Can you regrow tomatoes from scraps?
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And vegetable scraps regrow themselves with just a bit of water and sunlight. ... But it was a revelation to me that you could slice up just about any tomato, plop it in some dirt, shower it with water, sunlight, and lots of love, and—voilà! —after about two weeks you'd have bright-green seedlings ready for replanting.
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And vegetable scraps regrow themselves with just a bit of water and sunlight. ... But it was a revelation to me that you could slice up just about any tomato, plop it in some dirt, shower it with water, sunlight, and lots of love, and—voilà! —after about two weeks you'd have bright-green seedlings ready for replanting.
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Many raw vegetables are indigestible to birds, but peas and sweetcorn are fine, and so is leftover mashed potato! Raw meat is also indigestible, but unsalted bacon, rinds and fat are an excellent source of protein for insect-eaters. You can also offer beef fat and marrow bones.
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Note: You can add many other vegetable scraps (think sweet!) - i.e. corn cobs, winter squash, zucchini, and other squash, beet greens, fennel, chard, lettuce, parsnips, green beans, pea pods, bell peppers, eggplant, mushrooms, asparagus, and herbs like dill, thyme, parsley, cilantro, and basil..
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Here are some of the common vegetables (and herbs) that you can re-grow from scraps:
- Potatoes.
- Sweet Potatoes.
- Onions, Garlic, Leeks and Shallots.
- Celery.
- Bulb Fennel.
- Carrots, Turnips, Parsnips, Beets and Other Root Crops.
- Lettuce, Bok Choi and Other Leafy Greens.
- Cabbages.
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Another easy way to use up mushroom pieces, scraps, slightly wilted mushrooms or mushrooms stems is with soup. Chop pieces and tender stems to add along with other vegetables for chunkier soups: use scraps, wilted mushrooms and tougher stems to make creamy soup.
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