Grow Veg from Scraps!

Gardening is a really fun, relaxing and rewarding hobby that you can practice inside and out. But seeds can be expensive and sometimes a little overwhelming. That’s why we are showing you how you can grow your own veg from scrap food! It’s not only a cheaper way to do it, but it reduces food waste.

Lettuce

Chop off the leaves you eat and leave the stump. Stick the stump in some water, and watch the magic! Lettuce regenerates really quickly and you can just keep cutting the leaves off for when you need them. We have found it’s perfect if you use lettuce in your sandwiches or wraps!

Peppers

This works with both chillies and bell peppers – really, anything with seeds. You want to take the seeds from your peppers, wash them, wrap them in a damp kitchen roll or toilet roll, and pop them in a tupperware (this creates humidity). Wait until the seeds sprout, and then you can plant them!

Lemons

It’s the same concept as the peppers, except with the lemon seeds, you need to peel them after you wash them. We’ve found that the lemons take a little longer to sprout and grow than the peppers do, but if you hold tight, it’s super rewarding, and you will have a little lemon tree in no time.

Avocado

This one takes a little time. With an avocado pit, stick some toothpicks in either side so that you can prop it on a cup of water – you want it so that only the bottom of the pit is touching the water. After a while, the seed will sprout, and you can replant it into a pot – soon enough, you will have an avocado tree growing!

Spring Onion & Garlic

This is the same concept as the lettuce. You may need some toothpicks to keep them upright in a cup, and you only want the bottom part to be touching the water, but after a couple of days the garlic and spring onions should grow leaves (the garlic can be used the same way spring onions are used). Then you can chop, and they will regenerate again and again. Most of these methods can be applied to fruits and vegetables of the same sort. For example, you can grow oranges the way we have taught you to grow lemons! It can be a really fun way to get into gardening, and due to how fast they grow, it is so very rewarding. Best of luck, and let us know how it goes!