Steffani CameronApr 4, 2024

If YOU want to buy ESTABLISHED PLANTS so you have a plug-&-play garden with less of a learning curve, then go you!

You buy that shit, man! Plant those plants!

Insta-food-garden? Fuck, yeah!

Don't you let ANYONE shame you for taking shortcuts that get you planting & growing your food. However you get that hobby started, let it empower you!

These "plant seeds, not seedlings" people are HARMING the grow-your-own-food culture.

Whatever gets you gardening is a beautiful thing. Just grow it.

Show threadSteveApr 5, 2024
@snarkysteff @sortius I have a combination. Of my food plants, my chilli’s are from seed, coriander and mint are from seedlings, and my citrus trees are grafted dwarf varieties which would have taken several years to get to their current stage of development if I’d done it from seed
Show threadsortiusApr 5, 2024
@lilstevie @snarkysteff chillies are probably one of the few that I'd say buying isn't worth it. I've accidentally dropped chillies while barbecuing and had plants pop up 😆
Show threadSteve
@sortius @snarkysteff haha yeah, but he ones I’m growing came from a bag of chillies I liked, just cut one open and threw the seeds in the ground
Apr 5, 2024 at 12:07pmWeb
Show threadsortiusApr 5, 2024

@lilstevie yeh, they're good like that. It's almost impossible to sterilise them for food, so just open them up and away you go.

Plus, they're true to seed, so you won't get feral tasting fruit