25 Foods You Can Grow or Regrow From the Grocery Store - eviltoast
As we get into the growing season I wanted to spend a little time talking about all of the foods that you can grow or regrow from the grocery store. In this article, we’ll cover the plants you can, as well as the plants you shouldn't and why. This is one of my favorite things to do, especially in the mid-season between snowmelt and ground thaw, aka early spring. A lot of the food that you get at the grocery store can be regrown with very little effort in a pot or glass on your counter to add a l

Blows my mind that most people don’t know this let alone do it.

  • CromulantCrow@lemmy.zipEnglish
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    2 days ago

    One thing to bear in mind is many of these plants don’t grow true to seed. Avocado, peppers, tomatoes, etc., you may get a plant that produces a fruit that resembles the one the seed came from. You may not. I’ve even grown peppers from seed packages that weren’t true to the variety on the label. All it takes is one bee to fly in from a hot pepper plant, for instance, and while the fruit made from the flower that bee pollinated will be true-to-type, the seeds of that fruit won’t be.