless watermelon I found a viable seed in and now i have a second year Id growing a plant from it
I crossed a male flower from a crimpson sweet with the female flower off of the seedless watermelon plant it grew two watermelon the size of softballs tasted like cucumber with a hint of watermelon and they were seeded I planted one seed this year and now have a few watermelon starting hoping theyll be good this year
The crimpson sweet was killed be pests (spider mites) so u didnt get anything off of it
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2: 20 seedless there was a seedless watermelon I found a viable seed in and now i have a second year Id growing a plant from it
I crossed a male flower from a crimpson sweet with the female flower off of the seedless watermelon plant it grew two watermelon the size of softballs tasted like cucumber with a hint of watermelon and they were seeded I planted one seed this year and now have a few watermelon starting hoping theyll be good this year
The crimpson sweet was killed be pests (spider mites) so u didnt get anything off of it
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Carol
Some of these examples just need to be planted outside. The onions are hit and miss. I just plant them all - tucking them into any little empty spaces in the garden. Im amazed to find how vigorous some of them are! Ive even experienced seeing them multiply after cutting the green tops, finding 3 to 5 onions roots next picking. Patience is always the key to gardening. Some of the root crops can be planted for seed (carrots and beets. Again, patience. Will the seed be good for big beets? Maybe, but the beet greens are yummy too.
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Some of these examples just need to be planted outside. The onions are hit and miss. I just plant them all - tucking them into any little empty spaces in the garden. Im amazed to find how vigorous some of them are! Ive even experienced seeing them multiply after cutting the green tops, finding 3 to 5 onions roots next picking. Patience is always the key to gardening. Some of the root crops can be planted for seed (carrots and beets. Again, patience. Will the seed be good for big beets? Maybe, but the beet greens are yummy too.
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Анна
Regrow - thats pretty cool thing. If We cant have new plant or plant gets rotten - we just make compost, or put this in our vermicomposter(compost, but warm, in house, with worms, that eco, thats simple, and you always have some helpful things for you plants.
Also, if you live zero waste, like our family - always all greens go to insects, or our rodens. If its already have some molds, compost, thats the answer. If everybody will use every food piece or every green smarts, thays gonna be good world.
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Regrow - thats pretty cool thing. If We cant have new plant or plant gets rotten - we just make compost, or put this in our vermicomposter(compost, but warm, in house, with worms, that eco, thats simple, and you always have some helpful things for you plants.
Also, if you live zero waste, like our family - always all greens go to insects, or our rodens. If its already have some molds, compost, thats the answer. If everybody will use every food piece or every green smarts, thays gonna be good world.
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Cecelia
Green onions are the best kitchen scrap regrow. They grow super fast and require very little care so they're a great to grow right in the kitchen and just cut and come again. I've kept the same patch from a bunch I bought almost 2 years ago going! I once cut all of them clear down to the whites and within 6 hours there was at least 1/4 inch of new green growth so if you're an impatient gardener, space limited or just need an easy win to build confidence go for the green onions!
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Green onions are the best kitchen scrap regrow. They grow super fast and require very little care so they're a great to grow right in the kitchen and just cut and come again. I've kept the same patch from a bunch I bought almost 2 years ago going! I once cut all of them clear down to the whites and within 6 hours there was at least 1/4 inch of new green growth so if you're an impatient gardener, space limited or just need an easy win to build confidence go for the green onions!
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Messing
Although not in the video, I planted a sweet potato. First was in a cup of water a couple of months, then transplanted to dirt. Fastforward- I now have the same original sweet potato growing some funky looking offsprings, and I've already plsnted the secknd generation of sweet potatoes in a seperate container. I haven't eaten one of them yet, mainly because they're very small and I assume they wont taste good. Might try eating the leaves though, and loved the vid!
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Although not in the video, I planted a sweet potato. First was in a cup of water a couple of months, then transplanted to dirt. Fastforward- I now have the same original sweet potato growing some funky looking offsprings, and I've already plsnted the secknd generation of sweet potatoes in a seperate container. I haven't eaten one of them yet, mainly because they're very small and I assume they wont taste good. Might try eating the leaves though, and loved the vid!
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Nicky
I bought a planted pot of lettuce from Kmart and it didn't taste great after a couple of months, but family are not gardeners so we just put it outside and forgot about it. 3 years later it was miraculously still alive and tasted great, we used to harvest from different ones on rotation and it kept supplying a good supply of salad throughout summer in Australia. Now I'm very confused because that seems to go against what you're saying here, what am I missing?
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I bought a planted pot of lettuce from Kmart and it didn't taste great after a couple of months, but family are not gardeners so we just put it outside and forgot about it. 3 years later it was miraculously still alive and tasted great, we used to harvest from different ones on rotation and it kept supplying a good supply of salad throughout summer in Australia. Now I'm very confused because that seems to go against what you're saying here, what am I missing?
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Brian
You're sorta right and sorta wrong about citrus. Depending on breed, citrus can be polyembryonic and will have one zygotic embryo and a bunch of clonal embryos. So as an example a Meyer lemon (which is a monoembryonic citrus) will not come true from seed, however a Key lime (which is a polyembryonic citrus) will usually come true from seed.
However no matter mono or polyembryonic, you still need to wait for the years long juvenile phase to end.
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You're sorta right and sorta wrong about citrus. Depending on breed, citrus can be polyembryonic and will have one zygotic embryo and a bunch of clonal embryos. So as an example a Meyer lemon (which is a monoembryonic citrus) will not come true from seed, however a Key lime (which is a polyembryonic citrus) will usually come true from seed.
However no matter mono or polyembryonic, you still need to wait for the years long juvenile phase to end.
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Zelda
My mother has been doing this my whole life. Regrowing from scraps set up in the window seal above the kitchen sink. It was a treat for us kids to watch things grow and then eventually get to put them in the garden out back in our tiny yard. I've kept this going as an adult and in my college years back in the 90's people thought I was crazy for covering my little room in growing plant scraps. but they were always amazed by my yield.
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My mother has been doing this my whole life. Regrowing from scraps set up in the window seal above the kitchen sink. It was a treat for us kids to watch things grow and then eventually get to put them in the garden out back in our tiny yard. I've kept this going as an adult and in my college years back in the 90's people thought I was crazy for covering my little room in growing plant scraps. but they were always amazed by my yield.
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Donovan
Dragon fruit can be grown from seeds of store bought fruit. I have kept them in containers that keep their size down for the last few years, but it was wildly successful and in theory, if I put them in a larger hanging container, should have fruit in a couple years.
Want to know why you didn't cover bok choy. Seems to me that is a good potential for this process.
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Dragon fruit can be grown from seeds of store bought fruit. I have kept them in containers that keep their size down for the last few years, but it was wildly successful and in theory, if I put them in a larger hanging container, should have fruit in a couple years.
Want to know why you didn't cover bok choy. Seems to me that is a good potential for this process.
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