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Grow Houseplants from Produce

You don't have to go to a nursery or florist to find a suitable houseplant. You can pick up everything you need to grow your own while you're at the supermarket. Use our tips to grow an avocado, papaya, guava, or many other exotic plants from seed.

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" The produce aisle isn't just for eating; it's also for planting. House plants can be kind of expensive to buy, but I'm gonna show you how you can grow great plants from produce in your grocery store. And there's a long list of fruits that you can harvest the seeds from in order to grow your plants. There's papaya, pomegranate, guava. You could use lemons or limes or passion fruit actually and this is one that I've started. Almost anything with a seed is fair gain. Avocados are actually a good choice because they come with a nice big seed. And remember, when you're getting your seeds from your fruit, make sure you soak the seeds for a little while in the water in order to loosen up some of that flesh that maybe still cling to the seed. Sometimes the fruit can be very acidic and it can prevent it from germinating. So, once you've got your seed, dry it off, here. Clean it up. You're going to want to plant it in a pot. Cover it up with your soil and then just wait. Now, most of these will germinate and grown best with lots of light and with humidity and temperatures over 70 degrees. Then, just sit back and enjoy the fruits of your labor."

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