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Garden for Free Part III – Pineapple
I am so excited to finally show you all my pineapple plant! I might be a plant nerd, but a pineapple plant grown from scraps that would normally be thrown away or composted is seriously cool! Like my other “garden for free” blogs, this process just takes a little research and patience. First start with a healthy pineapple that is not overripe. Step 1 – Prep your pineapple (option 1) Remove the top of the pineapple with one 1-inch cut, leaving roughly 1 inch of pineapple “flesh”, along with the green top portion of the fruit. You are only using the top nonedible portion of the fruit, so cut the…
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Garden for Free Part II – Papaya
Consider growing papaya right in your back yard and spend nothing more than the cost of a single fruit. In my original blog, gardening for free (part 1), I covered the basics of gardening from kitchen scraps, propagating and harvesting seeds from season to season. Papaya are beautiful tropical plants that can produce fruit when grown in containers, which will then be moved indoors before the first freeze. How to Grow Papaya from Seed To grow papaya, you will need to buy one whole papaya fruit that has not been refrigerated. Refrigeration will stop the seed from being able to sprout. When you are ready to plant, and only when…
