I wanted to try growing a lemon from a grocery store (as a houseplant) because I've heard of other people having success doing so. My husband brought me a lemon and a lime and NEITHER had seeds?! So he went back and brought me a bag of organic ones, and these ones were definitely seedy! I put a Lemon's worth of seeds in each of Pot. Hopefully at least one will germinate! . #lemontree #grownfromproduce #seeds
#tomatoharvest #grownfromproduce #traderjoes #funcolors #orange #red #yellow #tomato #mnlife #nofilter
Beefsteak and cherry tomatoes are sending out their first flowers! A little later than ideal, but can't complain since they were started later than preferred but will still give me plenty to snack on 🤤 My pomegranate was looking a little to thick, so I decided to trim it up to allow more airflow and sunlight, and to focus nutrients to fewer branches to hopefully flower and fruit. I also topped it off with a @jobesorganics fruit tree slow feeder spike and some balanced pelleted plant food. This won't burn it, but will provide plenty of essential nutrients to flourish and hopefully produce, or at least put on size and better structure. My main goal is to keep it healthy and strong until I finally have my own house and can out it in the ground! I did save the cuttings to try and start some new clones and using the @elementnutrients Myco+ mix for it. It's a balanced nutrient mix with beneficial bacteria and fungi, that's why I use it a lot! Those starfruit seeds and then seedlings of mine? Yeah they've been growing pretty strong so I decided to pot them up. I took the soil from my pot that houses my Tahitian orange and added some peat moss and mixed other nutrients in, like @azomite. I also removed them from the soil they were in to get better spacing and mixed that soil and the @dr_earth_organics root zone it had into the soil blend. First I watered the mix to make sure it was well hydrated and then planted and watered in. Moved them inside to adjust for the next couple days, then I'll move them outside. My mamey sapote seed is germinating!!!! I got it from @miamifruit and wasn't sure if it would germinate since I'm up in Maryland. So exciting!!!! 😍😍 Sadly a baby watermelon seedling was decapitated last night 😭😭 so hopefully some others decide to break through, even though they were old seeds, so I can fill the last spot in my garden bed. Also yes, all these plants were grown from seed, it's possible!! #homegrown #delicious #grownfromseed #grownfromstorebought #grownfromproduce #saveyourseeds #anyonecandoit #everyoneshoulddoit #homewindow #homegarden #ediblegarden #ediblelandscape #plantcollection #plantsmakepeoplehappy #plantsmakemehappy
The one thing I hate most about leaving for school is that when I come home I have to do a lot of fixing and maintenance on my plants, especially the poms. At the same time I love it cause it's my time to meditate and pray and focus myself without anyone bothering me....but I always feel bad for removing such vigorous and strong growth. I cut all the branches that come out too low, the branches that criss-cross too much, and the small ones that clutter the inside of the tree. A healthy tree will have room for airflow between the branches and for light to hit them all, it prevents mold and bad fungus and other diseases/pests from finding a safe place to live and infect the plant. Poms also do better after heavy pruning. But it was still lots of good growth about a quarter inch thick I had to remove. So I turned a bunch into cuttings and hopefully they will root and grow. Then I'll either plant them in the backyard, in some of the garden beds, or just give them away to friends and family. It feels bad because of the energy and effort the plants put in and because there's usually growth on this branches even after moving inside, but it's better in the long run. Hard to believe I have had this specific pomegranate tree for 3 or 4 years already, definitely one of my more important pieces of my collection. #pomegranate #pomegranates #poms #pomwonderful #wonderfulpom #homegrown #grownfromproduce #grownfromstorebought #grownfromseed #grownindoors #grownoutdoors #indoorgardening #outdoorgrown #container #containergardening #fruit #FruitTree #homewindow #dormwindow #dormgardening #anyonecandoit #everyoneshoulddoit
