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Post by myrrph on Feb 24, 2014 10:55:32 GMT 10
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Post by myrrph on Feb 24, 2014 16:10:31 GMT 10
I am trying some random vegetable at home now, but I'm gonna try romaine and butterhead soon!  |
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Post by SA Hunter on Feb 24, 2014 19:33:30 GMT 10
Great Post - thanks!
I've had potato sprouts come up from scraps I've thrown in the garden, and I re-use garlic every year.
I never knew you could re=grow lemon grass, and will try that soon-we eat a lot of asian food, and always use lemon grass. Was a very informative and useful site.
Would be interested in how others go too.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 24, 2014 20:58:29 GMT 10
Jinny has tried quite a few with success! I grew some potato but only ended up with top growth no potato, must be hybrid!
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Post by myrrph on Feb 24, 2014 23:49:48 GMT 10
always good to experiment. better now than when shtf !
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Post by krisb on Mar 21, 2014 10:08:00 GMT 10
I have always "tailed" my spring onions and replanted them, along with garlic, leeks, onions and a lot of lettuces. When excess potatoes and onions (We buy in 10 - 20 kg bags)start to sprout we plant them too they always grow and we can always harvest from them. Got home and found a squashed tomato in the shopping bag? Thrown it out? Don't!! just pop in in the garden somewhere it will more than likely sprout and grow you a few plants, I also strip out seeds from pumpkins, watermelon, rockmelon, etc without even drying and successfully get plants at the moment my pumpkin has gone ballistic and has several on it at various stages, rockmelon and a round zucchini are all sprouting too. As we rent and have not got permission to do a vege garden yet(rolling eyes) I just pop them in amongst the other greenery. After reading the article above I'm going to experiment with Asian vege, fennel and cabbages!
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Post by StepfordRenegade on May 18, 2014 19:10:13 GMT 10
I've grown sweet potatoes from one that was growing eyes in the back of the cupboard. I just planted it in the backyard in a gross patch of dirt in the backyard and it went crazy. It ended up being my eldest's first food when she started solids  |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 12, 2014 11:18:49 GMT 10
The celery one isn't really true. Yes it will start growing, but by most reports once the main head of the celery starts to rot- and it will- the party is over. You won't get a new plant from it. I've tried it four times always with the same result.
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Post by Peter on Nov 12, 2014 12:32:11 GMT 10
I once made the mistake of throwing a few pumpkin seeds into the compost heap where I used to live. The plant went crazy but I lost my compost heap  |
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Post by You Must Enter A Name on Nov 12, 2014 14:13:25 GMT 10
I love this kind of thing.
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Post by Frank on Nov 12, 2014 15:30:40 GMT 10
Agree, this is a great topic.
We have had success with onions and spuds so far. Have also tried and failed with pumpkin and sweet potatoes. Love sweet potato so was hoping for a success but it wasn't to be. Will be giving it another crack though
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Post by Fractus on Nov 13, 2014 11:27:42 GMT 10
Experiments here I come, thanks for the link
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