Guest guest Posted January 7, 2009 Report Share Posted January 7, 2009 BTW, you can get empty 5 gal. buckets at most any fast food restaurant. Ask what they do with them. Usually they just put them in the trash or next to it. Ask if they will save for you. Don't forget to put lots of drain holes. ew Hi, Melody I think it is you wanting to grow some vegitables but not sure if your landlord will allow it. I want to suggest 5 gallon buckets. When I was growing up my dad grew Tomatoes in 5 Gallon buckets. That is how I got my first taste of gardening. You may have to keep them watered more. If you get an extremely heavy rain you just carefully tip it over and let it drain. I think you could grow Peppers in this manner also. I know of one person that grows his Sweet Potatoes in large totes that are tilted. Oh and by the way in case you guys did not know, you can eat Sweet Potatoes leaves. I fixed them one night and did not tell my Husband and son what they were and they divored them. When I told my husband I wish I had a camera he was very surprised. I know you can grow other plants in containers also. There is a group Edible Container Gardening that you may or may not find usefull. Smyrna, TN US Zone 6b Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 7, 2009 Report Share Posted January 7, 2009 Hello All, I've been 'lurking' for quite a while now, learning plenty as I went along. However, I've got a little problem, which I'm hoping that you, or anyone, may be able to help with. HEMP SEED. I can't find ANYTHING on the net. It could be that a live hemp seed is illegal in America. Boy does that sound paranoid from this side of the pond! I can't see any sprouters that I know of suddenly upping sticks and going into grass production, and I don't mean wheat! Mind you, I think I read somewhere that English hemp has been treated with the ubiquitous and undefined 'something' to prevent germination. I can tell you, from experiance, that is pure bull!! Thing is..germinating hemp, for purely decorative purposes (honest), is way different from trying to sprout them for food. I just bought a bag of seed in a reputable health food shop, expensive, and the assistant knew what I wanted them for. Got home, washed seed, and put it in a jar to soak. So far so good. Trouble is, 95% o0f the seed floated! During my worklife as a gardener, that's how we tested seed viability...if they float, they're duds. Any idea if I bought dead seed, anyone? Hopefully, I didn't. Assuming I got decent seed, how do I best proceed? I really need help, I think. Theoretically, someone may have heard about someone who knows how it's done! I know no-one on would have broken the law with wacky-baccy seed. Any and all (sensible) advice would be truly appreciated. Be Well. Doug. :-) This is really a message from Doug. Re: Growing Tomatoes etc. BTW, you can get empty 5 gal. buckets at most any fast food restaurant. Ask what they do with them. Usually they just put them in the trash or next to it. Ask if they will save for you. Don't forget to put lots of drain holes. ew Hi, Melody I think it is you wanting to grow some vegitables but not sure if your landlord will allow it. I want to suggest 5 gallon buckets. When I was growing up my dad grew Tomatoes in 5 Gallon buckets. That is how I got my first taste of gardening. You may have to keep them watered more. If you get an extremely heavy rain you just carefully tip it over and let it drain. I think you could grow Peppers in this manner also. I know of one person that grows his Sweet Potatoes in large totes that are tilted. Oh and by the way in case you guys did not know, you can eat Sweet Potatoes leaves. I fixed them one night and did not tell my Husband and son what they were and they divored them. When I told my husband I wish I had a camera he was very surprised. I know you can grow other plants in containers also. There is a group Edible Container Gardening that you may or may not find usefull. Smyrna, TN US Zone 6b Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 7, 2009 Report Share Posted January 7, 2009 On 1/7/09, Doug Chinn <saxon.1@...> wrote: > > Trouble is, 95% o0f the seed floated! During my worklife as > a gardener, that's how we tested seed viability...if they float, > they're duds. Any idea if I bought dead seed, anyone? It sounds to me like you did. Live hemp seed is fairly heavy and shouldn't float. (I didn't realize that was a seed viability test. Thanks for the new info.) To the best of my knowledge, international law requires all hemp seeds sold for human and animal food to be sterilized. In the UK, DEFRA oversees hemp and considers it a non-food crop (though seed products sold as food are legal.) The UK is one of the countries that issues industrial hemp growth licenses through the Home Office. Otherwise, germination of cannabis seeds is illegal in the UK according to section 6 of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 which makes it an offense to cultivate any plant of the genus cannabis without a license from the Secretary of State. This page talks about the history of sterilizing hemp seed in the U.S. and tells how much nutritional damage is done by sterilization: http://www.hempseed.ca/why-sterilize-hemp-seed.ihtml The sterilized seeds are still quite nutritious, even though they won't sprout. I have a packet of seeds from Nutiva in my kitchen right now and they're quite tasty on salads. Sparrow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 7, 2009 Report Share Posted January 7, 2009 some seeds are designed to float sunflower seeds are floaters and the ones that sink are duds. From: sparrowrose@... Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2009 16:03:41 -0700 Subject: Re: Growing Tomatoes etc. On 1/7/09, Doug Chinn <saxon.1@...