• IndescribablySad@threads.net@sh.itjust.works
    34·
    5 days ago

    Story time: it’s an old wives tale amongst my people that plants grow splendidly when they’re stolen. My mom told her neighbor, who was having trouble growing flowers, that she should try it and cheekily motioned toward some shears sitting nearby before heading to bed.

    She woke up the next morning to her 30 fucking year old dogwood tree lying on its side, partially uprooted, mutilated from the middle down with a saw, and dragged across the lawn to the beginning of the neighbor’s gravel driveway where it had been abandoned. Somehow, her neighbor had understood her to mean “just take any plant you like, however you like.” So, beware of seeding your torrents irl.

  • Rozz@lemmy.sdf.org
    9·
    5 days ago

    I have a friend who wanders around gardening centers and will take little clippings with his fingers and bring them home in his pocket then grow them at home.

    • irelephant [he/him]🍭@lemm.ee
      14·
      5 days ago

      Thats called proplifiting!

      I think its more acceptable to pick off the small bits that already fell, since snapping a bit off a plant could harm it.

      edit: fell, not feel.

    • shalafi@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      5 days ago

      I’ve got 6 or 8 plants I picked off the floor at Lowe’s. One flew off the forklift and hit me in the face. Stuffed it in a water bottle and took it home. Rooting nicely!

  • Churbleyimyam@lemm.ee
    10·
    5 days ago

    Make sure you get open-pollinated varieties, so that you can save your own seed. I have vegetables growing in my garden that are now 7/8 generations away from the original seed I bought. Saving your own seed means that the plants can adapt to your local conditions too and because you let them flower they also benefit other creatures in your garden.

    Seed-saving is massively Solarpunk.

  • Lommy@lemmy.world
    4·
    5 days ago

    I’ve been interested in the process of propagation/recultuvating for a while now and I would like to learn more about it. Can someone with point me to some good resources to accomplish this? Or maybe someone has a copy of this book they could share trough DM?

    • meyotch@slrpnk.net
      7·
      5 days ago

      I happen to have a reasonable amount of professional experience in plant propagation.

      Here’s the thing, there are many general principles that work, but every plant is different in ways that make it confusing for a beginner.

      So if you want to start out gently pick a specific plant that you want to propagate. Learn how to divide it and make that particular species grow. There are general principles you can learn that will allow you to expand to other types of plants.

      The field of plant tissue culture is accessible to a dedicated home hobbyist as well. There is a learning curve and you need to be comfortable with laboratory type work.

      Or you can break off a bit and stick it in moist dirt. Plant propagation runs the gamut from dead simple to difficult. So begin by focusing on one single kind of plant that you want more of.

      My two cents.

      if the lab side of it interests you, these folks have good videos

      • Lommy@lemmy.world
        2·
        5 days ago

        Thank you so much for your reply! The “lab” side defiantly interests me, as i’m working in a lab every day ;)

        I’ll be sure to check the link! Have a great day!

        • meyotch@slrpnk.net
          1·
          2 days ago

          Of course! I have set up several research, commercial and home plant tissue culture labs in my day. You are welcome to DM me when you have questions about particular steps. I can talk all day about plants!

    • tramsare@slrpnk.netEnglish
      3·
      4 days ago

      You will probably be able to find it in the internet archives text database if you search for it by ISDN or even title, I know I did.

    • shalafi@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      5 days ago

      Meotch is right. I’d add that after growing plants for 30+ years, I’ve just discovered how easily most things root in a glass of water. My secret sauce is rainwater.

  • 𞋴𝛂𝛋𝛆@lemmy.worldEnglish
    41·
    5 days ago

    Shady pico de gallo seeds are currently 2 tomato, and a jalapeño plant. I had one sweet onion decided to grow past the point of use, and I didn’t have the heart to kill its dreams. I have never actually seen what one looks like when growing or how they seed or propagate. So I guess I’ll learn this year. I haven’t pirated anything quite yet, but only just getting my head around how early seeds actually need to be planted for the growing season.