Secret Seeds in The Grocery Store
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Last year my brother and I had a potato growing competition. I bought store bought taters for 6.00, he bought taters from co op for 80.00. When we harvested them I had 80# and he had 65#.. LOL, he learned a lesson.
Great comparison
I'd be pretty reluctant to plant store potatoes in the garden, though. I'm not suggesting it won't work--it absolutely will work under the right circumstances. But there are drawbacks. One is that they can be hard to sprout due to being sprayed with an inhibitor. Avoid that by getting organic potatoes. A bigger issue is that they can carry diseases, and some of those diseases are persist in the soil and are next to impossible to get rid of. Actual certified seed potatoes are much more carefully checked to avoid such transmission as much as possible. You can save some money by saving your own tubers for replanting and buying certified seed potatoes less often.
There's also an issue that people avoiding GMO's should be aware of: For the last several years GMO potatoes have been available for sale in U.S. grocery stores. These are usually sold under "White Russet" branding, or with some sort of commentary on the package about less bruising. As far as I know, you're still good if you go for potatoes without this branding.
@@bobbun9630 i had to stop eating potatoes because when i bake them, my house smells like i'm burning pvc pipes.
Whatever they spray on them cant be healthy.
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Store bought potatoes are engineered to grow faster then heirloom. I planted both this year, and the store bought ones died back within 10 weeks. The heirloom ones never died back. The store bought ones were all nice perfectly sized potatoes. The heirloom was a mixed bag of babies to footballs.
This spring, I found a few seeds in a Trader Joe's seedless watermelon, and planted them. I also planted some seeds I bought at a nursery. The Trader Joe's melons were larger, and sweeter.
@MsSilentlightning Barely any.
That's funny. Technically falls advertising but good for your home in this case 😂
Have you tried their Galia melons? They're my favorites.
I had some a couple years ago and tossed the rinds and seeds out on the compost pile... next year I got volunteer vines and the melons were tiny... but fantastic flavor! Worth trying again.
I would also recommend saving seeds from their heirloom tomatoes.
A few seeds from seedless watermelon. Only in this modern world. LOL.
Grew a ton of big fat red bell peppers from the seeds of a grocery store pepper
We always have lots of volunteer plants that come back every year, so we don’t have to plant as much. Flowers like zinnias, marigolds, 4 o’clocks, sunflower, ect. Also volunteers. Yep. People do forget how their grandparents and great grandparents survived with little money. Seed saving ensures food for the next season. Money might run out but if you seed save, or have seeds and are willing to work at it you can at least eat.
Birdseed works, too, for a great price.
Also, you can plant a whole flax field from a bag of raw flax seeds easily. I'm going to try it with poppy seeds for the pollinators. I'll have a big wildflower patch this summer!
Thanks for sharing, didn’t know that.
We are not allowed to grow poppies here.
Yes! I started feeding the birds at my apt, my "backyard" is a rainwater runoff that gets no sunlight so it's mostly dirt. We always see little plants sprouting up shortly after we start tossing out seeds. They don't last long but we always joke that our yard is "finally growing grass".
how long do the birds take to grow?
@@StachuDotNet gave me a good chuckle, God bless.
It's sad that most people have gotten so far removed from the land & how food is produced that they need a video like this but thanks for doing it none the less.
I could not agree more. I'm often amazed how removed younger generations are from how food is grown or raised. Hopefully someday we will have a true back to the food movement and people are looked at as strange if they do not grow at least some food at home.
It is sad. I'm overwhelmed by all the things I have no clue about. Just turned 62. Ugh.
Yes. Thankfully with You Tube , people from all over the country & world can learn from each other! I’ve learned so many things!
It's like we have only so much energy & focus ... We once 'spent' a lot of it growing food, foraging & hunting, ie. Self-sufficient survival. Now, we spend our energy doing a job that earns us money to buy the food we no longer have the time & energy to grow ourselves. Then there are the legal issues as we cannot go foraging in the wild anymore. I think that is bizarre, that we cannot go foraging when developers can rip it all up and build houses. I think our species has gone crazy but hopefully it's just a phase 🙄
@@popuphomesteadlivingoffgri8606 Part of that younger generation but the more I learn the more secure I feel about these things but at the same time I also feel robbed. There's so much freedom that comes from growing your own food especially if you cook. My great grandfather used to have a greenhouse with almost a variety every plant from around the world at the time but the family trashed it when he passed. My father was extremely disappointed because he helped maintain it when he was young and was ignored when he tried to save it. That collection was destroyed out of ignorance. It could have kept the entire extended family fed for a few generations. I plan to remake the collection, even though I never knew him and my grandpa hopes that I do.
