What Happens When You REGROW Veggies From the Store?

[@galinamazuryk2036]

Last year, I bought a 1.5 lbs bag of purple baby potatoes in my local ShopRite. I couldn’t find purple potato seeds, so I decided to take a chance. There were 22 baby potatoes and all of them had eyes with some growth protruding, so I knew they would take off. Sure enough, I got an excellent crop out of those 22 baby potatoes. We enjoyed them until the end of year and then somehow forgot about them. When in March I realized we had still about ten pounds of potatoes, they had already started to sprout. In April, I planted some and the rest donated to the community garden. Both - us and the community gardeners - enjoyed huge crop of delicious purple potatoes. In the past, I occasionally planted store-bought potatoes when they were sprouting, but this was the first time I deliberately purchased a bag of potatoes just for planting. I am glad I did.

[@michaelsherron5750]

Are you in zone 7a, like James, ( I ask because I’m in 7a)

[@galinamazuryk2036]

@@michaelsherron5750 6b

[@patrickbuildsit]

Be careful…they are probably in their 6 or 7th generation at the store. Replanting them for future generations could introduce potato blight that is in the soil for 2-3 years! Seed potatoes are 3rd or 4th generation. They are more expensive but you can replant for 4 or 5 years. I learned the hard way.😕

[@Susan-mo9mr]

Hi there, thanks for sharing. I will definitely try this. I wanted to ask you about the soil I see you throwing in the bin. Where did you get it? It looks so healthy. I always buy the worse soil and then have lots ID problems with my potted plant. The soil never holds any water. It runs right out. Eventually, I started to soak it for a few days. Thank you.

[@galeparker1067]

Inspirational! 👍👍🥰✌️🇨🇦

[@marileestetson737]

My Mom was a farmer's daughter from the Depression Era and taught me to grow potatoes from the eyes or sprouts. You simply cut them, making sure each cut has an eye, and plant them into the soil. I did this and ended up with more than I needed. My mom and I canned potatoes for days. 😊 One of my best memories

[@Sheshe661972]

That's how my late grandmother, who also grew up during the depression era, taught me.

[@kellymcguire8888]

I love how easy tomatoes are to grow. We planted some tomatoes and when they grew our dog started going over, picking one off, walking a few steps and eating it. After she passed, tomato plants started growing all over the yard. It was like a little gift from her. 🍅=❤️

[@jacquelinebray4199]

❤that's a lovely and sad story all at the same time. I'm sorry for your loss xxx

[@c.b.-11]

I didn't know dogs eat tomatoes

[@kellymcguire8888]

@ She seemed to love them.

[@c.b.-11]

@@kellymcguire8888 I Googled it and it said Dogs will eat tomatoes but only give them ripe ones and very little. I was surprised because I've had dogs all my life and they never showed interest in tomatoes. Guess I spoiled them with meat. I learned something. Thank you

[@kellymcguire8888]

@ It was a ground level planter and she had full access to them 24/7. I’ve also seen pet friendly planters made with plants that are good for dogs, but they never included tomatoes so I didn’t even know that tomatoes were OK for dogs to eat. But she seemed to love them, and nothing bad ever happened when she ate them so I figured it was OK. 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@ahmcnulty4213]

As a child of a potato farmer, if you cut that potato in 3rds so that each had a sprout, you end up with 3 plants.

[@sharikerr-lalor1411]

I am from Jamaica and I watch you all the time, I was inspired to start my own backyard gardening. I must say I feel a sense of purpose going into my backyard to plant and reap, THANK YOU !!!!

[@Genesisblue97]

u are very blessed with jamaican weather its a dream

[@cheriebolender8765]

I'm 69, when I was a little kid, my elderly neighbors, threw all their scraps, from veggies in a certain spot of the garden, they would get food from there, it amazed me, i thought that was so cool!

[@dianadaelen6323]

That's so interesting, how big was the pot & was it full of dirt when the started? Did the just haphazardly toss the scraps anywhere & everywhere. I wonder if I could get stuff to grow that way.

[@dianadaelen6323]

I cut the eyes off & planted about 10. I only got about 7 tiny potatoes😢

[@willywonka7812]

My brother has a farm. Discarded vegetables grow al around. But it's a hit and miss affair​. You're better off ensuring thst conditions are closer to optimal, by following instructions from farming manuals or videos@@dianadaelen6323

[@willywonka7812]

Did you leave a good chunk of potato with the eye? p​@@dianadaelen6323

[@CricketsBay]

You don't cut the eyes off the potatoes to grow them. They need a 2 or 3 inch section of the potato for each eye. You cut the potatoes into chunks with at least 1 eye each, plant the chunks, and be sure to mulch or hill each potato plant.