Picture 1: Purple Shamrocks that I was gifted by a monk from my undergraduate school @saintvincentcollege back during the fall if my senior year (2017). It's been growing wonderfully and all the old stems and leaves make a great mulch for plants. Gets more purple as the year goes on. Soon it will be moved inside for the winter. Pictures 2-4 show the changes in the appearance of the leaves if the chocolate tree I'm growing while in school @stgeorgesu, from young to mature. The youngest leaves are super glossy to the touch. Gardening is my hobby, it helps me feel calm and relaxed when life gets hectic. I wish I had more room to garden and grow and I wish it was easier for me to bring plants back home to the States. Hopefully one day this hobby of mine will help change my local community and maybe even earn me a small income on the side or something. #gardening #containergardening #grownfromproduce #grewfromseed #grownfromseed #homegrown #anyonecandoit #everyoneshoulddoit #tropical #island #caribbean #paradise #veterinarymedicine #vetschool #benedictine #undergrad #gradschool #vetschool #hobby #calming #PurpleShamrock #chocolatetree #giftofgardening #gardengifts
Sooooooo, I got a text today from my dad. He said "I didn't know you had a pineapple growing.". And I was like "you knew I had 3 plants, do you mean there is a fruit there?" Yup my 2 or 3 year old #pineapple #plant is producing a #fruit. This will be the first #homegrown pineapple I have ever grown! I can't wait for it to fully develop and be edible. Hopefully I get a taste, if not I hope my family enjoys it. I'm so excited from this. It grew and began to fruit in zone 7 on the east coast of the USA!! Also, it can take up to 6 months for the fruit to fully develop, so that means I'll get to see it when I'm home in the winter and it should hopefully keep developing until April at the earliest or even better May so I can eat it when I'm home for the summer. #grownfromstorebought #grownfromproduce #container #containergardening #firsttime #oldest #anyonecandoit #everyoneshoulddoit
Thanks to my mom she sent me some updates on the garden back home. More and more tomatoes getting ripe (soon they will be drowning int cherry tomatoes) and some homegrown cantaloupes. #tomatoes #tomato #cantaloupe #homegrown #grownfromseed #grownfromproduce #saveseeds #savemoney #delicious #dormgardening #outdoorgardening #anyonecandoit #everyoneshoulddoit
Built some shelves to put plants on to get them out of the way of people walking on the patio...though I'm not happy about the location and the lack of middle supports, I built the way my dad wanted it. Hopefully I can get some supports in the middle before the wood warps and potentially damages my plants. Also all these plants are happy with lots of sunlight, so they won't fry from having sun on them most of the day, this spot gets light almost the whole day, especially midday and evening sun. My baby avocado is beginning to grow and will soon have the tap root shoot out of the seed! I can't wait! My big pomegranate is covered in fruit spurs! I hope to see it covered in flowers next year, and maybe a few small fruit too! That would be amazing. I took a cutting from my Iochroma because the branch was in a spot I didn't like so I removed it for the health and look of the plant. But it was a big branch/stem and I decided to root it....and I think it is rooted as that little white blur my camera refused to focus on looks like a root breaking through the compost pot! #gardening #gardenninglife #garden #shelves #outdoorgardening #outdoors #avocado #pomegranate #iochroma #compost #cutting #cuttings #rooting #grownfromstorebought #grownfromproduce #grewfromseed #growfromseed #growyourownfood #dormgardening #indoorgardening #windowsillgardening #anyonecandoit #everyoneshoulddoit
Who else loves #snacking on bell peppers? I have a bunch of them growing, hoping for just a small harvest before I go back to school in August. I still have one pot left to plant that I will need to find room for. #bellpeppers #greenbellpepper #redbellpepper #orangebellpepper #yellowbellpepper #grownfromseed #grownfromproduce #homegrown #containergardening #outdoorgardening #ediblegarden #peppers #dormgardening #anyonecandoit #everyoneshouldoit #feedyourself
Well I decided to #repot a few more of my #plants today. My third #pineapple got moved from the soda bottle it was calling home into this #airpruning pot that I cut in half from 7.5 gallons to 3.75 gallons. The roots were thick and strong so I'm sure it will adjust fine. But I also mixed the soil with some living fertilizer full of beneficial bacteria and fungi. Then I emptied some dead plants my sister had into a garden bed to compost and feed it. Then I used those pots for some of my baby #aloe vera. This stuff grows like crazy but it's really good to have around. They will probably be established in a week and have pups in a month or two 😂. #dormgardening #homegardening #homegrown #grownfromstorebought #grownfromproduce #redusereuserecycle #AloeVera #container #containergardening #outdoorgardening #anyonecandoit #everyoneshouldoit