Also libraries have seed sharing where you check out heritage seeds & at the end you just save back seeds to return to them.
I've looked at it & you could get some really nice more expensive heritage seeds for free. I bet you'd produce enough to return more than you got & still have plenty for the next years growing season.
There's how a community achieves resiliency
You can also buy organic bell peppers, different types of winter squash, strawberries etc. Save seeds and plant!
Yes, I do that at all farmers markets. I ask the farmer the variety and keep track of them.
How do you save and sprout the pepper and strawberry seeds?
@@utubemouse strawberries just slice the berries and plant the slices shallow in a pot. Peppers pull the seeds out of the center and dry on a paper plate or towel out of direct sun for 3 weeks. Then store in paper envelopes
I've used that 15 bean soup mix as ground cover in raised beds for chop and drop fertilizer. It grows into a jungle of vine and bush beans. I've also grown pintos and red beans from a bag. They do just fine. Didn't know about growing fennel and dill from spice seeds. Gonna have to try that.
I grew Tarbais beans from a package of Rancho Gordo beans, that I’d kept for about three years. When I finally planted them, they grew like crazy! Now I grow them every year. If you don’t know, these are a very creamy, white bean, and are delicious!
Got good and accidental results from a bag of organic Chamomile tea. Super info!! You rock.
A while back, I was wondering if that would possibly work. We love chamomile tea. I must try this! Thanks!
I grew potatoes all year in containers in my driveway....pounds and pounds of potatoes!! Great video....I also grew ginger and garlic from the produce section.
That's awesome keep growing!
Garlic from a local farm supply = $25-$35 a pound. Organic garlic from a local health food co-op = $8 a pound. I can't get the wide variety of choices (and I love the hardnecks, which aren't available at the grocery store) but the 17 to 25 dollar a pound difference counts for a lot!
I’m a child of Great Depression Era parents. They instilled in me not only the value of frugality, but also, how to cut corners and make do. One of these modes is exactly what you present in this video, that is, growing food from what is at hand at the grocers. These skills served me well in my 7 decades of life and I’ve tried to teach this to my children and grandchildren but it largely falls on deaf ears. These later generations have no experience with hardship or resourcefulness. They value pedantic affluence more than hard physical work, (though ironically they spend frivolously on sports clubs and gyms). The lifestyle led has more to do with seeking affirmation of peers and immediate gratification rather than true affluence. On this account they will suffer greatly when SHTF occurs... when it does it will make the Great Depression look like a walk in the park. Despite their reluctance to learn and prepare I’ve set aside resources in the form of books, magazines, videos, notes etc. for at least the most astute and forward thinking of my kids as a last recourse, even when I long in the boneyard pushing up daisies.
Wish I could get a copy , ❤
Well, it's not just a copy, but a veritable library of books, magazines, videos, files, notes and personal reflections. @@michellemcanally9675
I totally agree with you, I think it will be a real culture shock
Your skills are a lost art, but keep teaching. You'll be surprised what sticks in time of need. I only had my Grandmother for 3 years and I remember a lot. Values are never lost.
Woukd you share your book list with me? I've got 8 children and the same mentality as you do. I will share your knowledge with my kids. 😇🙏
Peppers are actually perennials. Dig them up after harvest and put them in a pot. Overwinter in a garage, basement or in the home. The leaves will mostly die off. Replant in the garden in the spring. Your plants will get huge and bushy. Your peppers will be bigger. Also, I live in a second floor apt and I grow a salad garden in pots. Lettuce, tomatoes (romas) scallions, peppers, cukes on a trellises, etc. They also sell vertical patio grow towers, on wheels! You can plant multiple veggies in a very short space. If you're new to gardening, start small. Experiment with different veggies. Bottom line.... grow something!
If you want to save money, instead of getting a garden tower, try getting a set of steel shelves from costco/sam's and load the shelves with planters. Put the large planters on bottom, for squash and tomatoes (and the shelving unit can act as a trellis for the vines to climb up one side and down the other), then medium planters in the middle shelves, then smaller pots on the upper shelves. You can use the top shelf for seed-starting and transplanting seedlings.
If your balcony is wide, you could put 2-3 shelving units on the outside to get all the sunlight and they garden you grow will end up being a privacy screen for your apt.
Of course, this is best if your balcony is on the south side of the building.
I've been thinking about doing this because, even tho I'm in a house, the best site for growing is... my driveway. Not much actual growing space there. But I could (and will) put shelves on the side-porch and at the very least, I can start my seeds there.
