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Hacks should either same time, money, or both – and many of these don’t, although some actually DO work.
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If you regrow from food scraps, which work best for you?
No you can eat the carrot top i though I was the only one that did that
it dose work with corn I've done it
James prigioni
Hahaha he said first off that’s a cucumber it killed me
Strawberries are really difficult to grow from seed. So difficult that most people typically say "impossible" There is no way they would get that many strawberry plants growing from the seed of one strawberry. There is a reason they evolved to grow from rhizome's, because it is easier.
In typical media fashion FAKE news travels way faster then the truth. Thank you for setting it straight
You give about the same disinformation as the videos you criticize. Mostly it’s your opinion and not factual. You’ve never cloned a rose bush? How can you give information on things you don’t know…
I know what you're saying is true from a gardener point of view, but a fruit producing plant evolved by dropping its fruit containing seeds, aren't you just replicating what the plant would do naturally?
I only question you because I planted dried tomatoe seeds vs. (Wet) sliced tomatoes and the dried seeds weren't as successful.
I'm not a seasoned vet. So I can only base my opinion on this one trial.
I germinate my strawberry seeds by slicing off a section of the 'skin' lightly covering with soil and watering. I live in Qld Australia and it works every time
First second of the video
Corn is pretty easy to grow as long as you follow the three sisters method. In my culture, we plant corn, beans, and squash together, they help each other grow. I grew all of mine from seeds, started them out in a makeshift "greenhouse", using a plastic tray with clear plastic lid. Once the corn grew enough to make it so the lid wouldn't close(about a month), I transferred them into the garden. They grew well, and the corn was the rainbow kind, grew pretty colors though not as tasty as sweet corn imo. I grew a ton of stuff while I was pregnant and would just sit and eat and watch monarch caterpillars munch on my chamomile plant. They would pretend to be part of the plant, super cute
I live where the soil is a weird volcanic type. My one neighbor told me she hasn't had any luck. I tried a above ground with little luck(asparagus I bought at the home depot 3years ago is doing great. I started them where I used to live in the lower desert and now I live in the upper desert of Az). So anyhow I had some romo tomato seeds started on their own and are looking like bushes. So with that said I would rather just throw them seeds out in the yard and let mother nature do her thang.. TTFN
1:49 hahaha so epic! When you have a guy that SEES all the bullshit. "Yeah, first of all, thats a cucumber…" hahaha
for regrowing stuff like green onions and leek, I love to use the kratky method. Take a plastic container with a lid, make a holes/a bunch of holes in the lid, depending on your container size, to hold the plants (they sell net pots for it but you can be imaginative, I have seen people use 2" cut sections of a pool noodle instead 😛 ), and put water with a nutrient solution in the container so that the water stops right at the bulb.
As the roots grow, they will dangle in the nutrient solution, and they will grow, and grow, and grow, to eventually take most of the space in the container. You can refill the container with more nutrient solution, just leave a 1 inch gap between the bulb and the water when you refill, you want part of the roots to hang in the air (they actually need to breathe air, in soil, there is always some air, but if you submerge the bulb, the roots don't get any air.
Also, the bulb should stay relatively dry (not soaked) or it can rot. This is the main problem with just putting them in a glass. Not enough room for the roots to grow, and the bulb will eventually rot.
As it grow, just cut and use the top part.
You seem to mull over views a little too much. your channel is doing fine
"The mind of a gardener" – exactly. Thanks for letting us watch you think, laugh a bit, and learn a lot.
At 10:16 you can grow many flowers from cuttings. Roses are a good one, I also do it with hydrangeas. However, it’s better if the cuttings are fresh and not wilted. Also, they usually don’t form a bud right off the first stem, and if they do, you probably want to cut that bud until the roots get more established.
It’s no different then you would do with a Rosemary cutting, or blueberries or elderberries, oregano, fig, etc.
"It's not as bad of a video as I thought."
The video: Grows cucumbers from a pepper seed
Your missing the point of a lot of these. We all get the whole “But it takes SO much longer to grow from seed” but remember most people doing these aren’t seasoned gardeners. Fruit tree saplings and such aren’t cheap. Gardening in general is not a cheap labor. Most of these people are trying to make healthier lifestyle choices by growing their own fresh products without spending a fortune. Time isn’t really a problem for these people. (Also there’s just something really satisfying about growing new life from a small seed all on your own. Especially if your not a seasoned gardener, You tend you get really prideful and excited when your doing well you know? Sometimes hobbies are more satisfying when we push ourselves to figure things out on our own. You don’t get that same sense of accomplishment from bringing home an already established plant. You might feel happy while your buying it, But most people like my mother, spend a bunch of money on flowers to put out front every spring, and then kind of the ignore them aside from watering. It’s honestly a just waste of her money and that’s kind of how i feel about buying a lot of produce plants in general. It sort of defeats the purpose of being self sustaining if you skip the hard part?)
"You plant the pepper….. that's a cucumber…."
I died. Lol
Have u ever grown in a hydroponics system
Have u ever grown in a hydroponics system
Instantly, Thats a CUCUMBER!!!