Planted the last apple tree I grew from seed! I cut back the center stem to allow for a new central leader to grow b/c the roots did not develop as well as I would have liked in the pot. This way the nutrients travel less distance and the tree can build the roots before worrying about beginning to fruit. The soil had a lot of sand and clay so I added in top soil and some better potting soil mix with the native soil blended all together. This way the soil around the roots is lighter and better draining and has lots of nutrients to feed the tree while also allowing it to be accustomed to the native soil and not experience as bad of a shock. #grownfromproduce #grownfromseed #homegrown #dormgardening #windowsillgardening #outdoorgardening #apple #appletrees #anyonecandoit #everyoneshouldoit
Had a #grapefruit for breakfast, had some seeds in it. Filled the half with some soil and put the seeds in, then buried the whole thing in a #garden bed. The grapefruit peel will decompose and feed the seedlings as they grow, and later I can dig any seedlings up and move to a pot for maintenance. #grownfromproduce #growyourownfood #grownfromseed #dormgardening #anyonecandoit #everyoneshouldoit
Back home for the #summer and decided it was last time for me to repot my #avocado tree. I should have done it over the winter but I didn't have pots for it. So while I was away for school I ordered some air-pruning pots to keep the roots under control. The roots were insane and I lost quite a bit during the transplant, so I put some root growth hormone on the roots. I also cut the top off the avocado and put the same root growth hormone on the cutting to try and get it to root. Both are growing in Sun-Gro horticulture Black Gold soil mix. #homegrown #grownfromproduce #grownfromstorebought #anyonecandoit #everyoneshouldoit #dormgardening
Been trying to germinate this avacado seed since Sept. She's had roots sense January, but look what I see.... I see a pink sprout in the crack of the seed!!!! I'm excited! #homegrow #grownfromproduce #avacado #avacadogrowing #avacadogrow
Just thought I'd post an #update on the biggest #chocolate #tree #seedling that I have growing. Moved it out of the plastic bag and into a small container. Currently I'm using coffee filters as the growing medium, going to have to look at buying a bag of soil or hydroponic nutrients. I don't want too much soil on the plants so that way I can bring them back home to the States with me. #gradschool #studyingabroad #veterinarymedicine #dormgardening #apartmentgardening #grownfromproduce #grownfromseed #localfarmers #growyourownfood #everyoneshouldoit #anyonecandoit #homegrown #homegardening #hobby
Well my winter break is almost over, and there wasn't much to do with my plants. I did however transplant an orange I grew from seed and a starfruit I grew from seed. The orange is looking great, but the starfruit has good days and bad. I'm not sure how to grow them best yet, but I'm learning. I also removed all the dead and dying purple shamrocks and used them as mulch for my avocado. I'm hoping the black jewel orchid hurries up and blooms before I leave for school again. I also took a chance and I am trying to grow a peach pit and some cherry seeds and trying to grow more apple seeds. We will see what comes of those. #dormgardening #windowsillgardening #windowsill #dormwindow #homewindow #homegrown #homegardening #indoors #indoorgardening #growyourownfood #grownfromstorebought #grownfromproduce #orange #starfruit #peach #cherry #orchid
#happynewyear #happynewyear2019 Hope y'all have an amazing 2019 full of fun, love, adventures, gardening, and overall success. I'm home from school for a bit but some of my big plants went dormant now that it is winter. Though the umbrella tree of Hawaiian Shefflera is putting out some new shoots. One-day I'll have a greenhouse or move further south where I can grow these plants outside/year-round. And the beautiful black jewel orchid I got from @logeesplants has been such a grower I've had to re-pot it again. Now the majority is in a white pot, but it grew so much that a few pieces had to come off and I started 2 more small pots of it, either for myself or for presents to people I really like. #dormgardening #indoors #gardening #gardenninglife #indoorgardening #windowsillgardening #windowsill #anyonecandoit #everyoneshouldoit #grownfromstorebought #grownfromproduce #growyourownfood #investinyourself #investinyourland #greenhouse #pomegranate #pineapple #avocado #orange #orchids #AloeVera