[@knote4958]

Reminds me of the time I tossed potato peels and an onion bottom in the compost bin (when I was still getting into gardening). I got evacuated for a wildfire in the area and was gone for 2 weeks, but when I came back I had 22 potato sprouts and a monster onion.

[@MisguidedMeMissguided]

It is so surprising how simple it really is I loved being in my garden

[@susancappello556]

My parents always grew potatoes from the eyes that would sprout attached to a 1/4 slice of the potato. It was free food! Great experiment. Thank you for all of your videos. ❤

[@lessalonelouann]

I tried doing that this year with potatoes but couldn't, thanks to sprout inhibitors.

[@MrGrumblier]

You could have had even more potatoes if you had cut the one potato into chunks with eyes.

[@DianaGascon]

Hey James. I live in the 39th floor of a Miami condo, zone 11A and I grow cabbage from scraps, in my balcony, year-round (potting soil, small containers, no direct sunlight because I live in Miami). Here's the secret: You need a much more substantial stem. Look for a cabbage head with the longest stem possible and leave a fair amount of the cabbage head intact when cutting. I take the cabbage head's outer leaves and leave the stem intact (at least 3 or 4 inches long). That's essential for regrowing purposes. Settle your scrap into the soil, burying only 1/3 of an inch of the cabbage stem, and water it in well. Plant must be watered moderately but shouldn’t be soggy. It will grow a root system. New beautiful cabbage leaves will grow around the central stem. Harvest the leaves as they grow. They will regrow again and again.

[@arlenem6659]

Great video! Thanks

[@barbarabruce7648]

Thanks Dianna, great advice. I will do this now. How awesome that you can do this on the 39th floor! Kudos to you 👏

[@DianaGascon]

@@barbarabruce7648 Thank you for letting me know it was useful 😊

[@taniabrown8173]

@DianaGascon, what kind of soil do you use. I normally use coconut coir as well as my compost, not getting as much supply as I feel I should. My cherry tomatoes do amazing in it but my other crops not so much. All raised beds btw

[@DianaGascon]

@@taniabrown8173 Espoma Organic Potting Soil Mix - All Natural Potting Mix For All Indoor & Outdoor Containers Including Herbs & Vegetables.

[@pennysantana7809]

I love this, I did an experiment one time with scallions, and celery. I also take all my tomatoes that are not looking good at the end of season and just let them compost in my beds and I get lots of free tomatoes (large and cherry) every year. It definitely is a great experiment and they all taste as fresh as their original veggies. Thank you and God bless 🙏

[@DeadJDona]

they all original

[@kathygarcia2864]

I cut the bottoms off my Celery and put it in water for a week. It starts regrowing. I plant it in my garden and it regrows new Celery. It's awesome.

[@gdaymates431]

I used to do this, but my dog would go straight outside, and I'd hear "chomp chomp chomp" with basically anything I planted, hahaha.

[@yana55ya]

It looks like a great opportunity to grow celery, because buying a whole one usually gets to be wasteful. I never really use it up before it goes bad.

[@elizabethwilson9126]

@@kathygarcia2864I do this too. Re p ecually with spring onions

[@elizabethwilson9126]

@@kathygarcia2864 I l9ve how deep green it is grown this way.

[@crystalrejman969]

I love this! I grow potatoes, celery, garlic, tomatoes, cucumbers , green onions, ginger, and romaine lettuce this way! Start my bell peppers , watermelon, avocado, and so much more from the seeds of store bought items. I also have beautiful lemon trees from the lemon seeds I save. I had a great harvest this year from sweet potato slips from store bought sweet potatoes. Five slips gave us a five gallon bucket of potatoes. I will certainly do that again next year! Tuck these are for you!❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@danellequick3622]

I have had poor luck with my celery scrap plants. They always start strong, grow beautiful green leaves and thin stalks for a month and overnight they wilt,turn yellow and die. Everytime this has happened with mine. Any idea what I'm doing wrong?

[@CyberwizardProductions]

re: rooting and growing stuff like celery, cabbage, lettuce, etc - you peel all the leaves off the outside. all of that's going to rot on you, you have to remove them and you MUST have some of the root cells on the bottom or it won't root. always plant the bottom of your onions and then just snip the green tops and chop those up to eat. they'll grow all year round - heat and cold and snow don't bother them

[@rayofsunshine107h]

Does it have a loud smell outside or no smell until cut?

[@jadanrae]

@@rayofsunshine107h i had replanted a cut+sprouting onion from the store, and when they get closer to harvest time, the plant itself did start to give off a very strong onion smell when walking past it 😅

[@tmontero8492]

James! I had to pause your video to tell you that this video was one of the most exciting ones I've seen in a very long time! I don't get out much obviously... But, you really hit the nail on the head with thisk one -- so appreciate you sharing this with us!