> wrote: > > Trouble is, 95% o0f the seed floated! During my worklife as > a gardener, that's how we tested seed viability...if they float, > they're duds. Any idea if I bought dead seed, anyone? It sounds to me like you did. Live hemp seed is fairly heavy and shouldn't float. (I didn't realize that was a seed viability test. Thanks for the new info.) To the best of my knowledge, international law requires all hemp seeds sold for human and animal food to be sterilized. In the UK, DEFRA oversees hemp and considers it a non-food crop (though seed products sold as food are legal.) The UK is one of the countries that issues industrial hemp growth licenses through the Home Office. Otherwise, germination of cannabis seeds is illegal in the UK according to section 6 of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 which makes it an offense to cultivate any plant of the genus cannabis without a license from the Secretary of State. This page talks about the history of sterilizing hemp seed in the U.S. and tells how much nutritional damage is done by sterilization: http://www.hempseed.ca/why-sterilize-hemp-seed.ihtml The sterilized seeds are still quite nutritious, even though they won't sprout. I have a packet of seeds from Nutiva in my kitchen right now and they're quite tasty on salads. Sparrow _________________________________________________________________ Windows LiveTM: Keep your life in sync. http://windowslive.com/explore?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_t1_allup_explore_012009 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 7, 2009 Report Share Posted January 7, 2009 some seeds are designed to float sunflower seeds are floaters and the ones that sink are duds. From: sparrowrose@... Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2009 16:03:41 -0700 Subject: Re: Growing Tomatoes etc. On 1/7/09, Doug Chinn <saxon.1@...> wrote: > > Trouble is, 95% o0f the seed floated! During my worklife as > a gardener, that's how we tested seed viability...if they float, > they're duds. Any idea if I bought dead seed, anyone? It sounds to me like you did. Live hemp seed is fairly heavy and shouldn't float. (I didn't realize that was a seed viability test. Thanks for the new info.) To the best of my knowledge, international law requires all hemp seeds sold for human and animal food to be sterilized. In the UK, DEFRA oversees hemp and considers it a non-food crop (though seed products sold as food are legal.) The UK is one of the countries that issues industrial hemp growth licenses through the Home Office. Otherwise, germination of cannabis seeds is illegal in the UK according to section 6 of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 which makes it an offense to cultivate any plant of the genus cannabis without a license from the Secretary of State. This page talks about the history of sterilizing hemp seed in the U.S. and tells how much nutritional damage is done by sterilization: http://www.hempseed.ca/why-sterilize-hemp-seed.ihtml The sterilized seeds are still quite nutritious, even though they won't sprout. I have a packet of seeds from Nutiva in my kitchen right now and they're quite tasty on salads. Sparrow _________________________________________________________________ Windows LiveTM: Keep your life in sync. http://windowslive.com/explore?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_t1_allup_explore_012009 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 7, 2009 Report Share Posted January 7, 2009 Thanks . Will look into it. Melody Growing Tomatoes etc. Hi, Melody I think it is you wanting to grow some vegitables but not sure if your landlord will allow it. I want to suggest 5 gallon buckets. When I was growing up my dad grew Tomatoes in 5 Gallon buckets. That is how I got my first taste of gardening. You may have to keep them watered more. If you get an extremely heavy rain you just carefully tip it over and let it drain. I think you could grow Peppers in this manner also. I know of one person that grows his Sweet Potatoes in large totes that are tilted. Oh and by the way in case you guys did not know, you can eat Sweet Potatoes leaves. I fixed them one night and did not tell my Husband and son what they were and they divored them. When I told my husband I wish I had a camera he was very surprised. I know you can grow other plants in containers also. There is a group Edible Container Gardening that you may or may not find usefull. Smyrna, TN US Zone 6b Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 7, 2009 Report Share Posted January 7, 2009 What is your reciepe for sweet potato leaves - it sounds very healthy - and also I cannot find the " Edible Container Gardening " site ??? thanks - Joann From: Rushing <lindas_organic_garden@...> Subject: Growing Tomatoes etc. Sproutpeople Date: Wednesday, January 7, 2009, 4:41 AM Hi, Melody I think it is you wanting to grow some vegitables but not sure if your landlord will allow it. I want to suggest 5 gallon buckets. When I was growing up my dad grew Tomatoes in 5 Gallon buckets. That is how I got my first taste of gardening. You may have to keep them watered more. If you get an extremely heavy rain you just carefully tip it over and let it drain. I think you could grow Peppers in this manner also. I know of one person that grows his Sweet Potatoes in large totes that are tilted. Oh and by the way in case you guys did not know, you can eat Sweet Potatoes leaves. I fixed them one night and did not tell my Husband and son what they were and they divored them. When I told my husband I wish I had a camera he was very surprised. I know you can grow other plants in containers also. There is a group Edible Container Gardening that you may or may not find usefull. Smyrna, TN US Zone 6b Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 7, 2009 Report Share Posted January 7, 2009 Sparrow, those seeds from Nutiva have been hulled. And yes, they are quite tasty, in salads as well as smoothies. (try banana, pineapple, vanilla bean, and hemp seed. just enough water to get it to whirl. yum.) Doug, I am curious, are the seeds you have flat, blond and almost waxy (hulled), or do they have their hulls still? According to that site Sparrow provided, the hull is edible, and beneficial fiber. Thia On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 6:03 PM, Sparrow R <sparrowrose@...>wrote: > > The sterilized seeds are still quite nutritious, even though they > won't sprout. I have a packet of seeds from Nutiva in my kitchen right > now and they're quite tasty on salads. > > Sparrow > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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