Current Events > oh my god. just harvested some fresh cucumber. GROW YOUR OWN FOOD

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im telling you CE. you won't regret it! doesnt have to be everything! just one thing! I PROMISE

i usually make a korean dish called oi muchim, which is kind of a spicy pickled cucumber side dish.

i had some cucumbers i bought from the store, and i harvested 3 cucumbers from my garden.
the cucumbers from the store literally had no flavor. it was like eating wet paper. nothing. it was horrible.
took a bite of my fresh cucumber and i was in heaven. sweet, delicious, wonderful. fresh makes a difference!!!

i threw that store bought cucumber back in the fridge and i made the oi muchim with the FRESH cucumbers STRAIGHT FROM THE GARDEN, LITERALLY LIKE 10 MINUTES AGO, and the dish i made was

P E R F E C T I O N

CE. IM TELLING YOU. GROW YOUR FOOD. DO IT
DO IT NOW

"oh but ill buy it at the farmers market"
did those farmers literally pick those cucumbers 20 mintues ago? NO. THEY PICKED THEM LIKE DAYS AGO AND HAVE BEEN SITTING ON A HOT TABLE FOR HOURS. DISGUSTING.

GROW YOUR FOOD

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Does this CUCUMBER look like TRUMP?!


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i dont have space

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World would probably be a lot better place if everyone grew their own food tbh.


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TC puts the cum in cucumber

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solosnake posted...

World would probably be a lot better place if everyone grew their own food tbh.

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apolloooo posted...

i dont have space

container gardening man.

CONTAINERS

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Yeah it's not secret knowledge. Organic Is better and if it was more affordable I'd probably be exclusive to it for many items

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Stop yelling, Morty

inloveanddeath0 posted...

Yeah it's not secret knowledge. Organic Is better and if it was more affordable I'd probably be exclusive to it for many items

nah not organic. i use miracle gro on my stuff. nitrogen is nitrogen

what IS better IS FRESHNESS

ITS FRESH

"i have food. its frozen. fresh frozen"

YOU DONKEY

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I live in a one-room studio apartment with no space whatsoever for it.

Also, effort.

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DeathVelvien posted...

I live in a one-room studio apartment with no space whatsoever for it.

GROW LIGHTS

DeathVelvien posted...

Also, effort.

heres the effort i did

"ah a new day. time to water my plants. and done. oh that only took 5 minutes."

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also earlier today i went out into the garden

tomatoes, FRESH
red lettuce CRISPY AND FRESH

brought them inside, made a BLT with some pepper flakes from my peppers from last year

ABSOLUTELY DELIGHTFUL. i dont even need the bacon in them, the tomatoes are so PACKED with flavor, i could just eat that.

i have a big beefy tomato ripening on the vine right now (its huge! like bigger than a baseball) and im just imagining all the sandwiches ill be eating with it. OH GOD HURRY UP

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Eh I grew my own vegetables for a year. They really didn't taste that much different from store bought shit. It was then I realized people who make a big deal about this shit are just under some weird placebo effect getting high on their own smugness.

Dingydang166 posted...

Eh I grew my own vegetables for a year. They really didn't taste that much different from store bought shit. It was then I realized people who make a big deal about this shit are just under some weird placebo effect getting high on their own smugness.

"i messed up growing my food and instead of looking at my failures and growing from them, im going to say everyone else is crazy and stupid and they're dumb"

reported and ignored.

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Mezcla posted...

cucumber

What variety? Which fertilizer? When did you plant? When did you harvest? What was your maintenance/watering schedule? At what density did you seed?

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who posted

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TC is a complete troll account, he does this in all his threads. I garden, and legitimately tried to discuss things with him and then he blocked me. He doesn't know shit about gardening or growing vegetables. His other gimmick is complete Trump outrage.

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totalnerdken posted...

I want to buy one of those small fishtank garden things where the garden cleans and filters the fish tank and uses all the poop and stuff from the fish to fertilize the garden. But my place has almost no insulation so during winter, my place is almost as cold inside as it is outside. There's been a few times where my thermometer says a temp inside and google tells me my city overall temp is HIGHER than my place during winter.

So with it getting so cold, I'm afraid that the fishies and plants would die. But we'll see, I might still go for it and just have my heaters on 24/7. It'll be expensive but I still wanna do it.

as long as you do it right, that could be EXCELLENT.

most aquarium set ups should have a water heater to keep the water around 75-80 degrees, as most fish need that temp to live long happy lives. yes, even your betta and goldfish.

growing food might be difficult, as most plants aren't just sitting in water (maybe rice?) but lots of people grow pothos out of their filters, since their roots can be submerged in water.

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totalnerdken posted...

I want to buy one of those small fishtank garden things where the garden cleans and filters the fish tank and uses all the poop and stuff from the fish to fertilize the garden. But my place has almost no insulation so during winter, my place is almost as cold inside as it is outside. There's been a few times where my thermometer says a temp inside and google tells me my city overall temp is HIGHER than my place during winter.

So with it getting so cold, I'm afraid that the fishies and plants would die. But we'll see, I might still go for it and just have my heaters on 24/7. It'll be expensive but I still wanna do it.

I have an aquaponic system and i've run it for years, if you need help I can definitely give you tips. If you have an aquarium heater, it will maintain a balanced water temperature, and in turn, will keep the roots of the plant at a warmer, consistent temperature. I have a 10 gallon Springworks Microfarm, and a 29 gallon custom system. Both with clay media, one I use for herbs like basil and rosemary, the other for small vegetable plants like cherry tomatoes and some peppers.

It's a lot of fun honestly, and easy to maintain once you learn the balance and how everything works. I'm legit happy to help if you decide to go this route.

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MabusIncarnate posted...

TC is a complete troll account, he does this in all his threads. I garden, and legitimately tried to discuss things with him and then he blocked me. He doesn't know shit about gardening or growing vegetables. His other gimmick is complete Trump outrage.

That's fucked up

my latest project

soy beans!

i learned how to make HOME MADE, FRESH TOFU from dried soy beans i bought

but what would be even FRESHER than buying soy beans?



GROWING THEM

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MabusIncarnate posted...

TC is a complete troll account, he does this in all his threads. I garden, and legitimately tried to discuss things with him and then he blocked me. He doesn't know shit about gardening or growing vegetables. His other gimmick is complete Trump outrage.

Lol that sounds like a completely sane individual, considering how he's acting it doesn't surprise me.

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I like this gimmick.

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who keeps posting

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The Vegetables.

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I tried growing cucumbers before. They were bitter.

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Blue_Target posted...

I tried growing cucumbers before. They were bitter.

did you let them get big and yellow? if they're too big, the seeds fully develop and it can get bitter.

gotta pick them young

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I'd rather buy them fresh from the store than grow them in some potentially radiated soil.

jmikla posted...

What variety? Which fertilizer? When did you plant? When did you harvest? What was your maintenance/watering schedule? At what density did you seed?

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I'm growing my own pig, going to have me some fresh bacon everyday.

can i just steal some lemons instead

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