Best vegetable plants & seeds according to redditors

We found 204 Reddit comments discussing the best vegetable plants & seeds. We ranked the 124 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the top 20.

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u/crispyscone · 23 pointsr/todayilearned

You are correct. I grew purple carrots, they are purple on the outside and orange on the inside. Taste the same as regular carrots.

moar pics:

exhibit a

exhibit b

exhibit c

I have no experience with the fully purple carrots, but I came across this in my google image search:

fully purple carrot 1

fully purple carrot 2

I wonder where I can get seeds for those?

u/hukiki · 12 pointsr/freefolk
u/Somnif · 12 pointsr/gifs

Unfortunately shiitakes are a bit trickier. They grow best on hardwood logs (oak or the like) in fairly cool temperatures and quite a long time. With work they can grow on "fake logs" but I wouldn't recommend them to a first time grower. It takes a bit of experience juggling temperature, humidity, and air exchange that is best done with another species.

Oysters, on the other hand, will grow on damn near anything. I've seen grows done on phone books, money, even a stuffed bra once. Only thing to watch out for is spore drop. Oysters put out ridiculous amounts of spores and if you are the least bit allergic (or even might be) you do NOT want to attempt growing in your home.

If you just want to experience the fruiting part of the process, you can buy little "grow your own mushroom" kits many places these days (My local grocery store carries them sometimes) for about 20$. This is a block of already-colonized substrate that you just fruit. Quick and simple, its a good way to get your toes wet with minimal expenditure. http://www.amazon.com/Back-Roots-Organic-Mushroom-Farm/dp/B00CD0KZ78?ie=UTF8&keywords=mushroom&qid=1463901150&ref_=sr_1_1_a_it&sr=8-1

Right then, on to the links! Best place online to find mycological information is shroomery.org . Its focus is largely on illegal mushrooms but they have a large and well curated gourmet/medicinal section as well.
https://www.shroomery.org/forums/postlist.php/Board/13

The north american mycological association also has a website with a fairly well written step by step guide through growing oysters.
http://www.namyco.org/cultivation.php

We also have a few fungus friendly subreddits here too!
https://www.reddit.com/r/MushroomGrowers
https://www.reddit.com/r/mycology/

And to round things out, an imgur walk through that would end up with a bucket very like the one in the video up above. This fellow doesn't pasteurize his substrate (risky, but thats his choice) but beyond that the process is more or less the same.

http://imgur.com/a/hjU0o


I can post more/better links when I get home. This work laptop has the horsepower of an anemic wood frog so its a little frustrating pulling things up.


u/megankmartin · 7 pointsr/houseplants

I'm going to offer a slightly different suggestion because I know how much kids like to interact with their projects. "Interacting" with plants often means watering...and thus possible death, and disappointment. I also know that many kids tend to lose interest in things that aren't "doing" anything, like slow-growing plants.

So... how about growing a mushroom kit, or herbs of any kind from seed? There's a lot of daily, visual gratification from growth and change. In the case of a mushroom kit, you actually get to water them quite often because they need it. It's so satisfying. Our family had a great time with that earlier this year.

For a true houseplant, though, I second the recommendations for ZZ and pothos. Pothos grow faster, at least.

u/KetInducedPsychosis · 6 pointsr/mycology

Ya man. I’ve been growing for 10+ years, but since I’m an adult now I wanted to do some non-psychedelics. Instead of going the whole route of inoculating jars and making a fruiting chamber and stuff, I just went into amazon and bought a few grow kits. Depending on the type of fungi you wanna make they grow on different substrates (ie saw dust for shiitake cuz they grow on wood, or wheat, whatever). Anyways, when you order you get a bag of substrate completely colonized by the fungi mycelium. My shiitake log all I had to do was soak it in water overnight then stick it in the fridge for 24hours to start the fruiting process. After that I placed it on a plate in a cold spot in my house (needs to be under 75 degrees Fahrenheit to not grow mold) and covered it with this little plastic bag with holes it in to keep humidity in. It came with a little spray bottle and you just spray it a few times a day. I just did it in the morning, lunch break, after work, and maybe before I go to bed. Once they started pinning you water it as often as your able. In about 5 days they were all fully grown and I plucked em. Now I let the log dry out for a few days, then I dunk it again in water overnight and put it in the fridge then BAM another flush. Supposedly can get up to a pound over 3 months from just one.

