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I thought plants were supposed to be in soil, not water🤔.

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Hydroponics, growing just in water. Great way to propagate and multiply your plants too! But normally want to either consistently filter/circulate/change the water for the nutrients, or transplant them into a pot before they get to this point

Wash off any slime or growth on the roots and try transplanting it to a bigger soil pot. Plants are so much more resilient than we think most of the time.

A bubble filter such as those for small fishtanks can do the job, or something more made for the task. The goal is just to avoid stagnancy and keep things flowing.

This is what my wife does to propagate some of the cool or weird/rando plants we get. And now we have a wall of shelves that plants just grow on. All from clippings of other plants. And she has a small little wooden "propagation station" 😂 that is a few small suspended glass jars and once the glass fills with roots, she transplants them into the pots on the shelves. If I remember to take a pic when I het home from work, i'll put it on this thread. I love it!

Wish I was a gardener-but I would say maybe they need more leaf to leaf resuscitation? Or more light? Or maybe a blanket?

Cover them a little more but you're doing the right thing.

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Are they ginger or turmeric? The stems/leaves look like ginger but theyre so orange in the pot they look like turmeric.

What are those?

They make such pretty flowers! And good for you too!

You were destined to be a plant owner. If they're like ginger, they like damp but not wet soil. Don't let it dry out completely because they dont like that.

When I was a kid my great grandmother almost always had a sweet potato rooting in a jar in the kitchen. They are cousins to morning glories and also make a pretty flower. If you stick that potato in a pot, it'll grow into a giant plant but die off when it gets cold.

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Oh wow, how interesting!

maybe some light from above?

You know tumeric die off when the temperature drops? They'll resprout again in spring.

No, I did not know.

This is a tumeric that's growing from a lump I planted 4 years ago. 2 summers ago I pulled as much as I could out, trying to get rid of it. I missed a few lumps and they resprouted. They keep resprouting on me but I have no use for the tumeric. Every winter the leaves brown off and the plant disappears.

You have no use? How come?

How many nsec do you have ? 👀

One. This one🤷🏻‍♂️. I don't have access to any of my previous ones as I don't keep a record of their nsecs!

I don't like the taste or the way it turns my fingers orange. It's not something I value but it grows like a weed here (same as ginger but I can use ginger). I've added it to my Syntropic row just to periodically cut the leaves off to use as mulch. I have a lot of galangal growing too & it becomes a pain to manage. It's useful in Thai curries but not worth the space/effort to maintain a plant IMO.

No I've never tried that. I've heard about the supposed health benefits of curcamin/tumeric but never experienced them. I don't think it's bad for you, I just think the health claims are hype to sell powders & capsules. These days I focus more on perennial fruit trees as well as some starchy tubers that do well in my climate. My garden is geared towards sweet treats & apocalyptic survival food. Food I can use if the shit hits the fan but not food I'd choose to live on day to day. I do enjoy the fruit seasonally. My little carnivore experiment left me highly sceptical of the human health benefits of plants in the diet.

We have to understand that meat is the best way to get all that we need, in one go. Facts, are facts. But we don't need that much...around 300 to 500gr per week. On another stance. . The meat we are eating is already far beyond the healthy point. Meat starts to decompose as soon as the animal dies. ..Tricky.

I use my intuition to guide both what I grow & what I eat. I'm still feeling my way through it, this is just where I'm at now. I love ruminant flesh & fat but you're right, a little goes a long way. I grow my herbs & fruit for prana as well as my own enjoyment. I understand a lot of that life force energy is lost during storage & cooking (plants & meat alike). I also consume fresh raw beef liver periodically & it provides an incredible boost. I love eating cucumbers straight from the vine.

So lovely, thank you for sharing. 🥰Yes, intuiton is our best friend, it always tells us what we need at any moment. Season fruits and season vegetables, are important to prepar our body for the cold or the hot. Today we have almost everything all the time it gets sketchy. I always find fascinating how my eyes, make move and grab things I usually don't buy, but at that moment. I know I need! ✨😀