[@ERRNCAM1]

He has really inspired me to get back out to my garden!

[@jerisharpe906]

So nice to have people like you helping old, clueless people like me (I'm 80) teaching us new techniques to grow veggies. Wish I had known this before my husband died & I Had to sell the house we built on 2 & 1/2 acres only 3 miles from town on a side road among large farms. I love reading & learning new things.

[@richardmoore9952]

I'm sure you have already thought of this, but I'll share my thought anyway. You did stress the idea of using organic produce because of the growth inhibitors commercial growers use to prolong shelf life of the produce. I would also suggest buying heirloom tomatoes at the store if you plan to grow them from the cut off tops. They should breed true to type. I plan to try that in the spring garden. I love your channel and and am always inspired by your enthusiasm for gardening. I love seeing Tuck follow you around and eating carrots. Rich Moore in Baltimore,MD

[@Dbb277-2]

Good points!

[@tthappyrock368]

Great expirament! There are so many crops we can grow from store bought produce! Back in 2013, I planted potatoes along my driveway. Despite harvesting potatoes each year, there are still plants growing from that original grocery store set that had sprouted!

[@forrestegan]

I do this with green onions…I buy a small bunch from the grocery store, cut them about 2” tall, plant the bottoms in a small pot and cook with the tops. Typically get my first harvest in a few weeks, sometimes I can get a second or even third harvest from them. I know they’re not an expensive item, but every few dollars we save adds up, plus it’s fun!!

[@melanietheisen3968]

Another thing I do with veggie scraps is add them to a bag I have in the freezer and when it’s full, I simmer them on the stove in some water for a few hours to make a nice broth. Then either can freeze that so that I always have broth on hand to use instead of water for making soups, stews, casseroles and such.

[@michaelsherron5750]

Absolutely! That’s how I make my homemade veggie broth for about 10 years now. 😊

[@BeckyA59]

I do the same, such good broth

[@helenkentwell5042]

Thanks. Smart move.

[@anjumjafari7873]

What happened to turmeric?

[@anjumjafari7873]

I got big harvest of this kind of tomatoes. But they got cracks. What’s the reason?

[@crashweekly7925]

We planted a slice of a Roma tomato in 3 different places in our raised garden and got a yield of hundreds of tomatoes, we never trimmed the plants we just let them go wild and they took over everything. The main trunk of the plants were over an inch in diameter. We ended up stewing them and canning them for tomato sauce. Our neighbor must have planted a cherry tomato plant and a squirrel relocated some of the seeds at our fence line and we got a few hundred from it as well. Tomatoes are probably the easiest things to grow.

[@ERRNCAM1]

Thank you for the idea!!

[@jamesprigioni]

SHARE THIS VIDEO IF YOU ENJOYED IT, ALSO CLICK THE LINK FOR THE FREE RAISED BED GIVEAWAY! GIVEAWAY LINK: teamgrow.us Timestamps 00:00 Intro 00:11 Veggie Scraps to Regrow 01:10 Prepping Raised Bed to Plant Into 01:35 Planting Out Veggie Scraps 03:18 Full Bed Of Veggie Scraps Planted 03:51 14 Days After Planting 04:55 23 Days AFter Planting 06:40 Free Raised Bed Giveaway! 07:10 34 Days After Planting 08:06 91 Days After Planting 08:20 Harvesting Regrown Onions 10:30 Harvesting Regrown Beets 12:33 Harvesting Regrown Carrots 13:44 Tuck Eating Regrown Carrots 15:02 Harvesting Regrown Potatoes 17:58 Harvesting Regrown Garlic 19:41 99 Days After Planting 19:54 Harvesting Regrown Tomatoes 21:32 106 Days After Planting 23:09 135 Days After Planting 23:22 Transplanting Ginger Plant into a Container 23:57 Was it Worth it to Regrow Veggies from Scraps? 25:16 Final Thoughts Me and Tuck hope you enjoy the video!

[@donnabrooks1173]

Lo e this video James.

[@reelthing4u]

thanks for the chance

[@jjudijo]

Zone 10b. I grew a beet for 4 years (for the greens) so good.

