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reallllly feel like some of you have to start understanding people are sometimes going to make mistakes and not understand something and not know things and it's going to slot them in a perfect place for you to scoff and call them problematic and evil and they're not even going to know why.

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are we supposed to just live like this. anything could happen ever.

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I made this Pre-pandemic for a "Starting plants from the grocery store" class I was teaching, here it is edited down for anyone interested.

For saving seeds, the fruit should be fully mature for the seeds to be fully mature. Therefore, you can use seeds from a winter squash but not a baby zucchini, and the likelihood that the seeds of a tomato (or red bell pepper) will grow are much higher than for a green bell pepper. Unfortunately, many are either going to be poorly suited for your conditions, or hybrid, which we'll touch on later.

Stem cuttings are a great way to start many common culinary herbs! Especially basil!

Some tubers to consider starting from are sweet potatoes and actual potatoes.

And then of course, the bulbs! Green onions and garlic are your best bets!

These are outdoor plants and thus are Somewhat Fussy if you're going to grow indoors. Do not overwater them (eg, letting them sit in a tray of water for days) nor let them dry out completely. Try to keep them evenly moist, with thorough waterings that then pour out the bottom of the pot unimpeded. 

Given that they are outdoor plants, a south-facing window (assuming you’re in the northern hemisphere) or grow lights are your best bet. If they don’t get enough light, they will turn pale and stretch towards their light source. They won’t grow as quickly or as healthfully as they would with sufficient light.  

Examples:

Tomatoes & peppers! Tomatoes are the one that actually inspired me to make this because I saw this clip on starting plants from kitchen scraps, and they buried the whole dang half of a tomato! Don’t do that! What a waste of a tomato half! EAT your tomato! Take the seeds out! 

If you’re intending to grow these outdoors, start them about 6 weeks before your last frost. If you have not grown plants from seed before, here’s some information from another class I taught: https://tinyurl.com/seedstarting2020

If you’re intending to grow them indoors the whole time, you will likely need grow lights for both tomatoes and peppers, and they like it if you keep your house on the warm side. I would suggest growing them outdoors and buying seeds for a dwarf tomato if you really want to grow indoors.

The down side is that most are hybrid, so when you grow out the seed, it's not necessarily going to grow well, be productive, or taste good. Even if it is open pollinated, it's probably been bred to thrive in conditions unlike those you can provide. If you need a successful crop, I highly suggest buying seed, or swapping with a reputable source. Although if you like and can find yellow pear tomatoes, those are an exception to this entire paragraph.

Basil! Basil is a great one to do stem cuttings of, get it started indoors, and then plant out once night time temperatures stay above 50f (10c). I prefer to start them straight into soil, and seem to have a higher success rate this way. To do this, remove all leaves except the top bud, and bury the stem in soil up to just beneath that bud and firm gently. Keep the soil moist and the pot above 60f, and you should have a good success rate. This method works for mint, lemon balm, rosemary, sage, etc, as well.

Green onions- really easy, put the bottom inch or so in soil and they’ll grow very well for you. I prefer soil over water because a) the water gets stinky, and b) they grow better and stronger in soil.

AND MORE:

Sage, rosemary, and thyme (also any stemmed herb): just like basil

Lettuce, carrots, beets: you get the tops, but usually they’ll try to bolt. Easier just to buy seeds. If you want, I usually start in shallow water and then plant as soon as I see roots growing. Again, keep the soil moist, and for these ones, keep them in a cooler part of your house. But really, they almost always bolt in my experience.

Sweet potatoes: Get them in the fall, it takes months for them to start growing (unless you're somewhere warm apparently? ). They will sprout, grow roots, take slips to plant outdoors once night time temperatures study above 50f (10c)

Garlic, just grab a clove and plant in the fall. Boom. GARLIC.

Squash- you don’t know what you’ll get, because they might be cross pollinated with another variety or hybrids. If you do grow it out and it’s bitter, don’t eat it, it’s poisonous. If you want to know more, search “toxic squash syndrome”

Ginger: Plant the rhizome in summer, harvest before frost, or overwinter indoors with a lot of light.

Pineapple: Doable, but it takes three years to get a harvest. Plant in well draining soil, and give it as much heat and light as you can.

Just for fun: (Unless you’re in the tropics or have a lot of patience.)

