COVID-19 Virus Shutdown, Day 36
I'm going to put A guide to scrap growing here, below, in case you're thinking
of ways to garden on the cheap, too.
Here's what I have so far:
Lettuce, Bok Choy, Cabbage:
Place leftover leaves in a bowl with a little bit of water in them. Put in
the sunlight. Mist leaves a couple times a week. After 2 weeks, roots appear
and new leaves grow. Plant in soil.
Celery:
Cut off the bottom of celery and lay in a bowl with a little bit of water in the bottom.
Keep the bowl in sunlight for a week. Leaves begin thickening and growing along
the base. Plant in soil.
Potatoes:
You need peelings that have eyes on them. Cut those peelings into two inch pieces, ensuring that there are at least two or three eyes on each piece. Allow them to dry out overnight and then simply plant them about four inches deep in your soil.
Sweet Potatoes:
Cut the sweet potato in half and suspend it using toothpicks above a container of shallow water. Roots will begin to appear in just a few days and sprouts will be seen on top of the potato around that same time. Once those sprouts reach about four inches or so in length, just twist them off and place them in a container of water. When the roots from this container reach about an inch in length, you can plant them in soil.
Ginger:
Pull off one clove and plant in soil with the roots facing down in potting soil.
Keep outdoors in the sun during the day, in warm weather. Once you notice that new shoots have established, cut the shoots back and your plant will produce a bulb. You can take part of this new bulb and plant again.
Bulb Onions:
Cut the root of the onion off and make sure that you leave about a half an inch of onion when you do
Cover lightly with potting soil and keep in a sunny area.
Green Onions:
Put the white base with the roots intact in a container of water and place in direct sunlight. Change the water out every few days and the green will continue to grow. Just snip what you need and allow it to grow as long as you like.
Mushrooms:
You will need a warm area with a lot of humidity and soil that is rich in nutrients. It is much better to grow your mushrooms in a pot as opposed to in the ground because you have a better shot at controlling the temperature and the humidity. You just have to cut away the head of the mushroom and plant the stalk or stem in the soil. Leave the very top exposed and this base will begin to grow a new head.
Peppers:
Just collect the seeds from your habaneros, jalapenos or any other peppers that you have on hand. Plant them in potting soil and keep in direct sunlight unless it is warm outside and then you can just plant them in your garden area.
Fennel:
Tomatoes:
Rinse the seeds and allow them to dry. Plant in a good, rich potting soil until you notice growth coming in. Allow the seeds to get a few inches high before transplanting them outdoors. During cold weather you can grow your tomatoes indoors. Just remember to keep them in an area that gets plenty of sunlight and water a few times each week.
Basil, Oregano, Thyme, Rosemary, Cilantro, Sage, Parsley:
Pull a stem about 4 inches high, place in a glass of water with leaves well above the water line. (For rosemary, make sure stem is not brown)
Bright area but not direct sunlight. Roots form in a few days, When the grow a couple inches long,
you can transplant them in soil.
I hope this helps you.
I am currently trying broccoli stems and shallots. I should know in a couple weeks if it works. :)
As we go through the box of veggies we got this week, I'll be trying all kinds of things with seeds, cuttings, and scraps. I saved some cantaloupe seeds this week ,too, which are drying.
In cooking, I just boiled the broccoli, so nothing exciting there. But I did try something new; fried shallots. After saving some root, I sliced the shallots and fried them in veg oil. You can put the shallots on steak, which is what I did, and you can also save the oil for reuse, for things that you want to have some shallot flavor. Mine's in an old prego jar.
Hope this blog finds you safe, sane and healthy!
Until next time,
Vicky
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Here's what I have so far:
Lettuce, Bok Choy, Cabbage:
Place leftover leaves in a bowl with a little bit of water in them. Put in
the sunlight. Mist leaves a couple times a week. After 2 weeks, roots appear
and new leaves grow. Plant in soil.
Celery:
Cut off the bottom of celery and lay in a bowl with a little bit of water in the bottom.
Keep the bowl in sunlight for a week. Leaves begin thickening and growing along
the base. Plant in soil.
Potatoes:
You need peelings that have eyes on them. Cut those peelings into two inch pieces, ensuring that there are at least two or three eyes on each piece. Allow them to dry out overnight and then simply plant them about four inches deep in your soil.
Sweet Potatoes:
Cut the sweet potato in half and suspend it using toothpicks above a container of shallow water. Roots will begin to appear in just a few days and sprouts will be seen on top of the potato around that same time. Once those sprouts reach about four inches or so in length, just twist them off and place them in a container of water. When the roots from this container reach about an inch in length, you can plant them in soil.
Ginger:
Pull off one clove and plant in soil with the roots facing down in potting soil.
Keep outdoors in the sun during the day, in warm weather. Once you notice that new shoots have established, cut the shoots back and your plant will produce a bulb. You can take part of this new bulb and plant again.
Bulb Onions:
Cut the root of the onion off and make sure that you leave about a half an inch of onion when you do
Cover lightly with potting soil and keep in a sunny area.
Green Onions:
Put the white base with the roots intact in a container of water and place in direct sunlight. Change the water out every few days and the green will continue to grow. Just snip what you need and allow it to grow as long as you like.
Mushrooms:
You will need a warm area with a lot of humidity and soil that is rich in nutrients. It is much better to grow your mushrooms in a pot as opposed to in the ground because you have a better shot at controlling the temperature and the humidity. You just have to cut away the head of the mushroom and plant the stalk or stem in the soil. Leave the very top exposed and this base will begin to grow a new head.
Peppers:
Just collect the seeds from your habaneros, jalapenos or any other peppers that you have on hand. Plant them in potting soil and keep in direct sunlight unless it is warm outside and then you can just plant them in your garden area.
Fennel:
Growing fennel
requires that you keep the roots intact. You need about an inch of the base of
the fennel to get it to regrow. Just place this base in a container with about
a cup of water and leave it in direct sunlight. The windowsill is the perfect
place to grow fennel. When the roots grow strong and you notice new green
shoots coming up from the center of the base, you can transplant into soil.
Tomatoes:
Rinse the seeds and allow them to dry. Plant in a good, rich potting soil until you notice growth coming in. Allow the seeds to get a few inches high before transplanting them outdoors. During cold weather you can grow your tomatoes indoors. Just remember to keep them in an area that gets plenty of sunlight and water a few times each week.
Basil, Oregano, Thyme, Rosemary, Cilantro, Sage, Parsley:
Pull a stem about 4 inches high, place in a glass of water with leaves well above the water line. (For rosemary, make sure stem is not brown)
Bright area but not direct sunlight. Roots form in a few days, When the grow a couple inches long,
you can transplant them in soil.
I hope this helps you.
I am currently trying broccoli stems and shallots. I should know in a couple weeks if it works. :)
As we go through the box of veggies we got this week, I'll be trying all kinds of things with seeds, cuttings, and scraps. I saved some cantaloupe seeds this week ,too, which are drying.
In cooking, I just boiled the broccoli, so nothing exciting there. But I did try something new; fried shallots. After saving some root, I sliced the shallots and fried them in veg oil. You can put the shallots on steak, which is what I did, and you can also save the oil for reuse, for things that you want to have some shallot flavor. Mine's in an old prego jar.
Hope this blog finds you safe, sane and healthy!
Until next time,
Vicky
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