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Tammie
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Patricia — I grow corn in grow bags (3 stalks each) - not hybrids either. And also a few short rows in my garden. Both produce ears but I will say the rows of corn produce more on average.


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I've got potatoes and green beans planted in cups on my deck.  PotatoesBeans


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The video is nice — but it will take 3 years to grow a pineapple (I found this out when living in HI - they force grow it in 18 months). The other item is that a fresh start lemon tree will not fruit the first year — I have grown lemon trees for several years and it takes at least 1 full year from seed to fruit.

I do start strawberries from a bought berry — but to be honest, I do not “pick” the seeds out. I have found it much easier to just cut the pieces up and plant them in seed starting soil. They do fine and fruit the first year.

The key ingredients for most fruits and veggies is a good planting medium (compost works best - I use a horse compost mixture that our chiropractor gives us), light (some need full sun), and water. I have grown most everything at least once and if you meet these perimeters, it is pretty easy.  I highly recommend if you are going to use bought seeds to get them from patriots supply or someplace like that and not from the store. :calvin


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Geri, I had the corn sitting right beside a large window.  I remember my grandmother grew African Violets and tomato seedlings but only in certain rooms.  I think they faced South.

Maybe a sunlamp would be a good idea.  I've never had one.


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In California, we are usually having droughts, so I have mostly given up on gardening.  And we live on a hillside which makes it doubly difficult.  I grew up in Pennsylvania.  It was easy to grow anything there except for tropical plants.


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