First seed grown while in my grad school. It's a carambola, also known as a star fruit. It's growing in paper towels only, no media, in case I want to bring it back with me. Growing it in media would cause more harm than good. Hopefully this fella does great! #carambola #starfruit #grownfromstorebought #grownfromproduce #grownfromseed #homegrown #dormwindow #dormgardening #anyonecandoit #everyoneshouldoit
Here's an update on the plants back home with the family that were outside over the summer! They'll be getting out back in before the frost though. Image 1, front to back: pomegranates, Hawaiian schefflera, pineapple, orange/citrus, and avocado. Image 2: my oldest pineapple, I should hopefully get fruit next year! Image 3: my oldest pomegranate, my favorite plant, it's doing amazing and I expect some flowers next year! And yes, I baby my plants or as some friends may say, I act like a parent to them. #dormgardening #homegardening #homegrown #grownfromstorebought #grownfromproduce #grownfromseed #anyonecandoit #everyoneshouldoit
#Update on my #avocado It is growing amazing from what I was shown in the pictures sent to me. It's been loving the rain that it was getting back home from the storms. Fingers crossed it keeps growing strong. I need to grow another so I can experiment on pruning methods. #dormgardening #homegrown #homegardening #grownfromproduce #grownfromstorebought #grownfromseed #anyonecandoit #everyoneshouldoit
#Inside the house back home and the plants are all doing amazing. The #pomegranates are doing amazingly well. So are the #aloe and #oranges. I can't wait to see their progress when I'm home in the #winter. #dormgardening #grewfromseed #grownfromproduce #windowsillgardening #indoors #indoorgardening #anyonecandoit #everyoneshouldoit
Some #updates from back #home while I'm away at #vetschool. The first is my #grapevine which has been growing well! I just need to get a trellis for it as this year was focused solely on it's root growth and adapting to it's new spot in the yard away from the neighbors. It was only a year or two when I moved it. The second is a #hawaiian schefflera I grew from a #cutting. It doesn't fruit but it is a gorgeous ornamental plant, especially in pots as they will grow air roots when they are older. The third catches the top of my avocado and focuses on my #orange tree with one of the #pineapples in the background and a small glimpse of a few baby pomegranates in the top left. The fourth is focused solely on my #avocado tree. The fifth focuses on 2 of my biggest plants. One is a gorgeous #pomegranate grown from seed and the other is a #giant #pineapple that I hope will produce fruit next year! The last is an image that catches #sweetpotato vines growing in the #trashcan and large fall #watermelon vines growing from the back right to the front left. #dormgardening #grownfromproduce #grownfromseed #grownfromstorebought #homegrown #homegardening #anyonecandoit #everyoneshouldoit
Hey guys! So it's been raining and humid and just nasty weather, plus haven't had much to update on my plants. But I got some more #SunGro #BlackGold #BlackGoldSoil with #resilience (their added #silica #silicon). I also added in some #DrEarth #NaturalWonder #FruitTreeFertilizer #FruitTree with #mycorrhizae and #beneficial #bacteria. The plants I planted in these pots today we're an #avocado and an #orange, both were #grownfromseed. This will give them time to grow and allow their roots to spread while I'm away at grad school. I might not have much to post while I'm in grad school, but I'll try to get some of the local flora and might try to grow some from seed. #dormgardening #grownfromproduce #grownfromstorebought #redusereuserecycle #homegrown #homegardening #anyonecandoit #everyoneshouldoit
Looks like my #sweetpotato vines and #watermelon vines are doing pretty good! Don't give them a lot of hands-on attention, so it's good to see they are doing well. We also just got a ton of rain today so I'm sure these guys and all my other plants outside are happy, it's been kinda dry. #dormgardening #outdoorgardening #gardening #grownfromproduce #grownfromseed #homegardening #homegrown #anyonecandoit #everyoneshouldoit
I used some wooden food skewers and string to prop up a few of my #pomegranate plants. They are getting so big and starting to bend over at times. That's not the worst, but a few I want to look more tree like. The first 2 pics are the same one, I first did just 2 skewers in the front to pull it forward and then today I added the one in the back to add a counter to the pull forward. I want the bottom foot, at least, to be more tree-like for it. The third pic is of the ones I'm trying to fuse together, they are growing long and needed more support as their roots grow into the soil in their new #recycled #lemonade #bottle from #SimplyMade. The fourth pic is of the plant that split on its own making a V an inch or so above the soil. I pulled back the longer of the branches to give room to the second and help create a bushier shape. #dormgardening #indoorgardening #startedindoors #grownfromproduce #grownfromseed #homegardening #homegrown #recycle #recycling #redusereuserecycle #anyonecandoit #everyoneshouldoit #windowsillgardening #tabletop #tabletopgarden
