Who else does this? Practices that might benefit your fellow pals.

[layzieyez]

I have regrown green onions, celery, romaine lettuce and herbs. It's much easier than trying to start plants from seed.

I'm going to try to get a butterfly bush to root like this next. Good luck y'all.

[legion]

Zombie gardening? I think it's a great idea. Usually only do green onions but will do potatoes if they start to sprout.

[fakie nollie]

I'm going to try this later in the week.

[Skart]

Ohh shiiitt

Challenge accepted

[EXTRA SPICY]

I have regrown green onions, celery, romaine lettuce and herbs. It's much easier than trying to start plants from seed.

I'm going to try to get a butterfly bush to root like this next. Good luck y'all.

If you’re growing out Buddleja davidii (purple butterfly bush) for your butterfly bush, and live in a place where it’s invasive, be aware of how that effects the local ecology. If so, check out some native plant alternatives. If you need help sourcing info or a society that is near you, let me know, I can help.

[layzieyez]

It's not invasive in my area, and I want more hummingbirds in my yard.

[vindogg]

It's not invasive in my area, and I want more hummingbirds in my yard.

My mum told me it was summer lilac, when we got it from some friend back when my mum was super into attracting butterflies to her garden lol. Cause of the soil there, the flowers were super average in intensity. Anyway we had a bush for one year I believe. It grew well (way too well) and it was close (10m) to a few pungent roses and it still kinda oped them with a pretty bad smell, made being in the garden less pleasant. Anyway I got told to take it out that autumn and I was pretty careful with deadheads, but the seedlings still pop up (year round) in a good 10m radius, all around the roses despite mulch etc., must be at least 4 springs passed now. 

Definitely deadhead it before it even has the chance to make seeds, trust me it will find a way to spread even if you do, and then prune in the first months of Autumn (never got to see a matured bush grow over winter but it might need more pruning). We went and got a native alternative which was a Great Hebe or something, from the same friend, but neither my mum nor I liked the flowers so we just stuck to having a single forest of swanplants for the butterflies to chill in which has been equally hard to manage.  I'm not really sure how it's not invasive in your area? But you have been warned!

I liked the video you posted btw, I couldn't find any proper seedlings before my lockdown began and I've ended up having to buy a bunch of seeds which really is not the best timing where I'm from. (early autumn) But I have a few veges I haven't eaten and likely won't that I might propagate. I've been pretty into propagating plants from restaurant planters lately, mostly just out of curiosity but you would be surprised how many grow into plants.   

edit: tl;dr

Butterfly bush is reallly hard to control and propogating vegetables sounds fun.

[el chino]

I have an old bed frame i was thinking about repurposing for something like this, ill post when its done!

[layzieyez]

One thing to add about the zombie gardening, I change the water daily or else it will get murky and the plant will likely die.

Has anyone done this?



I've bought some magnets and I'm going to do this on my next oil change.

[legion]

When I'm rooting stuff in water I usually ignore it unless the water looks really bad or low.

I'd always planned on doing this with some old hard drive magnets but never did. I do add a magnetic drain plug.
Regular magnets don't work so well, gotta be rare earth, neodymium stuff for the heat.
If you wanna cut filters open to check em a pipe/tubing cutter is easier to find.

https://www.bobistheoilguy.com/forums/ubbthreads.php/forum_summary
Great oil forum

[layzieyez]

I'm not cutting filters but it's good to know the right tool for the job.

I just picked that video kind of randomly, but yeah doesn't do a clean job of dissecting the filter.

[DarthDingusMaximus]

resodding my backyard and learning how to make natural privacy fence with plants.   I hate my neighbors.......... too close to my house.

[layzieyez]

resodding my backyard and learning how to make natural privacy fence with plants.   I hate my neighbors.......... too close to my house.

Weed? Bamboo?

[Yu Dum]

This is a great idea! My wife and I do this with pretty much anything we think will regrow. Plenty of green onions and the like. Thanks for sharing this!

[layzieyez]

Who else has cat? I've been slow blinking back at my cats for ages (along with trying to perfect my meow/mew). Has anyone else been doing this?

