I'm recycling my vegetables

Apparently it works for pickles as well.

I am trying it with a t-bone.

Unfortunately R2, you're growing MOLD, not steak.

But on the plus side, you can use it for penicillin.

Does it work for soylent green?

Leave it in the fridge long enough and anything will start growing.

Blueberries and strawberries.

Avocados and carrots. Stick a toothpick through the base and suspend in a small glass of water. Also potato sprouts.

I googled and found this...looks promising. But do you really need sunlight? I barely get any light in my studio apartment.

Watermelon seeds will grow.

I can't keep my potatoes from growing.

Chayote squash

Actually, I think my t-bone just winked at me.

So many good suggestions, but at some point, most of these have to be replanted, right?

The green onions are easy, because they grow straight out of the water, and you can use them immediately.

Same for the romaine, I believe.

And no R8, they don't need sunlight. My green onions receive no sunlight.

You can regrow celery from stalks, though yes, you have to replant it at some point. But it works, I've done it.

The green onions regrow but won’t have the same taste..

Are they bland, R15?

The article I read also said that the romaine will grow back only once.

Romaines of the day

You won't get the same benefits as something grown in soil. The nutrients have to come from somewhere.

I eat the cucumbers after I've stuffed them up my shitty arse

R19 well you are what you eat.

Well bitches this is our new way of life in the months following COVID

Potatoes are fun to grow. They have very fast-growing, large leaves. Since the potatoes are underground, you never quite know when they’re due to be harvested, except by digging them up.

I grew a pineapple from the cutoff head. Took 2 years but finally has a fruit. I did it with 4 pineapples; the other 3 are just growing.

[quote] I grew a pineapple from the cutoff head. Took 2 years

Um..... not very practical.

If using it for a food source during an apocalypse, then you'll probably die before you get to eat it.

I recycle all my foods. Every morning about 10 minutes after a hot cup of coffee I go to the loo and recycle everything I ate the day before.

R23, don’t let the agents from Dole hear that. Chiquita is no pushover, either.

Garlic.

I did the green onions once. It was kinda fun watching them grow. They didn’t quite have the same strength as the ones from the store though. I think the soil gives them more oomph than just a glass of water would.

If I plant my kernels of mircowave popcorn that didn't pop, will they grow into new packets of mircowave popcorn?

Not garlic, R27.

Those are grown underground.

david chang has been big on this, I'm doing it too

Thanks R31, that link is amazing!!!

Just what I was looking for.

I figure I have the time, why not?

How long does this take, a year?

My grandmother had the sweetest white grapes growing on an arbor at her house. They were so great.

R34, I put my green onions in water on Sunday, and 5 days later, they've grown three inches!

It's the first thing I've ever grown, so it was very exciting.

I can actually use them to cook!

R36, try the top end of a carrot next, it will blow your mind.

[quote]How long does this take, a year?

holy fuck, you're a stupid cunt.

onions take no time at all to see grow, less than a week. carrots and lettuce also you see grow after a two weeks or so. god damn, what an idiot

Jesus R38, get some therapy.

Jeez, Farmer Ted. Calm down, he just asked a question. Everybody isn't born with agricultural knowledge.

I tried this with romaine lettuce and put them in potting soil. The results were small and kind of weak.

Old MacDonald had a frown.

[quowte] Everybody isn't born with agricultural knowledge.

not knowing of seasonal growing - something that is millennia old, shows trump level ignorance, and is disgusting.

So many things can be recycled.

I did this...and let’s just say I pooped something that reminded me of the ending of Pet Cemetery!

Can you freeze the stumps and heads and then regrow them later?

R30, why does it have to be limited to water? Can't you put soil into a flower pot and plant your vegetables there?

Wait, How do you do this with romaine? Please post articles. Also, other lettuces and vegetables? Do they taste good?

Also, I can transplant to soil, if need be.

I stick the bottom of lettuce and they are growing! I think with them and spring onions one could just snip off the leaves and stems and leave the plant growing but I wonder how they all will taste

You get the roots going and growth started in water and then plant them in soil.

R48, see the link at R31.

There are some really good tips.

[quote] not knowing of seasonal growing - something that is millennia old, shows trump level ignorance, and is disgusting.

You sound mentally ill.

As if you're so perfect. I'm sure there are many things that others know and you DON'T know. Yet you don't see those people jumping down your throat!

stick it in the hole!

[quote] stick it in the hole!

That's what she said.

They need lots of sunshine for it to work otherwise you just get rotting garbage.

that's not hard

I never know what idiots the DL were until i read this thread

Here are some ideas for you to become gardeners. It seems so easy, but it takes time.

Avocados will grow a few years at best, then die. Growing vegetables in water in your kitchen is a recipe for food poisoning.