Got some more #SunGro #BlackGold #BlackGoldsoil today and decided to take care of a few plants. I moved the 4 #pomegranateseedlings in the first 2 images into bigger pots than the #recycled #sodabottle or #teabottle. I moved the 2 I'm trying to fuse together into a 1.5L #plastic bottle that was previously a #SimplyMade #Lemonade. The next 2 are just in multiple-use solo cups. Then I had 4 Mandarin seeds I started. 2 went into the bottle the #pomegranates were in, and 2 went into a #fijiwater #waterbottle that's about a liter. I used a plastic bag and the top of the Fiji bottle to create as little biodome/greenhouse to increase humidity and a bit of the temp to help the seedlings grow. Then I took the last 2 pomegranates each in their own @starbucks #icedmocha #glassbottle and moved them into one large plastic pot #outside. I'll keep these two together probably, at least until they grow too big. Depends on how they look together. #windowsillgardening #grownfromstorebought #grownfromproduce #grownfromseed #startedindoors #anyonecandoit #everyoneshouldoit #dormgardening #gardenninglife #homegardening
Just an update post on my #pomegranate #tree that I have growing in a pot outside. I came back from a 4th of July vacation (hope y'all had a wonderful day with your loved ones) and saw the tree was doing amazing. 1) Some old nodes near the bottom were sending out new leaves which will probably produce branches/suckers I can trim off and root later or leave and let grow. 2) The previously seen new branch growth is coming along strong. 3 branches on last year's growth and one on this year's new growth. 3 and 4 are just to show how well the plant is growing and the tips of the 2 main branches. #homegrown #homegardening #outdoors #outdoorgardening #inapot #grownfromproduce #grownfromseed #startedindoors #anyonecandoit #everyoneshouldoit
Transplanted 4 #pomegranates, 2 #oranges and 1 #Hawaiian #shefflera plant. Used one of my favorite soils, Black Gold, along with my favorite soil supplement brand, Dr. Earth. I put rocks over the drainage holes for the clay/terracotta pots so soil doesn't fall out when I water them. Then, for all the pots, I filled a few inches with #blackgold #resilience #organic potting mix, which then I wet down and sprinkled some #DrEarth #NaturalWonder organic #Fruittree fertilizer. After that I added another handful of the soil and mixed it to spread the #beneficial #bacteria and #fungi throughout. Then I added more in and created a hole to accommodate the root systems, some of which (the #recycled @Starbucks bottle plants) were very extensive. I sprinkled the root systems with the beneficial bacteria and fungi fertilizer and added the plants, slowly backfilling and trying to prevent airpockets. Then once that was done I took a cup or two of the Dr. Earth #RootZone starter fertilizer with #prebiotics and watered them along with dipping a few leaves like a foliar spray. This will feed the bacteria and fungi in the soil to help them grow and provide nutrients to the plant through the leaves. Then I moved on to the next plant. Once I was done I gave them all a thorough watering to ensure moist would to limit shock. Then I moved them all back inside to limit variables that could promote shock and allow the bacteria time to multiply and the plant time to adjust. The shefflera didn't need to be transplanted yet but I decided to do it anyways. Those plants love to be root bound and actually grow more aesthetically pleasing if they are root bound because they will grow air roots from the stems that cascade down to the soil and have roots grow up out of the soil. But if I'm going to be away for school I needed to put it in a bigger pot sooner or later. #homegrown #homegardening #grownfromstorebought #grownfromproduce #grownfromcuttings #windowsillgardening #dormgardening #gardening #gardenninglife #redusereuserecycle #anyonecandoit #everyoneshouldoit