[@50yroldgrom]

Love this philosophy, I plant all of my scraps and seeds from store. Have been eating buttercup squash and purple sweet potatoes for years that started from a single store bought item😊

[@elsh332]

I had some sweet potatoes that started shooting another year. I decided to chuck them in the ground and let them show me what they could do. I ended up with some small sweet potatoes, and I made a nice risotto with them. They were a bit fibrous because I'd left them a bit long, but the meal was great 👍 I enjoyed it just for the satisfaction of experimenting tbh. I love seeing what will happen when I try stuff 🎉🎉

[@VeronicaGreen-hi2yy]

This is very effective for me because I love to plant vegetables I bought from the shop I planted a lot of ginger turmeric tomatoes scallions celery etc only the beets and carrots and some other stuff didn't make it I appreciate what you are doing you make it easy for us ladies who love gardening wow yours comes out very good especially the potatoes we can save a lot of money for other stuff thanks so much I am happy for you God bless you ❤

[@rareangellawson4279]

I'm glad I found your page. I started growing food this year since becoming sick which started out very well but when hurricane beryl hit 95% of the new growth died and the rest has been growing very slowly. Watching your video has reinspired me to try again, being more aware of the seasons, while keeping in mind to use organic waste to minimize the growth inhibitors you spoke on. Many blessings! ❤

[@faithsrvtrip8768]

That's amazing! Thanks for doing this I always learn a lot from you! My fav part of beets are the tops / greens! I always cook radish tops, beet tops, turnip tops. A little EVOO, salt, red pepper flakes, garlic and sautee for 2 minutes. Can add wine or lemon juice or stock or water to make a lil steam. Super fast and easy! Please don't throw away your tops! I have chitted and planted organic potatoes. Super easy!

[@GigMaresh]

3 and 5 gallon buckets also make excellent homes for growing spuds. The 5 gallon size are large enough to grow them on two levels. Cut a "window" near the bottom and fashion it back in place with gorilla tape for a hinge. Use a small length of coat hanger for the latch. Drill some drain holes in the bottom. Don't fill the bucket to the top with growing soil. Just barely over half way. When the first leaves peek up and a stem starts, most folks want to snap off those lower leaves . . . Dont! That is going to be the second layer of spuds. The low level spuds can be accessed thru that nifty door you cut. Feel around and grab a few then shut the door and toss the soil that spilled right back in.

[@tribalroselr]

Yes!❤

[@moons.1363]

Regrowing green onions and leeks on my window sill right now. They do well in either water or soil. Green onions regrow fairly fast too !

[@--AC]

That sounds really nice. Just be sure that there isn't lead paint in ur window area. Someone who does lead testing of homes said that edibles grown on window sills get contaminated with lead dust & ppl don't realize the harm. Wishing you and everyone the best & a wonderful harvest.

[@moons.1363]

@@--AC Our house is a new build so it is safe in that regard, but I totally understand how that can be an issue in older homes (along with others like asbestos). I appreciate you pointing it out !

[@babs926]

I have a large compost frame (nearly 1 metre high) where are all my kitchen scraps and garden rubbish goes in. Every year in the late summer I harvest huge amounts of my favourite potatoes out of it because the potato peels with the “eyes” just go like mad and I let the plant simply do its thing. I buy from the store the waxy baby potatoes and usually I eat them with the skin, but sometimes there’s a bad bit which I cut off. This year I harvest it nearly 18 kg of beautiful potatoes 🥰 Thank you for this video, it’s amazing how things grow if we let them. 😇

[@tedtolentino4955]

Thank you, this was an interesting video with a great idea to utilize vegetable waste to regrow food.

[@ambrenna]

Great experiment James, I will recreate it. One thing about the beet - you can eat and enjoy just the greens from the top. Young leaves are great in salad, larger ones are wonderful sauted in olive and garlic, mix with some orrechetti pasta- yum. The green tops of beets have the most amount of potassium than any food!

[@reppi8742]

We did this with celery! It grew beautifully and the flavor oh my! We even dried the leaves.

[@wendyhenschel.]

I live in zone 6 in Mass. I throw a few of my sweet 100's cherry tomatoes on the soil of the raised bed gardens at the end of the season. In the spring when the soil hits temperature the seeds sprout and i get plants. They get loaded with cherry tomatoes. I also do the same with my bigger tomatoes like Early girl and have had the same results. I also save a handful of lil red and lil yellow potatoes, full size Yukon gold potato and a sweet potato that i leave sprout thru the winter in my house. i then plant them in the soil in a sunny place mid to late march depending if there is snow on the ground may be later. I get a good-sized harvest from them every year. i actually get to put a second batch down, but it yields half of what i get from the first. i have been doing this for over 30 years with no fail. i also plant the garlic from the grocery store in pieces like you did. but it takes 2 maybe 3 years before it amounts to anything. Experimenting is fun in the garden.

[@jos2701]

I'm also in MA. I'm trying to plant garlic for the first time this year, but the chipmunk in my yard keeps digging it up.

[@wendyhenschel.]

