There are some veggies out there that you can use to grow many palnts from! This means, more specimens, more harvest!
Botanical Name: Solanum lycopersicum
USDA Zones: 10-11
You can grow new tomato plants from your store-bought tomato! Just cut a ripe, heirloom (not hybrid) tomato in half and scoop out the seeds. Plant them about a quarter inch deep in a pot with well-draining soil, place them in a sunny spot, and keep the soil moist.
In a few weeks, you’ll see sprouts! Once they have a few leaves, you can transplant them into a larger pot or your garden. You can also grow an entire plant from a tomato slice!
Botanical Name: Cucumis sativus
USDA Zones: 3-8
Growing cucumbers from store-bought ones is a fun experiment, but there’s a catch. Most supermarket cucumbers are hybrids, meaning their seeds might not produce the same type of cucumber. However, it’s worth a try.
Extract seeds from a ripe cucumber and soak them in water for a day or two. Then, plant them in a pot and keep it in a sunny spot. With luck, you’ll see sprouts in a couple of weeks.
Botanical Name: Phaseolus vulgaris L.
USDA Zones: 3-11
Beans are easy to regrow from what you have in your pantry! Soak a bean overnight, then dampen a paper towel and place the bean inside. Keep it warm and sunny. Once a sprout appears with a root and shoot, transplant it to a pot with well-draining soil.
For some bean varieties, especially bush beans, you can skip the paper towel step and plant the soaked bean directly in the soil from the beginning.
Botanical Name: Moringa oleifera
USDA Zone: 4-8
Drumsticks, also known as Moringa, can be grown from seeds! Just look for mature, dry drumstick seeds and soak them overnight for better germination.
Plant them about half an inch deep into a small
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