This video above is really really worth watching if you are really interested in growing store bought vegetables. There are 14 store bought vegetables that you can grow on your own as shown below:
Ginger - Pull apart the ginger you bought from the store and plant it one inch below the soil and water it. Within 1 month, shoots can be seen.
Spring Onions - Cut bottom part of the green onion around 1 inch and put it in the soil with a thin layer of topsoil covering it.
Garlic - Pull out the larger cloves (more ideal for planting than the smaller cloves) & put 1 inch into soil.
Ginger - Pull apart the ginger you bought from the store and plant it one inch below the soil and water it. Within 1 month, shoots can be seen.
Spring Onions - Cut bottom part of the green onion around 1 inch and put it in the soil with a thin layer of topsoil covering it.
Garlic - Pull out the larger cloves (more ideal for planting than the smaller cloves) & put 1 inch into soil.
Easily grow your own onions, ginger, garlic and spring onion at home
Potatoes - When the potatoes grow eyes, dig hole in your garden bed and place the potatoes with the eyes facing upwards. Cover it with soil and the plant will grow and produce lots of small potatoes.
Carrots - Cut the top of the carrot by about 1 inch and plant the carrots facing down with the stem side up leaving the stem side slightly exposed above the soil. After about 1 week, leaves will grow. After 1 month, the leaves will grow big, the plants will not grow more carrots but you can harvest the leaves.
Lettuce - Cut the bottom part of lettuce about 1.5 inches, plant lettuce the flat end down and completely covering the bottom part of the lettuce with soil. Some may die, but around half will survive.
Carrots - Cut the top of the carrot by about 1 inch and plant the carrots facing down with the stem side up leaving the stem side slightly exposed above the soil. After about 1 week, leaves will grow. After 1 month, the leaves will grow big, the plants will not grow more carrots but you can harvest the leaves.
Lettuce - Cut the bottom part of lettuce about 1.5 inches, plant lettuce the flat end down and completely covering the bottom part of the lettuce with soil. Some may die, but around half will survive.
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Easily grow carrots, tomatoes, potatoes, lettuce and radishes at home
Leeks - Make sure the leeks you choose have healthy roots. Cut the bottom part of leeks around 1/2 inch and plant with the roots in soil leaving the top part exposed above the soil. After 2 weeks, leaves will start to grow above the exposed part of leek.
Celery - Celery regrows easily. Cut off the bottom part of the celery around 1/2 inch and put the celery in soil with the cutoff exposed part facing upwards above the soil. After 2 weeks, celery will start growing.
Celery - Celery regrows easily. Cut off the bottom part of the celery around 1/2 inch and put the celery in soil with the cutoff exposed part facing upwards above the soil. After 2 weeks, celery will start growing.
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Below are herbs which can be grown from a cutting:
Basil - Cut off a branch and remove all the lower leaves and put the stem with the top larger leaves in a bottle of water. If the water is chlorinated, leave the water outside for a while before pouring into bottle. in 2 weeks, the roots will grow and you need to transfer the roots into a pot of soil.
Mint - Cut off a branch and remove all the lower leaves and put the stem with the top larger leaves in a bottle of water. If the water is chlorinated, leave the water outside for a while before pouring into bottle. in 2 weeks, the roots will grow and you need to transfer the roots into a pot of soil. Mint grows like a weed so plant it in a confined area.
Rosemary - When choosing a stem of Rosemary, make sure the end of the stem is strong and not soft. The stem must have green color and remove all the lower leaves. Put the stem with the top larger leaves in a bottle of water. If the water is chlorinated, leave the water outside for a while before pouring into bottle. in 2 weeks, the roots will grow and you need to transfer the roots into a pot of soil. Rosemary does not require a lot of water.
Oregano - When choosing a stem of Oregano, make sure you cut at 45 degree angle at the end of the stem and remove all the lower leaves. Put the stem with the top larger leaves in a bottle of water. If the water is chlorinated, leave the water outside for a while before pouring into bottle. in 2 weeks, the roots will grow and you need to transfer the roots into a pot of soil.
Sage - When choosing a stem of Sage, make sure you cut at 45 degree angle at the end of the stem and remove all the lower leaves. Put the stem with the top larger leaves in a bottle of water. If the water is chlorinated, leave the water outside for a while before pouring into bottle. in 2 weeks, the roots will grow and you need to transfer the roots into a pot of soil.
Thyme - When choosing a stem of Thyme, make sure you choose a stem that is green in color and not brown. Cut at 45 degree angle at the end of the stem and remove all the lower leaves. Put the stem with the top larger leaves in a bottle of water. If the water is chlorinated, leave the water outside for a while before pouring into bottle. in 2 weeks, the roots will grow & transfer the roots into a pot of soil.
Basil - Cut off a branch and remove all the lower leaves and put the stem with the top larger leaves in a bottle of water. If the water is chlorinated, leave the water outside for a while before pouring into bottle. in 2 weeks, the roots will grow and you need to transfer the roots into a pot of soil.
Mint - Cut off a branch and remove all the lower leaves and put the stem with the top larger leaves in a bottle of water. If the water is chlorinated, leave the water outside for a while before pouring into bottle. in 2 weeks, the roots will grow and you need to transfer the roots into a pot of soil. Mint grows like a weed so plant it in a confined area.
Rosemary - When choosing a stem of Rosemary, make sure the end of the stem is strong and not soft. The stem must have green color and remove all the lower leaves. Put the stem with the top larger leaves in a bottle of water. If the water is chlorinated, leave the water outside for a while before pouring into bottle. in 2 weeks, the roots will grow and you need to transfer the roots into a pot of soil. Rosemary does not require a lot of water.
Oregano - When choosing a stem of Oregano, make sure you cut at 45 degree angle at the end of the stem and remove all the lower leaves. Put the stem with the top larger leaves in a bottle of water. If the water is chlorinated, leave the water outside for a while before pouring into bottle. in 2 weeks, the roots will grow and you need to transfer the roots into a pot of soil.
Sage - When choosing a stem of Sage, make sure you cut at 45 degree angle at the end of the stem and remove all the lower leaves. Put the stem with the top larger leaves in a bottle of water. If the water is chlorinated, leave the water outside for a while before pouring into bottle. in 2 weeks, the roots will grow and you need to transfer the roots into a pot of soil.
Thyme - When choosing a stem of Thyme, make sure you choose a stem that is green in color and not brown. Cut at 45 degree angle at the end of the stem and remove all the lower leaves. Put the stem with the top larger leaves in a bottle of water. If the water is chlorinated, leave the water outside for a while before pouring into bottle. in 2 weeks, the roots will grow & transfer the roots into a pot of soil.
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