grow from your groceries

[Demovictory9]

anyone do this? I plant the green onions bottoms. super easy way to have green onions. Have planted the celery bottom also.

[NRaleighLiberal]

1. I've grown out potatoes (after they sprout), garlic, ginger, turmeric

[csziggy]

2. My Mom used to plant the tops from her pineapples

After quite a few years she managed to harvest a pineapple from one of them! She lives in Central Florida so does not have to worry too much about them freezing, so her's are in the ground. Further north they need to be in pots - but they are pretty good sized plants before they start producing.

YouTube has a number of videos on growing pineapples from the tops and even how to force them to bloom so you get fruit. Mom never did any of that stuff.

[dem in texas]

3. Sprouted many plant leftovers, mostly as a curiosity

I think the only kitchen plant I have grown for food is raw potatoes. Also sprouted dry beans of a type used for sprouting. When my kids were young, we sprouted avocado seeds, dry lima beans, carrot tops and lemon seeds.

When I cut up the potatoes, I made sure each chunk had an "eye" in it, I left the chinks on a cookie sheet lined with paper towels. I left them out for a day to dry. then I planted them and got a good crop. If I remember correctly, I planted them for in my fall garden.

[Vinca]

4. I never thought of trying to plant celery bottoms - I'll have to try it.

I plant potatoes that get eyes and get a few little potatoes from them.

[Demovictory9]

5. Celery grows very easily from the bottom. Much faster than from seed

[NJCher]

6. yes, seed is verrrrry slow

growing from a celery purchased at the store is the way to go.

I rarely see celery for sale at the plant sales in the spring, but this year I did so I was able to get a four-pack.