@@jos2701 That is weird, never had Chipmunks go after my garlic. It must be Italian lol. My issue is groundhogs, grrrrr

[@jos2701]

@wendyhenschel. Yup, it just digs them up and leaves them on top of the dirt. I tried repelling it with moth balls down its hole. The chipmunk picks them up and leaves them on the grass. I think I have the only chipmunk with a poor sense of smell 😅 Groundhogs are seriously annoying!

[@wendyhenschel.]

@@jos2701 That is funny.

[@pascalguerandel8181]

I bought medjool dates from Safeway...l planted the seeds and now I have date palms growing...quite easy🎉

[@MiladaKaiser]

James, you have such a green green thumps ! I believe if you plant M&Ms, you would get a chocolate tree.

[@ERRNCAM1]

LOL!!!

[@JenW-l9b]

😂

[@ERRNCAM1]

@JenW-l9b isn't that hysterical? I'm going to remember that one.

[@fmpApps]

What about green dollar bills?

[@ERRNCAM1]

@jackrodgersjr Ooooooh! Yes! Wouldn't that be nice! I'd cultivate those trees with grow lights and fertilizer. I'd spread repellent around so squirrels couldn't steal it, calling it taxes. Happy Thanksgiving!! 😊

[@ragheadand420roll]

Great idea from this video. If u ever get a really good carrot. Or a black or a purple.. regrow the top and massive seeds. Carrots are great for seeds. Thx james.

[@WendyHannan-pt7ez]

I started a compost bin during Covid. I only have a very small garden, and I ended up with plenty of healthy soil I put some of the soil in a hanging basket, I now have a tomatoes plants growing in my hanging basket. It’s going to be over crowded so I’ll try and transplant them into a larger garden pot. All those potatoes out of one potato, was fantastic 😉 Thank you James, I’ve really enjoyed this video.

[@Colegegreen]

Turmeric take a while to root. When you buy turmeric from the store, check if the eyes are intact and healthy. Most of the store bought turmeric the eyes are scraped off.

[@cj311968]

would love to see a video where you regrow veggies scraps indoors? I've tried celery a few times but once I stick it in dirt it dies. Would love some advice on doing this with a variety of veggies but indoors during the winter please. Love your channel.

[@rhondasmith7413]

Root the celery in a glass of water first. I use toothpicks, similar to sprouting an avocado pit. My regrown celery has never produced thick stalks, but the leaves dehydrate beautifully and I was able to harvest some celery seed as a spice, if left to flower.

[@redfields5070]

Anytime I stick anything in dirt it dies.

[@Bruh6969-m8t]

0:36 “woter”😂

[@kaabe41]

Am I the only one who is saying, "What??? where's the "Let's go!!" ???? I always say that when I watch James' videos. That's part of the intro😭 Interesting video :) I have been trying all year to grow ginger, FINALLY, i have four small sprouts, hope they hang on.

[@jenniferrevilla5298]

I am in NW MO and hire year on my tubers. Last year didn't grow a whole lot. I put he pot in same place this year, funny spot and it really didn't thrive. I relocated it to a shaded spot,getting only late afternoon sun and I had 7 shoots instead of the 2-3. It stands much taller too. I will harvest soon and next year plant a tuber and set in the shaded spot. Hopefully it helps💕

[@kaabe41]

@@jenniferrevilla5298 Thank you for the tip, I actually have been placing it in the sun in the afternoon, I'll keep it in a bit more shaded spot :)

[@dynhoyw]

i wish someone could motivate me as much as this guy motivated that ginger and potato.

[@Chiclette-ld1xx]

Thank you, James, for doing this experiment bc I have been wondering how cutting off the root part and replanting would come up. I'm impressed. I will try next spring.

[@LW62FL]

Love the idea of growing in a garden, anything that sprouts! Great kids garden idea!

[@richardmoore9952]

I would also like to comment about the beet tops. I have difficulty growing beets in the past but love the greens. Planting beet tops from the store ,just for greens seems like a winning idea..

[@ayatti26]

Very good presentation. The garlic can be grown in summer. You can refrigerate them first for that cold period. After that, it will bulb like it does after winter. Good job on the potatoes and tomatoes. The potatoes, beets and carrots were most interesting to me.

[@melissaharland5609]

65 yrs doing this, n learning from you n Tucks🐾🐾🐾🐾 for last 5r so years albeit when I planted the carrots, no new root yet grew n went to flower for the seeds 🤸🙏🐾

[@toniatalley1977]

❤❤❤❤❤ All for Tuck! Hes the very best taste tester. Great video.

[@libbyholt3863]

During the pandemic, I tried growing a grocery store celery bottom in a pot. I can't recall if I first soaked or even rooted it in water, but I probably did. To my happy surprise, once potted in soil, it started sending up stalks which, in turn, made lots of leaves. I harvested greens and slender stems/stalks on a regular basis, never once giving the plant a chance to form a full on stalk.