Moved my oldest pomegranate into a big pot and outdoors! This little fella is over a year old but had stunted growth from limited root growth. I previously thought my parents killed it until it came back to life and produced a second branch showing me it just went dormant during the winter. The limited root growth was due to it being in a small pot as no one felt comfortable repotting it while I was away at school. The pot is covered with some rose trimmings from Wednesday when I trimmed the rose bush, and more noticeable are the pineapple leaves. The pineapple leaves are from a plant I am growing indoors that I needed to trim the leaves to keep it manageable on the windowsill and keep it easy to water. If you trim a plant, use the trimmings as compost or a mulch to feed new plants and improve the soil! Otherwise you are throwing away sugars and proteins that your plants and beneficial bacteria and fungi could be using. #homegrown #homegardening #windowsillgardening #grownfromstorebought #grownfromproduce #grownfromseed #grownindoors #dormgardening #anyonecandoit #everyoneshouldoit #redusereuserecycle
Here's an update on one of the many #pomegranateseedlings I started while at school. This little fella branched out on its own without any cutting done by me. It's growing in a small plastic bottle turned into a pot with another pomegranate and a hyssop. The hyssop played it's role for me so I cut it down to the ground and chopped it up and left in the pot as nutrients. I honestly might to the same with the other pomegranate just to return nutrients to the soil until I can get some potting mix to put this good one into a pot. But for now I'll leave the second pomegranate alone and allow it to continue growing. I might leave them both together to grow into a large shrub, or I'll separate them later on. #grownfromstorebought #grownfromproduce #grownfromseed #grownindoors #dormgardening #anyonecandoit #everyoneshouldoit #recycle #redusereuserecycle #savemoney #homegrown #windowsillgardening
#Update on some of my oldest plantation were able to be moved outside. My pineapples aren't too happy with all the rain we have been getting, so I moved them to a more sheltered region so they can have time to dry out. My first apple tree was experiencing some shock but seems to be recovering. My second apple tree had a small bug problem, taken care of now though. My third apple tree is still potted until I can find a good spot to put it. All three apple trees I have been watering less my self thanks to the rain but also wanting them to adjust to the native rains. My grape vine is coming back strong this year after I dig it up and replanted it. Just need to by a trellis or arbor or the materials to build something for it to grow on. The last is a pine tree my sister had that was getting root bound before I replanted it. #indoorgardening #outdoors #outdoorgardening #gardening #grownfromproduce #grownfromseed #homegrown #dormgardening #anyonecandoit #everyoneshouldoit
I've been #MIA for awhile now 😅 Can't say much to excuse that besides it having been nothing but rain every other day here. But I did catch this #beautiful #gartersnake #snake the other day while working on building a wall to house some more garden beds! #grownfromproduce #grownfromseed #windowsillgardening #dormgardening #anyonecandoit #everyoneshouldoit #snakesofinstagram #naturalpredator #gardenersbestfriend #dontkillsnakes
Well it finally stopped raining today, but now it's hot and humid. But here are some pictures of parts of the backyard. 1) My grapevine came back with a vengeance this year after being moved and pruned. 2) One of my apple trees (grown from seed) planted, this one I cut back to create an open center and encourage root growth. 3) My apple tree that I have not pruned besides a few lower shoots is also in the ground. 4) My third apple tree grown from seed still in a pot, trying to find a spot. 5) Small pineapple 6) Huge pineapple 7) Lemon balm back again for teas 8) Strawberry plants 9) Wild strawberry 10) Raspberries coming in as ground cover #homegrown #gardening #grownfromproduce #grewfromseed #freeseeds #startedindoors #anyonecandoit #youcandoit #everyoneshouldoit #windowsillgardening #dormgardening
So I'm trying something interesting, I used some cling wrap to hold two young saplings together. They are still green, I want to see if they will fuse and how well that will do compares to a single one. #pomegranateseedlings #pomegranate #pomegranates #grownfromproduce #grownfromseed #indoors #indoorgardening #windowsill #windowsillgardening #anyonecandoit #everyoneshouldoit #dormwindow #dormgardening
So this is my #dormwindow #windowgarden that I have built this semester. This is my final semester in undergrad, so these are my final plants from this campus. Over the summer I will have more regular gardening and post more. Then in August I begin my grad school career. Pomegranates, oranges, a grapefruit, star fruits, hyssop, and an aloe. #dormgardening #windowsillgardening #indoorgardening #freeseeds #freeseed #grownfromproduce #anyonecandoit #everyoneshouldoit #recycled #reuse