The oysters are a little different. Just cutt an X in the bag and place it near a window and spray it as often as you can. Once I saw them grow they were ready in 3 days. Literally growing an inch or more a day.

Here’s the ones I bought. Keep in mind when your more experienced you can use their substrate that’s colonized to do a bulk grow and can harvest TONS at once.

Root Mushroom Farm-Shiitake... https://www.amazon.com/dp/B076YP4WMB?ref=yo_pop_ma_swf

Pink Oyster Mushroom Farm -... https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07681XTGV?ref=yo_pop_ma_swf

I ordered a white oyster one and its total crap. Don’t buy this one

Back to the Roots Organic Mini... https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00TUYGRU4?ref=yo_pop_ma_swf

Lmk if you have any questions bud

u/thkuntze · 5 pointsr/HelpMeFind

They're out of season, so you're likely out of luck getting fresh ones.

Fresh but out of stock: 1
2
3

Seeds: 1
2

Dried:
1
2

Plants:
March 2017 shipping

u/dingmah · 4 pointsr/Edmonton

Last year Superstore sold this Back to the Roots Mushroom Farm Kit for $20, and haven't seen it in store since. It was placed right next to the bulk white mushrooms in the produce section. I didn't buy it at the time cause I thought it was too expensive.

u/orange12089 · 4 pointsr/woahdude

my local grocer sells these.

u/Nothin_Means_Nothin · 4 pointsr/me_irl

These are dried. Not sure where you can get fresh ones. Also, not sure if dried is less spicy. We may require you to eat more than one dry pepper if someone can tell us if it's less spicy. Haha. Also, I am not a doctor, but I recommend not going through with this at all. Bamboozle the lot of them, who gives a fuck. Haha

u/MegaJettison · 4 pointsr/mycology

yeah there's basic, dead simple ones available thru amazon

u/gelflingking · 3 pointsr/pics
u/748g · 3 pointsr/shrooms

Both from out grow, I'd put the link down but it doesn't specify what the casing is made from, just what it is and does. And for substrate it's horse manure. Got that also from out grow.

https://www.amazon.com/Pasteurized-Mushroom-Casing-Substrate/dp/B0040125EE/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?keywords=outgrow+casing&qid=1558717614&s=gateway&sr=8-1

https://www.amazon.com/Pound-Grow-Maure-Mushroom-Substrate/dp/B0055VHUPW?ref_=bl_dp_s_mw_9347293011

Edit: The casing definitely has verm (vermiculite) in it. I didn't take a note of that at first. Kinda makes sense just like with coir/verm 50/50 sub.

u/TCatlett · 3 pointsr/Hydroponics

Harley Seeds 30+ ORGANICALLY Grown Dwarf Red Robin Tomato Seeds, Heirloom Non-GMO, Sweet, Low Acid, Determinate, Open-Pollinated, Delicious, from USA https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07Q6LW8ZY/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_VL7PDbDA8QYZN

u/Homegrown_Tomato · 2 pointsr/gardening

Back to the Roots. I got it as a gift for Christmas.

u/rainbowlu12 · 2 pointsr/Random_Acts_Of_Amazon

Jetsons! How about Purple Dragon Carrot Seeds Seems unique to me!

u/IguanaGrrl · 2 pointsr/Random_Acts_Of_Amazon

Purple dragon carrot seeds because WHAT IS THIS SORCERY?? I've never seen this... ever!! MADNESS!

