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Old 05-05-2006, 02:34 PM
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Default Wait! Don't throw away your old veggies.

It's perfectly possible to save some of your old, past-its-best veg and prepare it for planting in your garden. It's pretty satisfying to get a free crop from stuff some people would throw away.
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Default Re: Wait! Don't through away your old veggies.

I've done this with onion and garlic before - works great!
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Default Re: Wait! Don't through away your old veggies.

Huh, I never thought about that!
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Default Re: Wait! Don't through away your old veggies.

bummer the post was edited I'd love to know the rest of waht was posted

I've put a partial onion in a compost bin & found it growing in the bin *L*
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Default Re: Wait! Don't through away your old veggies.

I saw the link - basically it was about planting potatoes with eyes that are growing, onion that has started sprouting, that sort of thing.

I don't think all potatoes you buy at the store make good candidates for growing at home.
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Default Re: Wait! Don't through away your old veggies.

I want to say I'll agree with ya there on the potato's plus they need lots of water when I've tried to grow them.
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Old 05-07-2006, 09:37 PM
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Default Re: Wait! Don't through away your old veggies.

I've done it with potatoes - you do need a lot of water and you need a solid deep corral around them...otherwise you will be digging acres for only a few spuds.

Another vegetable you might want to think about doing this with is tomatoes, if you have some skill in growing tomatoes from seed. If in the fall, you run across a ripe heirloom tomato that you like, save a tomato and let it rot a bit, then squeeze out the goo and the seeds and let that rot in a jar for a couple of days more. (Should smell nasty) Rinse the goo away, allow the seeds to dry, then put the dried seeds in the refrigerator. Plant seeds in February in the peat cups, nurture until May, then plant in your garden and see what you come up with.

The big twist is that they must be heirloom tomatoes, and they must be open pollinated. Hybrids don't work - they don't breed true. Tomatoes pollinate themselves exclusively, FYI. Also, the rotting of the goo is an important step, it helps the seeds to mature.
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