I guess all this time I've been unwittingly telling them I love them.

https://www.catster.com/cat-behavior/cat-slow-blink-meaning

[Banned from the room]

Who else has cat? I've been slow blinking back at my cats for ages (along with trying to perfect my meow/mew). Has anyone else been doing this?

I guess all this time I've been unwittingly telling them I love them.

https://www.catster.com/cat-behavior/cat-slow-blink-meaning

blinking both eyes at your cat and squinting is relaxing to the animal.

Is your cat male or female?

[layzieyez]

One of each (siblings) we rescued.

[pizzafliptofakie]

Who else has cat? I've been slow blinking back at my cats for ages (along with trying to perfect my meow/mew). Has anyone else been doing this?

I guess all this time I've been unwittingly telling them I love them.

https://www.catster.com/cat-behavior/cat-slow-blink-meaning

I've heard it referred to as "kitty kisses". Me and my lil bud slowly blink at each other all the time.

[pugmaster]

I have regrown green onions, celery, romaine lettuce and herbs. It's much easier than trying to start plants from seed.

I'm going to try to get a butterfly bush to root like this next. Good luck y'all.

Very cool topic! I think I'll try green onions first.

How long does celery take until it is consumable?

[Banned from the room]

One of each (siblings) we rescued.

that's cool I rescued two sets on siblings. It's impossible to leave the last of the litter behind.

The two sisters I have now I took by force from an abuser

[pugmaster]

So I bought a 7 gallon pot. It is about 2 feet wide. What plants would I be able to grow in that space. I was thinking a basil plant, some green onion, and  celery.  Is that enough space to grow them in the same container?

[legion]

So I bought a 7 gallon pot. It is about 2 feet wide. What plants would I be able to grow in that space. I was thinking a basil plant, some green onion, and  celery.  Is that enough space to grow them in the same container?

I don't how big celery gets but you could probably squeeze 1-2 in there with the other stuff. Basil doesn't need much room, a small pot on a windowsill could work. It also seeds so can spread like crazy. Green onions don't need a ton of soil either, 6" deep should be plenty, I used a long flower pot. You only need space if you want more, and clustering them together isn't bad. Green beans are also easy to grow.

[layzieyez]

I wouldn't bother with the celery. I couldn't get the celery to grow as big as it's original host. Same with the lettuce. It'll grow, but it's not going to be as robust. Then again, I usually had to abandon my gardening for weeks at a time once my kids got out of school to go visit my parents in Hawaii, and my wife just doesn't have a green thumb to keep them alive in my absence.

[pugmaster]

Thanks for the information everyone!

[h00man]

green onions! Except the water gets super smelly.

[Banned from the room]

;-;   what does this mean in text. My niece sends it to me all the time before breaking off contact

[layzieyez]

http://www.christopherteh.com/blog/2017/11/washed-rice-water/

Does anyone eat as much rice as me?

I actually use a strainer to wash my rice so I can capture the rice water in plastic tubs to use as organic fertilizer on my non-edible plants such as the rubber plant.

I originally found anecdotal tips about rice water from orchid growers. I'm glad someone actually did the research to prove that it was scientifically effective.

[IUTSM]

Just finished the raised beds today. Salvaged rejected redwood 2x4's from the fence mill scrap pile. Used the dirt from my buddies old gardens and from mine last year. I was very surprised at the amount of life in the soil. Used galvanized decking screws I scored in a property clean up, as well as the folding saw horses, circular saw, and pruning saw for rough edges. Only cost was for the hardware mesh, which was pricey at $30. Pretty stoked on how it's come out!

So yeah, the practice of using free stuff is a huge help. Granted, I had most of this stuff lying around pre-pandemic.

[EXTRA SPICY]

http://www.christopherteh.com/blog/2017/11/washed-rice-water/

Does anyone eat as much rice as me?

I actually use a strainer to wash my rice so I can capture the rice water in plastic tubs to use as organic fertilizer on my non-edible plants such as the rubber plant.

I originally found anecdotal tips about rice water from orchid growers. I'm glad someone actually did the research to prove that it was scientifically effective.

Ooooooweee my inner hort geek is all too hyped on this!

[Trashcon]

Very cool, thanks everyone. Currently growing basil and making my own pizzas from scratch. I'll be baking bread this evening. Been brewing my own tea for about six months now. Stoked on everyone's projects.