Jetsons! Thanks for the contest!!

u/Butch_Glitterface · 2 pointsr/Random_Acts_Of_Amazon

How about a melting clock or these purple dragon carrot seeds? is that unique enough. jetsons

u/Gullex · 2 pointsr/MushroomGrowers

You can spend $20 on one of these pre-made mushroom "farms", or you could spend ~$100-$300 on a four tier greenhouse, humidifier, controller, fan, timer, pressure cooker, substrates, still air box or glove box, grow bags, etc.

Or you could spend many thousands on a grow room, laminar flow hood, and all the fanciest supplies. It's up to you. You can really invest as much time and money as you want. You decide your own level of involvement. ;)

Temperature for growing depends on the mushroom but in general is around 70F-ish. Some like cooler temps, some warmer.

u/ClarksonianPause · 2 pointsr/Random_Acts_Of_Amazon

Phillip!

I was going to say Prince as a joke...since thats what his name will include! haha

u/boomliftcertified · 2 pointsr/Random_Acts_Of_Amazon

GHOST PEPPERS!!! easily under $5 and goin to be some good fun growing and maybe eating them

u/buttblastermaster · 2 pointsr/shrooms

I was in the same boat as you and kind of flew by the seat of my pants for this whole thing because it can be difficult to know what is the "correct" way to do stuff because everyone has their own suggestions.

The substrate I used was purchased from Amazon here!

The casing I used was purchased here!

I grated up 2 BRF cakes in a cheese grater and mixed with a full bag of this substrate. I did not dunk the cakes before grating them and mixing with substrate.

u/LeftMySoulAtHome · 2 pointsr/Random_Acts_Of_Amazon
u/ChanguitaShadow · 1 pointr/Random_Acts_Of_Amazon

Play this song while reading (follow with any other Empire of the Sun song when it ends)

It was a dark and stormy night; the darkness was so consuming, there must have been magic involved. The days had been growing longer and the nights warmer for awhile now, and the time of faeries was nearing. Amsie hadn't been beyond the great old oak glade since the eve of last summer. Could she even be sure the magic had been born yet? She trudged onward through the darkness, the brilliant beam of her headlamp the only thing illuminating the barely-there path through the forest. It was cool tonight, but an indescribable warmth Amsie could only really say was an alive sense of self led her through the deep night.

And then, just ahead, she could see the trees parting. Was she too soon? Was summertime magic alive yet in the forest? As she stepped forward, she was answered nearly immediately as the forest lit up in enchanted moonlight, shimmery silver kissing the forest, now transformed and opening itself into a mystical clearing. "The faeries have been busy already," Amsie thought to herself. Before her, laid out in moonlight, was this year's magic faerie garden. Her eye was drawn immediately to a bush of what she thought were tomatoes, but were too many colors- too beautiful to be real. Regular red tomatoes had their place, but the faeries had somehow infused these ones with the rainbow- would they taste any different? She had to know, but she knew the penalty for taking from the fae. She pocketed her hands and let her eyes do the eating. She tore her eyes from the vivid "tomatoes," if you could call them that, and inspected another strange magical plant.

It looked like a faerie-sized watermelon, but the plant was COVERED in them. A sweet-faced fae flitted nearby, her ice-blue wings glinting in the moonlight, and Amsie called to her. "What are these?" she asked the sprite, who flew over, perching on Amsie's shoulder. "Well, those are cucamelons of course! They were gifted to us by Quetzalcoatl- he loves the colors we grow here in The Garden - as resplendent as he, he says! So he gave us melons that would make us feel large and special too!" With a smile, she whisked off in an azure blur. Amsie was satisfied with the answer, they were like tiny watermelons afterall! "How kind of Quetzalcoatl to share the seed", she thought, looking around the verdant glen.