All this is awkward, since I just started the carnivore diet (1 month), so I don't actually have any need for gardening.
LOL
Still good to know. This is Survival.
I did this thru Covid when seeds were hard to come by. Any vegi in the organic section with a seed will also work. Tomatoes, cucumbers, squash, green onions, leeks I had a blast and the neighbors were wondering how my garden grows so easy.
I did the same, so.much fun
Yeah. What I loved a bunch was pumpkins and squash.
My first successful squash harvest came from the seeds I got from a store-bought pink banana squash. Got A LOT of food from that. Same with pumpkins. Saved the seeds from our jack-o-lanterns and planted them next year. Got all of next year's pumpkins from my garden.
I planted sweet pie pumpkins from purchased seeds, but now I have loads of seeds to plant, as I saved them after we made pie from the first year harvest.
I've got to plant some more next year. My seeds are getting old.
@@OhPervyOne So much fun!
I got roma and grape tomatoes, not organic, in the winco foods store, cut them up and buried them. they grew wonderfully.
@@ThatOpalGuy oh that is awesome.
This video has given me the best way to take vegetables to my garden in West Africa. THANKS!!!!❤
I grew that same Amish popcorn and it worked well
Awesome
I got some mung beans from the grocery that outperformed most of my heirloom field peas. Organic ones, too. 3.00 for thousands in a bag.
Heck yeah, that's great
A tablespoon of mung beans will make a quart of sprouts!
Great video. How did I not see this 3 years ago?
Glad u liked it. We have many other videos
Yep, green onions, leeks, peppers, tomatoes and organic garlic I've grown also from the grocery store. Corriander too.
Early spring I picked up a discount bag of potatoes at the local store for .99 cents. They were shriveled and had the sprouts on them. I cut them in half and planted them and got several pounds of russet potatoes. I don't understand why seeds are so expensive but yet you can buy big bags of popcorn, beans, etc cheap.
I've had very little luck with this. As a test, I planted 72 great northern beans from a grocery store bag in a starter tray. Three sprouted. Then they quickly died. Beans I ordered from Baker Creek had almost a 100% germination rate, and bloody well took over my yard. I also tired this with pigeon peas with similar results. The few from a grocery store bag that did sprout were spindly and didn't survive. The ones I purchased that were specifically seed stock did great...until I accidentally ran over them with the lawnmower 😑
A LOT of our food is irradiated kill pests, and I'm sure it's also killing the viability of the seeds.
Edit: One thing I remembered - After pulling up some dead tomatoes the other day, I sprinkled some of the scratch we bought for the chickens into that bed, so the birds would till and poop it up. Three days later it looked like a jungle of corn and sunflower sprouts 😂 it seems scratch is a viable cover crop mix.
It can be a gamble but this video was made during the seed shortage 3yrs ago. Also I do my best to only get organic grown in our country seeds. My main objective was to open eyes to the fact that loads of things can be grown or sprouted without high or overinflated seed company prices. God made food free in the form of seed.
the reality is a lot of produce grown and sold within your local supermarkets are specifically bred to do that, so that the farming industry doesn't start losing money because people start growing stuff at home. similarly, a lot of farmers legally cannot regrow new produce with seeds produced from their harvest, and have to buy from seed vendors. and just the same, the plants grown from those seeds will have infertile seeds to try to enforce control over the product being sold in stores.
Another thing to consider especially with dried beans, the viability of the seed diminishes even though it's still perfectly fine for food. Many seeds steadily decline in germination rates significantly after year 1.
@@Airking090 most lack the space, or the inclination, to grow their own. as for tomatoes...well buying store tomatoes is just horrible. they NEVER compare to the taste of a freshly harvested tomato. my little freezer is now almost completely full of tomato sauce.
@@Airking090 There's a very limited truth to what you are saying. Genetically engineered corn and soybeans are patented and farmers are prohibited from saving seed from those under the terms of their purchase contracts. Some vegetables are F1 hybrids and seeds from those will produce unpredictable results, whether they're not viable or just different from their parents, there's no assurance what grows will be the same as the parent. But you'll need to come up with some actual evidence about produce "specifically bred" to fail if a store buyer plants it at home. That one is an urban legend, to the best of my knowledge
Yes, more videos like this. I love learning to do things easier and cheaper. Thanks
I've just broke off the eyes off of potatoes and planted them and was surprised that they grew up and produced potatoes! So if the potatoes aren't too soft when you find eyes on them, you can plant the eyes and eat the potatoes!