[@Dramure]

Takes a bit and you have to keep everything moist because the roots are growing at same time plant is trying to grow ..but once roots get established you'll have explosive growth

[@CCMTVPuyallup]

We planted a couple green onion sprouted ends and they turned into amazing large scallions! Like 4-5 feet tall and a couple inches in diameter! Delicious!

[@Lstn2urmama]

When plants slow down or just before frost ..take all green tomatoes and ripen in home in a box in a cool dark place and check every day

[@Inisfad]

I bought a leafy cabbage from the store FOUR years ago, cut the bottom off, ate the rest of it, and planted the bottom in my greenhouse. It has been growing for 4 years, into a lush, multi stemmed cabbage. The seeds from it will not germinate, but the plant is ridiculously hardy. You can do this with just about any veg, although beware that most of what you buy are hybrids, so the seeds are meaningless.

[@anntowle1706]

That was a great experiment. The potato grew a lot more than I expected because it hadn't been hilled. I used to have interesting volunteer plants around my pig pen when I had my farm. I lived in Maine, so the growing season was very short, but I would often have tomatoes from seed ripen in that area.

[@razamanaz2002]

I did this as a child with my brother and mother. When we harvested I remember my little brother said: «Mom, what we put in was more than we are getting now»😂. So your try is so much better👍

[@dotsie]

It amazes me how much people are so shocked about how you can take a potato and regrow it into a bunch of them. When I grew up on the farm, we would split the potatoes and let them callus over and then we would hand plant them in the field during the spring, and harvest them by hand in the fall. Most tubers, bulbs, and rhizomes can grow easily. You should have also split your ginger and you would have multiple plants. Just don't overwater them or they can rot. We were always taught in school to let your potato soak in water, but the farm kids new it didn't need the water. LOL However, some need the extra rooting. Things like lettuces, celery, and the like should use water to root first. Make sure you leave more of the core for your cabbage. And tomatoes... if you find your favorite tomato in the store, learn to seed save. Some of my best germinators were some that you can't find seed packets for and that I could get from the store.

[@sleuthinsandals1230]

Good on you for going the distance with your experiment, I especially appreciate your advice on the ginger; I'll head out and try to revive my poor little lump of ginger from going rotten thanks to your inspiring message.😊 One thing I’ve been doing is buying organic fruits and veggies, just say one beet or one potato, special tomatoes, carrots, so it's not costly, and use those for seed and rooting material, as they're organic and should be pesticide free. I'm in Melbourne Australia, we're heading into our characteristically hot summer from an extended winter, juggling climate change 🤷‍♀️😬probably quite similar to MI, minus the snow! 😎💙👍🇦🇺love your vids❤

[@SuperJman991]

Man it’s crazy how we all have different luck with different plants. I had no problem growing tumeric, but struggled with carrots. But that dirt, wow we need some background on where that came from because that definitely wasn’t big box store potting mix!

[@YodaWhat]

I have had success with even small pieces of cabbage core. I put them in a shallow pool of water in a covered dish. Then I put that in the refrigerator to prevent it rotting. After a few weeks, the piece of core will sprout leaves, and then roots, in that order. Then I keep it for a few days on a window sill, still in a pool of water, before planting it in a medium-sized pot. When it looks strong, I move it outside and keep it shaded for a few more days. It does not re-grow cabbage heads, but grows several seed stalks instead. A few cabbage leaves can be taken occasionally, without harming the 'seed factory'.

[@belindarosenheim2322]

All is my basil plants came from 2 Walmart basil plants from the produce section. 🎉SO FUN!❤

[@arvettadelashmit9337]

Next time try growing sweet potato slips. I rooted sweet potato sprouts in water; and, I planted them back in June in one of my large flower pots. I got beautiful vines that the deer ate the leaves off of. When I pulled the plants up, I found long thin sweet potatoes. If I had planted sweet potatoes back in late April, or early May. I would have gotten some really nice sweet potatoes. Large pots, planters, and raised gardens are the only way to grow a garden here. The natural soil is red clay with lots of rocks. I also grew ginger in a large flower pot with flowers. The ginger kept the deer from eating my flowers; and, I got a lot of fresh new, tender, fat, beautiful ginger. Only one of the original ginger pieces was still there.

[@AlSween]

I never knew how onions grew. That is fascinating!

[@joycewieda6479]

I watched your show on Thanksgiving 2024 and got inspired. I planted a lemon seed in with another house plant. Guess what.? I now have a lemon tree. Very exciting. IAm hooked. Thank you.