A hummingbird chirped at her, flying in low circles near her face. He continued to pester her, flying in the direction of a cluster of fae creatures. She sighed and followed the pesky little guy to the gathering. They were pulling some sort of great ferns from the earth, their tops light and bouncy, fluttering with each breath and concerted effort to pull it from the ground. Amsie approached, hoping to get a better look at these funny plants when a faun approached her, several fern-somethings clutched in a bouquet, another hanging from his mouth. He was chewing on the root end and Amsie thought it looked a bit like a carrot- but the colors were all- off. She accepted the carrot bouquet from his outstretched arm, and he bounded off to flirt with the nyads. Indeed it was a carrot, as she turned it over in her hands she could see is careful rings, but it was so dark- as if it had soaked up the night itself. As she admired the "carrot" bunch, another friendly faerie flew over, munching on a smaller chunk of carrot she must have cut for herself. Amsie could see that at its heart, the carrots were golden orange, and so warm. The deep darkness of their exterior was illuminated by the contrasting core. "Thems there are purple dragon carrots, did you know that? Big 'ol nasty dragon purred like a kitten when we fed him some rainbow 'maters last year and enchanted these up for us! Try one!" He winked at her before zooming off to try and pull out more carrots, seeped in not only the magical darkness, but apparently dragon magic. Amsie looked at the carrot and shrugged, it had been offered, so the penalty mustn't apply. It was worth the risk to try this mysterious root. She broke off the long scraggly bit at the end and took one crunchy bite. It was unreal- the sweetness, the deep earthiness, like Mother Earth herself had let her soul seep in as she nurtured their growth.

And then it happened. Amsie flashed her eyes open- when had she even closed them? No longer in the forest in her gear, but in bed in her night shirt- she blinked sand from her eyes. Oh no. For one bite she'd paid a heavy price. She knew it hasn't been a dream. She knew it was real. It had to be. She could just almost taste the sweet darkness, feel the smooth leaves on the cucamelons, feel the moonlight filtering through the diffuse magic in the air. But she knew better than to eat the faerie food. If only she could have and hold just a little bit of that magic, just for a moment hold the memory of summer magic.

I hope you liked my magical story! Let's both experience this magic together, but for real! Rainbow tomatoes, faerie cucamelons, and dragon carrots are all on my list and altogether are still around $5! Let's grow our own summer faerie garden! All 3 of these can be grown in containers on a porch if a magical glade isn't in your reality right now!

Thank you! ♡

u/Plantman1 · 1 pointr/MushroomGrowers

I received it as a gift, but I think this is it http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00CD0KZ78

u/meowmeo · 1 pointr/pics

Haha, I didn't expect this

u/1lobotomyplzs · 1 pointr/MushroomGrowers

The exact product is...... Back To The Roots Pink Oyster Mushroom Grow Kit, Harvest Gourmet Oyster Mushrooms In 10 days, Top Gardening Gift, Holiday Gift, & Unique Gift https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07KWWGRLB/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_7r.xDbQWZ9F0M .... I wanted to see if I enjoyed doing something just simple and then build upon that. I've watched a few YouTube videos over the subject, but haven't found one that fills in the gap for my lack of knowledge.

u/youreabuttface · 1 pointr/Random_Acts_Of_Amazon

No luck so far, but I found this amazing looking penis pepper when searching through seeds.

u/hotpinkfishfood · 1 pointr/Random_Acts_Of_Amazon

Including shipping this. I'm Ron Burgundy? :)

u/Prius_For_Life · 1 pointr/gardening

Thanks for the advice...15k seeds is quite a bit...what was more surprising is it was only $14 or so....Here is the link if you are curious. I can't wait to get started!

u/s3sebastian · 1 pointr/gardening

So did you buy this?:

http://www.amazon.com/Heirloom-Vegetable-Seeds-Variety-Pack/dp/B017YET9K6

There are some seeds you can still start right now, like all the lettuces or the radishes.