I grow all of this and everything possible from the store even pineapple stems, apple seeds, cut fresh herbs. My favorite is whole mustard seed from thr spice isle you can get a 1lb bag for a couple dollars, I grow microgreens with it
I had the worst luck with basil this year, even store bought plants died. Herb cuttings from produce section that grew well was the mint especially, thyme which surprised me, and oregano grew like weeds so well Im using it as ground cover all from one little pack of herbs@@living2day617
Actually I was just talking to my father about this very subject because I told him if people learned what you just talked about they could start growing food. People don't realize that a lot of times of scraps they dumped could be turned into new groceries. Even eggshells if washed and dried can be powdered and kept in a jar and use for your lawn or as a calcium source
We get a lot of ducks in our yard, so I give them the broken egg shells.
Very true, that is why I did this video 3 years ago when we had a seed shortage and so many new people wanting to grow a garden. Also egg shells are good fertilizer for your garden, washed dried and ground and taken orally as a calcium supplement. My favorite slow release sprinkle on fertilizer is egg shells, used coffee grounds, banana peels. Dry them all then put in a blender and sprinkle on plants.🥰
@@popuphomesteadlivingoffgri8606 We can't do coffee because of allergies. But given we've got tea drinkers in the household I'm wondering if you can sub in used tea leaves for the coffee in this recipe?
@ggad1899 you could but it won't be as effective. Calcium egg shells, phosphorus in coffee, and potassium banana. These are the essentials that help plants grow
@@popuphomesteadlivingoffgri8606 Cool. I'll look for a natural phosphorus alternative to replace the coffee.
I bought a bag of field peas from the store and planted some of those. I'm still harvesting off of them.
Just saw this channel pop up, new subscriber here 😊 I didn’t even think of some of this. I just got fennel seeds, to take for my high blood pressure. So I’m definitely going to be planting some. Thanks for the tips 👍
Wow I didn’t know fennel is good for blood pressure. How do you take them? Thanks for sharing!
Be ABSOLUTELY CERTAIN that you never want to grow anything else ever again where you put fennel. It's one of those plants, like rhubarb, asparagus, or horseradish, that's essentially "forever" once it gets a foothold. Worse, unlike asparagus or rhubarb or horseradish, fennel will spread, taking over everywhere it can, and it's nearly impossible to get rid of, short of going "full nuclear scorched earth" on it. If you do manage to get rid of it - usually after several years of intensive effort, it leaves behind... Well, "contamination" is the best way I can put it. Kinda like ground where a black walnut tree once stood, for years, perhaps decades after it's gone, almost nothing useful will grow on that site unless you literally strip out the existing dirt and bring in new. We had a patch of it on the property I grew up on - We chopped it down, we dug it up, we ripped it out, we burned it, we plowed it under, we did everything to try to get rid of it, and when we finally did find a way to kill it off (It took laying super-heavy-duty black tarps over the area for three years running), we ended up with a piece of ground that reeked (to the point of being nauseating) of black licorice, and would grow almost nothing but sickly-looking weeds. It wasn't until we hired a guy to come in with a dozer and strip out the ground itself to something like 3 feet deep, and truck in new dirt to replace it that we finally got anything other than weeds to grow where the fennel used to be.
@@wakeuppeople777 Take a handful 1-2 times a day. But I also use beetroot powder in the morning each day. This is keeping my blood pressure good. No meds for it, used to take meds. I wanted to take alternative remedies, instead of relying on meds, because the way things are going, may not be able to get the meds much longer.
You can still grow some split seeds! I wanted to experiment one year in college tryingbto grow yellow peas from the store, as I never saw them for sale in a plant catalog. Unfortunately they only sell them as split yellow peas gor soup. So i looked at a few bags, and bought one that seemed to have a bunch inside that were still whole. Also, a split seed will still grow as long as the immature middle part with the root and growing tip is still undamaged and attached to one side. It can grow with one half like you can with one kidney.
Amazing i never considered trying to grow split beans
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Well, you would either have to sort through them, or just plant a lot extra
@@dankline9162 Considering the reduced cost of the initial investment and the return, doesn't it seem well worth that small effort?
As long as the "radicle" is intact it has a chance to grow. Being split it's chances are lessened but I've done it as a kid as a experiment.
Garlic, sweet potatoes, white potatoes, ginger, berries, avocados, tomatoes, peppers, melons, and the list goes on and on. Just one trip to the grocery store can set you up practically for life if you play your cards right.
is it possible to grow garlic from store bought bulbs? when is the best time to plant, and what is the best way?