[@brendabadih8855]

I plant the root bases of most greens from salads. The beet, celery, lettuce, cabbage tops are good for fresh salad addition for the days you need extras. Always good to see you in the garden. Love me. Love my garden. 🍆

[@Nonyabizznezz2]

I just happened upon this vid. This is utterly fascinating!! Makes me want to try it. I know Nothing about growing anything. But this is so cool!!! I love this video!! I really want to try this. Could I use a big plastic storage container? It's all I have. Thank you for this! Store bought veggies never taste as good as fresh grown. ❤❤

[@BritoWorx]

Mother Nature is beautiful. Anyone that has useable land should be growing some sort of food.

[@melaneymattson3733]

I am so impressed!! I planted some scallion/green onion roots inside and they flourished for months, beautiful too. Just came across your channel and subscribed, Melaney from SoCal

[@bballanalytics1552]

Interesting unusual experiment, more of this please

[@jonas3333]

I'm curious about berries myself.

[@colleenasteevesbos6975]

I’m new to your channel and I loved watching you grow from food scraps. My sister’s grandson started celery from a food scrap and it actually grew quite nicely. This spring I’m creating a a garden somewhere in my 2.27 acre land. I’m really excited about testing my own food scrap garden as well as growing from seeds. I harvested seeds from pumpkin, a verity of tomatoes, large and small, watermelon and apple and lemon seeds. I’ve got one Apple tree growing in my house as well as two lemon trees from the fruit where I harvested the seeds from. They sit in my window in the kitchen and they look amazing. They’ve slowed down because of the winter season but they’re still green and healthy. In the spring I’ll add some organic soil to them to help them grow more. I’m going to keep the tiny trees in my house so they have a better chance to grow and product fruit on them. Once they get about 5 ft tall, I’ll introduce them to the outdoors in the late spring to early summer and plant them in the ground. Our winters here in Alberta Canada can be very harsh. So timing is very important. I look forward to seeing more video and I’ll catch up on the ones you’ve already made. Happy gardening to you.

[@sonyahogan5673]

This is one of the most fun videos Ive seen! Oh how I love Tuck! ❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@texasgemtree]

I have forgotten tomatoes until they got too old to eat. I hate to throw food away so I threw it at the base of a flowering tree as sort of fertilizer. Way later when I was taking out more food to dispose of, I found a couple of plants. I replanted them and ate fruit off them that year! That will work! Glad I didn't throw the fruit in the trash. I was so surprised when I found the plants!

[@spoetryqueen]

Thank you for doing this. I've regrown celery and green onions before

[@happyhobbit8450]

I get food from the locally owned grocery for the chickens -- there was bags of onions that were growing significantly so I planted them in pots everywhere around my garden. They grew flowers but there was small onions ... I ate some but I'm going to do what you said about drying them and making them sets for net year. I'm in zone 4 so I don't suppose they will over winter??? Thank you for the awesome experiments!!!

[@rickyrodeo7151]

Love your energy and approach. I have to say that after watching about 5 of your videos I wondered why you kept saying ‘mean talk’. It was only after I started wondering what ‘mean talk’ means that I realised you were actually saying ‘me & Tok’ being you and your cool little doggy lol. Anyway Australia here , down south, keep up the good work, some of your info doesn’t apply down here such as some of the garden pests don’t exist here, but we have other pests to take their place believe me. Looking forward to watching more of your videos 🤙

[@fishinmusician-h3i]

he is saying,Me and Tuck.His dogs name

[@geeker211]

I always regrow the bottoms of Romaine lettuce. I found you need to start with a nice big tight bunch and scrape the dryness off the bottom, then plant it down at ground level. Works great!

[@vickiblizzard1001]

Store tomatoes are bland and flavorless anyway, so I'm not surprised the ones you grew didn't taste the best. I was surprised that the garlic didn't form heads until you mentioned they didn't go through a winter in the ground, then that made sense. Overall, a fun experiment to watch! Thanks for filming it for us!

[@priscillajoseph765]

This was a great experiment and experience. I was absolutely taken by this. You did what I have always wondered. Thank you for showing it can work and great learning!

[@sandycantu6830]

Hi James ✌🏽 once you get the carrots to flower, you then plant the seeds of the flower and then you’ll have yourself a great tasting carrot

[@reelthing4u]

i love regrowing green onion .i have green onions all year . just leave about a inch in the garden or leave 1'' of the white part by the roots and replant it.(the store bought one). i regrow carrots and celery for the seeds. regrow maters too .

[@hillaryburdick9313]

I do this all the time with green onions, but didn’t know I could do it with other scraps too! ❤❤❤❤s for Tuck.

