When I am at the market, and I purchase things such as garlic ~ After all who can have too much garlic.... I also purchase those white bunching onions or scallions as they are sometimes called ..... you know the ones that you dice up to put on top of you salads... I chop up the scallions/bunching onions I want for my salads. However, instead of throwing the ends of them away like you normally do, or for composting, as in my case. I save them, and plant them in my garden. Instead of throwing the meager garlic centers away, I also plant those as well. It does take some time but eventually you will get more garlic, and bunching onions as well. I also do the same with the garlic with the tiny pieces in the center of the garlic that normally you might toss anyways. I now have a great patch of Jerusalem artichoke's as well; from a few spent tubers that were going to be thrown out by the produce guy at my local store anyways.... The Jerusalem artichokes are great for that extra nutty crunch in your salads if you have not tried them.... They grow very similar to sunflowers and bloom similarly to sunflowers as well although the blooms are quite a bit smaller. At least they are quite tall, and add a place for my runner beans to grow upon as well. The bonus is that they are a perennial crop as well. I do caution though that they will try and take over your garden if you don't keep an eye on them! Another good one is horseradish roots for those of you who might make your own horseradish sauce... Pineapple tops normally you twist them off and toss... Pot them up and, you have an interesting houseplant. If you are like me you now look at extra bits of produce in a whole new way... happy gardening! bgrow_gardens

You would need to buy some bagged topsoil to pot your aquatic plants in. It is cheap at big box stores. Many tropical and hardy aquatic plants thrive in Phoenix, I had a ponding friend there who had a business selling off her extras as they grew so fast. You didn't say you were in Phoenix that is just where I used to live. You can grow plants from tubers at the Asian market. You can also get them from other ponders, a lot cheaper than retail. There is an exchange as part of this forum and there are others too if you google. Many allow plants to be sold but this one does not. Many aquatic plants are fast growing and small starts are fine. There are not so many that are suitable for a home gardener to grow for food production. Most are ornamental.

I am looking for a dwarf banana plant (any age) that produces edible fruit. I have cuttings/seed to trade or am willing to just pay shipping+. Thanks!

I was looking for an answer about where to locate my new musa rajapuri purchased today at the Festival of Flowers in Mobile, one of the Festival plant selections they recommend for our zone 8b. The man did not know if it made edible bananas, so I was searching to find out on this forum. I'm figuring that it will make some edible fruits? lac1361 z9a LA (My Page) on Fri, Jul 11, 08 at 8:25 ericjwi, Raja Puri should do well for you in Houston in the ground. Choose a spot with lots of sun and protected from frost; like up against your house with a southern exposure. Steve Based on this information, I'm putting my new guy just outside the kitchen window on the south side of my house. Next to the heat pump condensate drain, should keep it moist.