I really dont want to have to pay for seed garlic
Butternut squash , acorn squash, as well as cantaloupe, bell peppers, jalapeños, honey dew melons etc keep the seed let them dry out and that also can be used to regrow.
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I grew some of these seeds, and mostly got good results, but in some cases I got pretty bizarre new growth (not at all like the parent) I concluded I had planted seeds from hybridized veggies and they did not grow true to seed.
@@catherinehenry6762 I mainly grow heirloom produce from local farmers markets.
@@catherinehenry6762I could never get bell peppers to grow larger than a small first.
Some of the squash seeds will grow bizarre plants, so be sure to use heirloom seeds.
Love it. I'd love to see your garden.
Thank you for sharing this incredible idea!!!
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This video was very much needed for my family and I. Thank you so much!
One of the best bits of info I've heard. Ty!
Excellent information, thank you!
Thank you for this reminder.
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Fantastic information! Thank you 😊
This taught me so much!! Thanks for sharing this!
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Awesome info! Thank you.
Thank you for the video.
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Awesome video, good information thank you!
Excellent tip!
Thanks for the great info
You can also use the dried beans for snap beans but you may have to string them.
Thank you. How interesting! Please do more of these a whole new way of looking at what’s in my pantry.
Thank so much. I never even thought about regrouping the spice seeds.
This was really helpful thanks!
Love it! Thank you!
I just made this filling and boy it is GOOD!!! Two thumbs up!!👍👍
Very clever. Very cool !
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thankyou so much
i been wondering about this for a while
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Please share more of what we can grow from the grocery store.😊
Thanks for sharing!
Thank you, good ideas!
really cool thank you!!! sometimes you need somebody to point out what should be obvious, and then you realize how obvious it is! This is the best version of youTube (and the internet) and im glad people like you are out there doing it. Keep it up!
👍Very Useful! used to collect seeds all over town when I had a garden. God Bless You Sister❤
Great advice! Thank you! :)
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This is a very informative video. Good job and thankyou❤. I love gardening and canning. Having all those potatoes, onions and carrots are sure nice to have during a cold winter plus all the different meat and vegetables that I can.
Great information, ty
I just discovered you and subscribed. I love your practical and resourceful approach.
Thank you
Ginger can be grown from grocery store roots also
Thank you very much Blessings
Thank you so much ❤
I like buying heirloom seeds because you only need to buy them once. I bought a pack of high quality sunflower seeds from a garden center for $9. There was only 20 seeds in the pack. I was like whatever, i want the best seeds.
I have 15 pounds of sunflower seeds from growing that 1 pack.
If i packaged all of that up in 20's and sold them for $9 each like i paid, theres like $6000 worth of sunflower seeds there.
Thanks! You’ve got my imagination going full speed. I’d love to hear more about growing organic herbs to sell in my local small country store.
Some tea bags have seeds of herbs that will grow. Check out the herb section and the oriental and Hispanic sections of the store for good finds also.
Ty lady. Needed some fennel seeds. Never thought of this
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Beautiful thank you. I absolutely love making bean and bacon soup
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Sprouted lentils make great chicken food too , they love it’s a treat
While living in Michigan, I started mung bean sprouts every day. Rinse the seeds three times per day, as twice is not enough. In the winter, I fed a jar of sprouts to the chickens every day. Had heat in their shed and light for 16 hours per day and they gave us eggs all year.
Awesome thank you
great video thanks
I grew chia this year. In my zone, it won't grow to full maturity before frost, but I can use the leaves for tea, and of course the sprouted greens. The plants are tall and leafy, so I also use it for mulch or shred it to add to my compost. I get the seed from Bulk Barn by the scoop -- cheaper than grocery stores and much cheaper than seed companies.
Wow, so smart 😊 thank you!
Great info!!
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That is the best popcorn I’ve ever had. I make sure to have a bag at all times.
Agreed its awesome
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Thank you!!!!!!!! and Dollar General of all places. wow
What a great idea. I didnt know you could grow dry beans and lentils and rice. Thank you!
I never even thought to do this, thank you❤
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I have a lemon tree i startedfrom seed. Been doing this for years love it!
That is awesome!
Great video thank you🙂
Common sense, thanks for sharing 👍
All true. Now it’s time to plan for next season.
For some reason, I assumed that bagged beans and seeds had been treated in some way that they couldn't grow. Thank you for this information.
Sweet potatoes will grow, and whole dry green peas and any dried beans should sprout. You can plant sunflowers and grains from bird seed. Ginger (frost tender) and garlic in the fall. Avacodos (frost tender) and horseradish roots. Tomato seeds from Heirloom varieties.
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