I just googled for a vegetable sowing calender which fits you climate zone, this one should be perfect since you say you're living in Zone 8a: North Carolina:

http://when2plant.com/

So there are many vegetables you can still plant directly outside into your beds.

u/Dachd43 · 1 pointr/aerogarden

I’m also growing bok choy with grow anything pods.

They germinate super quickly (2 days for me) and you can get 100s of seeds for a few dollars. I don’t really see the need to pay extra for the pre-seeded pods if you know you’re growing something that will germinate and grow well hydroponically.

I planted 6 seeds in 3 pods and only one failed to sprout and I have to cull one anyway so no loss.

If you’re ambitious you can get a 50-pack and it works out to $1 a pod before seeds. Then you can have some fun being choosy about what you plant. This is what I have going right now with an excellent germination rate.

The only major word of warning is that you need to make sure you iron the label onto the top of the basket. If you skip this step you’ll be looking at major mold.

u/Poorrusty · 1 pointr/Random_Acts_Of_Amazon

5:42pm

SEEDS

u/AndyWarwheels · 1 pointr/gardening

The link to your photo is not working.

It is hard to answer most of your questions without that link.

But a few I can answer.

As far as herbs go. You can do a lot of these in doors on a window. Only grow herbs that you are going to use, mint is really easy, so is basil, so are chives and garlic.

I just bought these seeds for my garden for this coming fall, winter, and spring 2017.

I have never used this company before but they have good reviews. If you plan on going organic I would get some neem oil right off the bat as it is a great natural defense for your plants and it is better to have it and not need it than need it and not have it.

What kind of fruit are you thinking? Strawberries?

u/R_Pancakes · 1 pointr/gardening

16,500 Non GMO Heirloom Vegetable Seeds Survival Garden 40 Variety Pack https://www.amazon.com/dp/B017YET9K6/ref=cm_sw_r_apap_o6ldvOKW3UUX9

I bought this, this year. Last year I bought from herloomseeds.com they grew awesome but I'm still pretty new so picking was hard, this year I'm checking an easier route. The seeds from heirloom were amazing though, after transplanting tomato plants in solo cups I set 4 on the edge of my garden because I had too many. I neglected them, but all 4 fruited with big tomatos I couldn't believe it!

u/book_worm526 · 1 pointr/Random_Acts_Of_Amazon

I am looking forward to not having to get up at 5 am and to fresh produce from the farmers market.

Bell pepper seeds

Thanks for the contest :)

u/mushroom_pollution · 1 pointr/india

Another possibility. https://www.amazon.com/Back-Roots-Organic-Mushroom-Farm/dp/B00CD0KZ78 Make mushroom growing at home a hobby to understand how they grow. Good for explaining to kids. Could be a science project.

u/bbakks · 1 pointr/WTFNature
u/juru1876 · 1 pointr/pics

Seeds.

https://www.amazon.com/Peter-Pepper-Red-Hot-seeds/dp/B003OOBI0A

Also it's a ripoff apparently. According to reviews these are plain red chili seeds. (I wouldn't trust anything being sold with such an image, it looks like they pulled it off of google.)

u/chisayne · 1 pointr/Frugal

As another user said it's getting a bit late to start peppers from seed, but I found a variety pack on amazon - $1.30 for 40 seeds: http://www.amazon.com/Organic-Rainbow-Pepper-Seeds-240mg/dp/B001LR46SI/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1396825446&sr=8-1&keywords=pepper+seeds. There are many other options online as well.

u/Tgg161 · 1 pointr/GiftIdeas

I am not a mushroom hunter (try /r/Mushrooms/ ?), but here are some ideas -

u/Joe109885 · 1 pointr/shrooms

link to the product for more details

u/Crskub · 0 pointsr/mycology

This is the product in my photo:
Back to the Roots Organic Mini Mushroom Growing Kit. DIY Indoor Organic Oyster Mushroom Farm. Grow Edible Mushrooms at Home for Gourmet Cooking. Perfect Cooking Gift https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00TUYGRU4/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_VQRIBbGTS833G