Mango, avocado, citrus. Take years, and a different climate than I have to fruit. If you’re in the tropics, go for it, but know that avocado pollination can apparently be tricky. I am not in the tropics, so I do not have direct experience with this. Citrus I think I've read also don't come true from seed.

Apples, pears: take years, and don’t come true to type. You do not know what you’ll get, and you’ll probably get something that is not worth eating (but would work for cider). These do need a cold dormancy period in the winter to do well. Of course, you could plant them and then top graft if it does turn out they don’t taste good.

Plums, peaches, apricots: take years, often do come true from seed, but peaches and nectarines are very susceptible to peach leaf curl, so may just die depending on where you are.

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Priority mail sticker spotted in NYC

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I hate having to post political posts like this nut he we are again. Anybody from the UK wanna sign this. Folks from outside the UK maybe share it?

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has anyone noticed recently that it's expensive

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Do you think my block button has a cooldown?

I would really love if Tumblr talked about the people affected by the disastrous flood that killed over 100 people with nearly 200 still missing. Kerrville, Texas.

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LMAO

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most of y’all know i’m from texas by now! i’ve seen literally nobody talking about this anywhere, so i just figured i’d mention it. it’s very important to me that people hear of this.

there’s been a huge flash flood with a genuinely horrific outcome in our hill country. it’s very scary when you’ve got so many people being affected. next to the large number of deaths, is the large number of those that are still out there and missing. this has ruined a lot of things, torn apart a lot of families, and the recovery once all of this is said and done will be extremely rough.

the storms causing the flooding are only continuing to move and cause damage. if anybody wants more information on this, i am more than willing to educate y’all on all that’s going on down here right now.

i care deeply about my home and the people that make it feel like home, so i figured talking about it and getting it out there was the least i could do for everyone hurting and everyone who is going to have to experience the hurt if it touches them.

texas is huge, y’all. the amount of small towns being affected that will probably not get any kind of help is sad. often times, they are simply skimmed over and not seen as a big issue for some reason. that is my worry for this time around. if you have the means to help and feel like it, here are some places that you can donate to (all are non profits)!

Kerr County Flood Relief Fund - will distribute the money throughout organizations that do various things to help in every way (rescue, recovery, etc.).

Kerrville Pets Alive! - helps the rescuing, aiding, and reuniting of pets with their families.

Operation BBQ Relief - deployed to texas to provide food for those affected! a $25 donation is equal to 4 hot meals.

i suggest reading up on these before donating as that is always the smartest thing to do, but if you so much as consider pitching in to help—big thanks from me to you!

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i need liberals and leftists and particularly northern state liberals and leftists to shut the fuck up about southern states but i ESPECIALLY need them to shut the fuck up about how people dying in natural disasters in texas is deserved because texas's government is the way it is

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Please. *Please* as this story gets more coverage, please remember that Texas didn't ask for this. The people here don't deserve this. This isn't FAFO. This isn't karma. This isn't divine punishment.

This is a reminder that very often the people who are in the most danger from the Republican gutting of FEMA and warning systems and infrastructure- are the young, the poor, and the already embattled residents of the "red states."

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Enjoy being blocked and reported! As I explicitly said in the tags would happen if you blamed civilians, which you took as a challenge ♥️

I would really love if Tumblr talked about the people affected by the disastrous flood that killed over 100 people with nearly 200 still missing. Kerrville, Texas.

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Ok, not to get seriously political or anything, but is Canada's relationship with the US honestly destroyed? It seems like Trump has stopped threatening to annex Canada-I know you're not omniscient, but has Canada moved past that kind of? Do you know what some others Canadians think about America now?

I only really know the environment in my own circle but from what I’ve heard and discussed with others nobody ever took it seriously enough to really care to begin with. Even the small handful of weirdos who like him seem to have considered that one a clown shoes move. It was never a legitimate concern

People I know who mention America go “oh yeah I was hoping to visit New York but uh…. Maybe when they’re done with the fascism”.

Which SOUNDS flippant, but like. What do you do when your next door neighbor is Germany 1938

Your president was a clown and now he’s not even a funny clown, just a sad and scary clown, and the overall tone from the outside looking in is “maybe if those poor people had a decent education and medical care they wouldn’t be in this mess” but damn it’s a combo of pity and fear right now

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(Source article also available in Spanish, German, and French.)