[@Melissa0774]

I'm happy to see a video like this because I also live in New Jersey. Which store did you buy these vegetables from and are the GMO or organic? Do you think it makes a difference? Do the GMO ones work as well? I'm not concerned about the safety of GMOs as far as eating them, or anything, but I do think they'd probably not grow as well if you tried to plant them this way. Two or three years ago, I bought a red bell pepper from the Rt 206 Farmer's Market in Hillsborough NJ and I planted the seeds from it. Out of 15 seedlings, only 4 survived, and out of those, I only got two peppers. It totally wasn't worth the effort at all. I wondered if it was because the pepper was not organic and may have been a GMO. Even though that store is called a "farmer's market," it isn't really one. It's actually just a green grocer, which is basically just a regular grocery store, but only the produce and deli sections.

[@MaySmithereen]

The way this dog loves fresh veggies 😅

[@eunicestjarielofficial]

I love this experimentation with detailed explanation. This is how any of us if we're children would imagine growing food so it's great you're actually doing this! I wouldn't have thought to grow the food I saw at home from seed but to put that food back in the ground! Great idea!

[@ShellyMcDonnell123]

🥔🥔🥔🥔🥔 Really surprised at your potato crop from the store.❤❤❤❤❤ for Tuck!

[@aw8kenotwoke109]

You have inspired me to give this a go next year! Your enthusiasm is contagious.

[@jackiek4159]

Loved this! Nature truly is the best! 😍🙌💚

[@komleylaryea4128]

Thank you for opening peoples eyes to what they can have for literally free.Yes this is what I do,I don't buy seeds anymore if I can help it. I regrow everything from garlic bottoms to sprouting ginger. All my scraps are put straight into the soil to regrow .,and I leave a plant or so for the following year to seed for seeds. Freeze tomatoes whole to peel off the skin by hand

[@tonjasims6109]

I love watching these videos but this one by far is my fave. I love the explanations the animations, and Tuck 😂😂!

[@maineshop-t6p]

Wow thank you so much for making this video. Ive tried numerous time growing veggies from scrap but often fail. Watching you document from start till the end has encouraged me to try again. And now i know what i did wrong & why they often failed. Again thanks so much for makjng this video. Subscribed 😊

[@karenromando4939]

Yes. Throw scraps into garden. Make sure you want those scraps to grow there if they sprout or regrow. I had volunteer tomatoes from my scraps. I live my volunteers❤❤❤❤

[@jeffreyorlikowski6512]

I have good results with onions,celery, potatoes,and tomatoes. Free food thank God.

[@lindagonzalez9774]

I love Tuck! I can’t get my Rottweiler to eat veggies unless they are disguised or already mixed into his freeze dried dog food.

[@Lee-c2d]

Make a vegetable stew and add a stew bone for flavor, dogs love that.

[@MickTee2k]

The good thing with ginger is that you can do a lot of the prep work indoors at the end of winter. Put the root in a container with a moist paper towel and after a week or two, you can cut the ginger up to separate the sprouts which you can leave in the container to get more established and establish roots before planting in the garden to get a month's head start on the season. Note that ginger usually has a growth inhibitor on it that can be removed by soaking in water overnight then scrubbing with a brush. This will more than halve the time required to get it to sprout.

[@yukey2587]

Sungold cherry. Planted 5 seedlings. Got ATTACKED by so many tomatoes. It was overwhelming. I froze them and will kick up the flavors of the salsas I shall can up later this month.

[@ninjalemurdude]

This is actually how I got into gardening. Nearly 3/4 of my seed collection comes from plants I regrew. Cabbage, lettuce, and celery are definitely the hardest to regrow in my experience because of how quick they are to rot.

[@shawnswain5813]

I wonder if growing from your homegrown tomatoes rather than store bought would be better…

[@AnitaEgeberg]

I save seeds from my favourit heirloom tomatoes instead of buying new seeds every year. I have also tried saving seeds from storebought hybrids, just to sees how they'll turn out. This year I actually got some that tasted really good. Will be interesting to see what their offspring will taste like next year...🤔

[@elizabethtovar3603]

I regrow every year, unintentionally. They are really good. I do the same with potatoes that grow sprouts before I cook them. The potatoes are fresh and smooth like butter.

[@sharemyworld00]

All I can say is Wow! I'm practically speechless.

[@honeybadgers1996]

A great experiment. The beat and the carrot came out very interesting. I can see Tuck got his haircut at the begging of this experiment. Very cute. Thanks for sharing your video.

[@xakilegnadee]

Last year we bought four different tomato plants. We compost all our scraps, including eggshells and other organic matter. This year we had many seedlings so we planted them instead of buying more. Not only was it an incredible harvest, the tomatoes tasted amazing. They tasted better than before, especially the tiny ones. Canned most of them, so no bought tomato sauce until next year needed. We also made dried powdered tomato flakes, which can be used as paste when mixed with water.