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What food can I grow at home to save grocery money? (literature.cafe)
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  • It should be growable in a small space.
  • Would be nice if it didnt require lot of attention.
  • Should fill my stomach
  • Would be nice if I can grow lots of it in a small time.
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[–] 2 points 2 months ago (1 child)

I remember one summer growing up my parents cooked a lot of zucchini. It got to the point where we were like "pump the brakes on the zucchini we can't take much more". Turns out it was growing in the compost pile quite a bit from discarded seeds. Granted, that compost pile is very healthy with red worms.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

    With zucchini don't use your own seeds. They can become poisonous.

    I would love to know who voted this down. Don't you believe it?

    This toxin has caused at least one death of an elderly person, in 2015.[50] Investigators warned that gardeners should not save their own seeds, as reversion to forms containing more poisonous cucurbitacin might occur.[4

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zucchini

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