Nice trick, I'll try it too. I use quite a bit of celery with my haricot bean casserole, which Alkyone's mummy showed me how to cook... ala greque. Rather delicious!
As for the quality of your photo, I can take even better ones! 🤣 🤣
I have a dream that my.. children.. one day..
will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their
character
I always stick my celery in a jug with a little water, like a vase of flowers. This time it managed to grow roots!
That's happened to me too. I then planted it out. It survived, but it didn't really prosper.
However it gave me hundreds of seeds which I threw about a veg bed in the garden.
To my surprise, masses of them germinated and for many months I had the most flavoursome young leaves of celery that looked like flat-leaved parsley but were strong-flavoured celery. By accident, I had replicated my Greek grandmother's type of celery which, just like her, I used in my cooking.
I'm trying now with clematis cuttings in water. Been in a week, no signs as yet but I'm keeping my fingers crossed. Clematis Josephine. I'd love 2 more. But I'm not sure if I've chosen the right part of the plant. What is the best way to take a clematis cutting please? hi i tried this with a couple of mine, 1 has a tiny root on it will leave it be. i"ve done others an just put the cuttings in pots, i have put clear bags on 2 left the others with no covering. fingers crossed a couple will take deb
I'm rather excited! A few days ago, when I was going through the seeds I have in my fridge (in order to see what I actually had and what I needed to get), I found an old envelope with a few coriander seeds. It said, "Sow by 2016".
I couldn't quite throw them out (I'm a real scrooge), so I used an old supermarket plastic container with lid (I don't throw those out either!), lined it with a moist kitchen towel, placed the seeds on the wet towel, closed the lid and put it in a warm spot in the kitchen.
Today, I discovered that 4 of the seed had grown little thin tails! I have now put them in a small flower pot with multipurpose compost.
I hope at least one of them survives and gives me some ...amazing coriander! I will then be certain that it pays to be a scrooge!
Whoopdeedoo!! Last year, i was going to experiment with culinary seeds to see if any would grow, but i never got around to it😕 What does a cumin or a fenugreek or a cardamom or a caraway or a sesame look like? Nigella and mustard, I have a fair idea. Are allspice and that one you get in gin but tastes nice in stews viable seeds? Maybe a project for this year but being greenhouseless and polytunnelless, i am probably at a disadvantage. I understand that these seeds have probably been treated - so another minus.
Never grown any of these and have only seen them in supermarkets for cooking with; but google is quite helpful, so take a look. Let us know how it goes. If well, I might emulate you!
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Martin Luther KingHi Helen, lovely roots but what's that red thing? It looks like a tomato!
However it gave me hundreds of seeds which I threw about a veg bed in the garden.
To my surprise, masses of them germinated and for many months I had the most flavoursome young leaves of celery that looked like flat-leaved parsley but were strong-flavoured celery. By accident, I had replicated my Greek grandmother's type of celery which, just like her, I used in my cooking.
I will have another go this month!
I couldn't quite throw them out (I'm a real scrooge), so I used an old supermarket plastic container with lid (I don't throw those out either!), lined it with a moist kitchen towel, placed the seeds on the wet towel, closed the lid and put it in a warm spot in the kitchen.
Today, I discovered that 4 of the seed had grown little thin tails! I have now put them in a small flower pot with multipurpose compost.
I hope at least one of them survives and gives me some ...amazing coriander! I will then be certain that it pays to be a scrooge!
Last year, i was going to experiment with culinary seeds to see if any would grow, but i never got around to it😕
What does a cumin or a fenugreek or a cardamom or a caraway or a sesame look like?
Nigella and mustard, I have a fair idea.
Are allspice and that one you get in gin but tastes nice in stews viable seeds? Maybe a project for this year but being greenhouseless and polytunnelless, i am probably at a disadvantage.
I understand that these seeds have probably been treated - so another minus.
Good luck!
https://www.google.com/search?q=cumin+seed+to+grow&rlz=1C1CHBF_enGB882GB882&oq=cumin+seed+to+grow&aqs=chrome..69i57j0l5.29958j1j9&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8
https://www.google.com/search?q=juniper+seed+to+grow+in+pots&rlz=1C1CHBF_enGB882GB882&oq=juniper+seed+to+grow+in+pots&aqs=chrome.0.69i59j33.8984j1j9&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8
https://www.google.com/search?q=sesame+seed+to+grow+in+pots&rlz=1C1CHBF_enGB882GB882&oq=sesame+seed+to+grow+in+pots&aqs=chrome.0.69i59j33.15050j1j9&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8
https://www.google.com/search?q=fenugreek+r+seed+to+grow+in+pots&rlz=1C1CHBF_enGB882GB882&oq=fenugreek+r+seed+to+grow+in+pots&aqs=chrome.0.69i59j33.5868j1j9&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8