Guys, these are my three oldest #pomegranate #plants that I #grewfromseed. Which one do you think is doing the best??? I'm gonna tell you after you get an answer in your brain. It's the middle one, in my opinion. It's the shortest in terms of above ground growth, but it has put in serious work and now has roots down to the bottoms of the @starbucks coffee bottle I used as a planter! Its roots have outgrown the others! #indoorgardening #windowsillgardening #grownfromproduce #freeseed #freeseeds #dormgardening
Here's a massive update on my plants y'all! 3 #starfruit have escaped and are reaching for the sun. My #orange trees are growing slowly but surely. My #pomegranate plants are doing amazingly well. And that one trapped seed is now really well developed and surrounded by roots. Will it survive?? Or merge with the other somehow?? The #grapefruit are also growing well and getting established still. My #windowsill is coming alive, if only the weather was warmer so I could open the window more. #indoorgardening #indoors #windowsillgardening #freeseed #freeseeds #grownfromproduce #anyonecandoit #everyoneshouldoit #dormgardening
Guys, check out the first if the #starfruit growing! It finally lost it's seed Hull coating and started growing these beautiful and delicate looking branches. Not gonna lie, I helped remove the seed Hull cause I saw there was a branch/trunk growing and I'm so glad I did! I can't wait to see it grow!! #indoorgardening #windowsillgardening #exotic #tropical #delicious #firsttime #freeseed #grewfromseed #grownfromproduce #dormgardening
Check it out y'all! The #starfruit are growing! One has broken out if the ground and slowly rising up! So freaking cool! #windowsillgardening #indoorgardening #independence #freeseed #grownfromproduce #anyonecandoit #everyoneshouldoit #dormgardening
Soooooo, I decided to take the #grapefruit #seed pieces/embryos/I-don't-know-what-to-phrase-them-as-honestly and put them into soil. I did this for a few reasons: I wanted them to be well established in the soil before the semester ends; I wanted to try an experiment and see what happens when I put orange slices in the bottom and amend the soil with some beneficial bacteria (see if they grow better or not); and to just use the last bit of this soil that I have left. They are still on the heating Matt and I'll probably leave them there for at least a week or more. But they will be receiving extra nutrients from the soil and not just their embryonic leaves, and if they grow fast I'll take them off the heating mat sooner. I have some seeds still going, an orange and some pomegranate seeds, all using the paper towel and baggie method. #windowsillgardening #indoorgardening #windowsill #indoors #independence #freeseeds #grownfromproduce #anyonecandoit #everyoneshouldoit #lesswaste #dormgardening
I got #impatient so I decided to separate the two #grapefruit embryos/seedlings apart. They have small roots, maybe an eighth to a quarter inch long. I prefer waiting for a half inch root minimum before messing with #seeds grown with this method, but I'd rather not #risk damaging the longer roots. #grapefruitseed #multipleembryoseed #freeseed #freeseeds #freeplants #grownfromproduce #anyonecandoit #everyoneshouldoit #windowsillgardening #indoorgardening #dormgardening
So guys and gals here is my #grapefruit #seed that I am growing. I got this #grapefruitseed from my #breakfast one morning before #Easter break. Now it's starting to #germinate. I got too accustomed to having citrus seeds grow normally and forgot about this headache they cause. Bigger #seeds, like this grapefruit one, can actually contain multiple embryos that develop into their own plants! They get all tangled up and you have to separate them very carefully or hope they grow and get enough nutrients or cut one back and stop it's growth. That is what this seed is doing. Half the seed is beautiful and green and there are 2 roots growing from it. The other half isn't doing anything. So I may be getting 2 grapefruit trees from one seed. Grapefruit is a worthwhile plant to grow and is super effective in our bodies by increasing our ability to absorb nutrients, medicine, and supplements (vitamins, minerals, or other). #freeseeds #freeseed #independence #grownfromproduce #windowsillgardening #windowsill #indoors #indoorgardening #anyonecandoit #everyoneshouldoit #dormgardening
