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  1. freedomdove says:

    Keep in mind that when doing the “re-growing” of produce such as lettuce and onions, the regrowth won’t have as much nutrition as the first cutting unless you’re adding nutrients to the water. Also, even though seeds will sprout if you save them, understand that the plant might not be identical to the parent if it’s a hybrid. It will likely perform okay but the fruit might not be the exact same as the one purchased.

  2. Kyla Scott says:

    I’d be wary of the tomatoes and others. Many do not grow to be the same as the parent plant. I had some tomato plants that grew from some scraps in the compost. The produce from those plants were cherry size (we never buy cherry tomatoes), orange and tasteless. If you’re going to do it, get heirlooms. Some stores sell heirlooms and the fruit of the seeds is the same as the parent.

    1. Diane Huff says:

      Heirlooms are the only way to go, and even though not as pretty as hybrids, taste so much better!!
      I had some potato scraps that grew in the compost pile that turned out tender, tasty little ‘new potatoes’ when we were surprised at turning the compost pile time.

  3. azlibrabbit says:

    Some of these are pretty bogus. They take years and years, and likely will not produce true to form, since most varieties are hybrids or grafts.

    Avocados? Really?

    1. Diane Huff says:

      Yeah, you’ll never get an Avocado from sprouting a seed.. A pretty little spindly tree, maybe, but no fruit. Like most fruit & nut trees, they must be grafted to a already fruit producing tree, and it’s even more complicated than grafted, which isn’t easy. There’s precise pruning that must be done at just the correct time, same with feeding and the years it takes to mature.

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