Did/do you ever plant vegetables from their source?
By GreatMartin
@GreatMartin (23671)
Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
December 5, 2018 4:32pm CST
Over the years I have had plants of all sorts having luck with some and not with others. I, also, tried planting various fruits and veggies from seeds, nuts and the vegetable itself.
I have had success with avocados, Romaine lettuce, sweet potatoes, etc. I don't know how many times I have planted seeds from peppers but most times nothing happened. This past summer I took some seeds from a few green and red peppers I was cooking with and though a few stems showed up here and there but it wasn't until last month that flowers started to bloom. Nothing came of them and they were soon dropping off.
A week to ten days ago there were about 8 blossoms and I didn't want to see them also die so I made a decision. I very seldom give any plants away but Luiz had just done new landscaping around his home so I decided to give them to him to plant in the ground and see if WE could get any peppers from them. (All I want is one!)
On to the next fruit or vegetable I buy!
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11 responses
@GreatMartin (23671)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
6 Dec 18
So do I but it is fun using them to grow veggies at home just on the window sill!
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@CarolDM (203422)
• Nashville, Tennessee
6 Dec 18
@GreatMartin I have done it in the past but it has been awhile.
@GreatMartin (23671)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
6 Dec 18
And you have all that land around the schoolhouse!!
@arthurchappell (44998)
• Preston, England
6 Dec 18
not something I ever tried to do - great going though
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@GreatMartin (23671)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
6 Dec 18
It's fun and you see the results right there in front of you!
@PatZAnthony (14749)
• Charlotte, North Carolina
13 Dec 18
That is great! Someone told me b/c so many items are genetically modified, we won't be able to use their seeds to grow anything.
He might be right b/c we have tried oranges, peppers, tomatoes and more and got nothing.
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@GreatMartin (23671)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
13 Dec 18
I guess you have to try and keep on trying!! :O)
@xander6464 (44495)
• Wapello, Iowa
5 Dec 18
I hope you get some peppers out of them. But you could always just buy a packet of seeds and grow lots of them.
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@GreatMartin (23671)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
6 Dec 18
But that's cheating--oh, yes, you are use to that!!
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@xander6464 (44495)
• Wapello, Iowa
6 Dec 18
@GreatMartin Please. I'm a Saint. And don't think of using store bought seeds as cheating. Think of it as merely improving your odds.
@rioechavez06 (3)
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6 Dec 18
Wow! You are so generous @greatmartin! Keep it up! ??
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we have many vegetables in the garden. Chili, okra, malunggay, some beans, guava
@stringer321 (5644)
• Kiryat Ata, Israel
7 Dec 18
Well, I tried to plant some selery for my grandmother, it somehow grew, and sometimes she uses a part of it.
Me personally, I had no luck but, I want to start learning about it.
@GreatMartin (23671)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
6 Dec 18
Bad or good I love to see what happens!!
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