This is #embarrassing Looks like a #seed (a #pomegranateseed) has decided to #germinate like a month later than the batch it was started with. However, I can't just move this fella somewhere else, it was included in the soil transferred with a different #pomegranateseedling and is now stuck deep in the jar. If I dig it out I risk injuring the bigger and healthier plant, if I don't then it dies. So it is going to die. But that's not a bad thing! The plant is going to grow and make some sugars and proteins before it dies, which will be used by the bacteria and fungi I amended the soil with along with the bigger plants. The spot where this plant does grow into will then also be easy regions for the roots of the bigger #pomegranate to grow. There is also a chance it could survive and breakthrough the top and be a miracle seed, but I'm not banking on it. #seeds #grewfromseed #grownfromproduce #freeseeds #freeseed #gardening #indoors #indoorgardening #windowsill #windowsillgardening #recycled #glassbottle #anyonecandoit #everyoneshouldoit #dormgardening #independence
#attention #edit #iwaswrong there are THREE (3) OTHER SEEDS THAT ARE GROWING FOR A TOTAL OF 4 GROWING PLANTS OUT IF THE 5 I PLANTED. 80% GERMINATION RATE!!!! Hey y'all, I'm so #excited. Not only is the first #starfruit I saw doing great, I found another 2 growing just now!!! This #exotic and #delicious fruit quickly became one of my favorites after seeing it and finally getting a chance to try it. Low on #calories and low on #sugar but tastes so #sweet and #fresh and clean and definitely would go well with any meals. I'f these grow and produce for me I'll have to try it with some fresh #fish or with some fresh #deer or any other wild game I harvest. #grownfromproduce #grownfromseed #anyonecandoit #everyoneshouldoit #freeseeds #windowsillgardening #dormgardening
I am #excited to announce that the #starfruit #seeds have started to #germinate. At least one #seed is starting to poke up through the soil. Fingers crossed it continues to grow and grows into a nice strong plant! #windowsillgardening #windowsill #freeseed #grownfromproduce #grownfromseed #anyonecandoit #everyoneshouldoit #giveitatry #dormgardening
#nofilter these #appletrees are looking #beautiful and starting to open up! The last two are the small ones that I cut back to encourage an open tree, while the tall one will have a normal central leader. I left the tall one with some lower shoots to provide easy to reach branches of collect suckers and softwood cuttings if the apples are tasty. And maybe feed any rabbits or box turtles or the like that get in the yard. #grownfromproduce #grownfromseed #freeseed #freeseeds #everyoneshouldoit #anyonecandoit #windowsillgardening #startedindoors #nowwearehere #dormgardening
I'm home for #Easter and today it was like 70°F out, it felt amazing. So I decided to dig up my #appletrees that I #grewfromseed. Now to move them around my yard parents' yard to find the best spot to give them their final home. #grownfromproduce #grownfromseed #freeseed #freeseeds #apple #delicious #anyonecandoit #everyoneshouldoit
4 days later, 2 more #pomegranateseedlings have #broken through the #ground. One more is working its way up next to the big one in the center, but y'all can't see it since it's literally just starting to emerge. I'll be back home for #Easter starting tomorrow so I'll probably do updates on some of them. #anyonecandoit #everyoneshouldoit #freeseed #freeseeds #grownfromproduce #grownfromseed #windowsillgardening #indoors #indoorgardening #independence #dormgardening #pomegranate
My #appletrees that I have grown from #seed that I got out of #storebought #fruit. This #spring I am gonna be planting them in their final places to stay rooted and produce brand #new apples. Odds are no one will have the same exact apples that these #trees are. Most #apple trees are #propagated by #cuttings and not by seeds. But there's a small chance these apples will be the same as someone else's way off in the world. #grownfromseed #grownfromproduce #indoors #indoorgardening #startedindoors #delicious #dormgardening
An update of my #pomegranate #seedlings, the two newest ones have shed their shells and are ready to spread out their "leaves" which are #cotyledons (embryonic leaves) and not #true #leaves. In about another weak I'll remove them from this container and move them to their own individual containers to allow full root growth. #grownfromseed #grownfromproduce #pomegranateseedlings #grownindoors #indoors #indoorgardening #dormgardening #onabudget #gardeningonabudget #dormlife #collegestudent #collegelife
#ThrowbackThursday this picture of my #pineapple was taken during the #summer. It's a large fella now, a family member jokingly called it a pineapple #tree with how large it is growing. It is currently inside back home for the #winter. #dormgardening #grownfromstorebought #grownfromproduce