25 Survival Vegetables To Grow In Your Apartment (pt1) 

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Subscribed. Great video and very thoughtful. I will probably be adjusting my grow to include more sprouts and possible soy beans, FYI Im actually growing 9 corn plants on my balcony. I germinated them from basic sack popping corn kernals. It's a lot of fun, and grows surprisingly well in fairly small pots as long as they get lots of sun and plant food. You are correct however about the returns on the investment: Its a lot of messing around for what will probably end up being 10 small corn on cob lol.

Thank you for this video!

I can never figure a great soil, one of the well known brands we all know and once loved now has reviews of spiders and mites. Any suggestions of which soil to use to get started please. Thanks for the video

Good tips Brother

Wow! That sounds amazing. Would appreciate any further info you could share on containers, dirt etc you used. Thanks so much for sharing.

Yes would love more info in growing fruits and veggies indoors

Wow

That's real good. Where was the location?if you don't mind me asking

I’m moving in to 20 foot RV and would love my own garden.

Lettuce is a great crop to start with too. Peppers are very easy too. Radishes grow very quickly so that could be fun!

Regrow food scraps from the store (celery, onion, lettuce). Grow dried beans, peas and lentils as well. Soak for at least 1 hour (I've found that soaking for 5-8 hours work best for larger beans) before planting. Yes, all of these can be grown indoors or on a balcony. You can even grow smaller melons and squash as well, they just need trellised. For years, I've grown leaf lettuce, radish, carrots, spinach, cherry tomatoes, small bell peppers, cucumbers, mint, basil and oregano on my window sills over winter. I used shoe-box size plastic containers with drain holes in the bottom and sat them on top of their lids to catch excess water. I use dish basins now. I will very strongly recommend NOT going with raised bed soil, container garden soil, ect. I've found these to be way too compact for plants to grow well in without amending the soil before using it. Potting soil is what you want and if possible, pick up some Dr Earth's Pure Gold fertilizer to use. As for containers to use, you can do with fancy containers or use buckets from any big box store. Walmart used to give away their 2, 3 and 5 gallon buckets with lids, but now charge $1 for each; which is still cheaper than $2.95 for a 5 gallon with lid. Drill a few (5-10) drainage holes in the bottom, fill with potting soil and call it good. If you don't like looking at the buckets as is, you can get a cheap flat sheet from a thrift store or walmart/dollar store, sew into slip covers and slide them down over the buckets. When growing tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, melons, squash or any beans that will vine/climb, use tomato cages in the buckets unless you have railing they can be tied to. Another option is dish basins. Walmart carries 2 sizes, one much deeper than the other. You can also find them at the dollar stores. Buy them in sets of 2. Drill holes in one and set it inside the other. Hope this helps. Good luck!!

@Silly Milkmaid I love growing squash but I have really bad squash bugs here, that's probablyt why it slipped my mind.

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Many folks are going to suggest what veggies to grow and many are great advice. But, for the long term thrive vs survive, not all plants are going to last that long. And going to a store to buy seeds is not going to be an option. So, make sure that you buy heirloom seeds. They can reproduce more seeds to get the same type of plants year after year. Hybrid seeds are a mix of several heirlooms and if you let some of them go to seed and plant them, they will revert to one of the heirlooms they came from but it will not be as good as the original heirloom of the same variety. Heirlooms are the future, hybrids are a dead end. And it is cheap to do!

#9 is purslane…..just in case anyone is trying to look it up :) I have tons of it growing as a weed but might try and bring some in to grow over winter 🤷🏼‍♀️

Thank you!! I was trying desperately to write as he was talking!!

@@tradcathpat6807 you did good, I was impressed !!!

Everything good except sprouts. They taste like dirt. Blech.

@@catslove3884 maybe try cantelope microgreens

One Problem with sprouting might be that you have limited water so you can't rinse the sprouts adequately,if you use cress or rocket you don't need to change their water

microgreens taste like crap I'd only eat them if I had too

Thank you

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That's quite expensive though

Seriously? Dogs will eat it? I have a bunch of it growing in my apartment and was thinking of cutting it all down but wasn't sure what to do with it. Now I know: feed it to my friend's dogs! 😆👍

And those two are easily grown inside !!!!

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Why have I never grown nasturtiums inside ??? dah 🙄 thank you !!!!

I have malabar seeds but for some reason, I can't get it to grow (no green thumb). I've had much better luck with sweet potato. The vines/leaves are edible and cascade nicely. 🙂👍

So you eat the amaranth sprouts ??? I’ve haven’t done those…..yet 😍

And they are gluten free alternative to wheat, oats

Where do u get buckets?

I have a local deli that puts them out by the dumpster, The donut shop sells them for $1.50, restaurants, fast food, and a grocery store with cooked food.

I live in an apartment and have had great luck with growing beets (for their greens). Turnips, carrots and rutabegas can also be grown for their greens and rutabegas can be used just like potatoes.

Did you do it without a balcony? How did you do it?

​@@thepoweroftheoilofjoy can grow some herbs, lettuces, sprouts or microgreens indoors on sunny windowsills in summer. Northern climates in winter likely need grow lights to make up lack of needed light. Can get shelving to put in front of window to accomodate more plants & place grow lights under each shelf if want. Google these suggestions----will find incredible amounts of info on all this.

This is why we have built a small greenhouse against our house and vent air in from and vent air back into the house. That along with extra lighting and we can grow things like tomatoes (rutgers is the best for this), jalapeno peppers, celery, lettuce, and rosemary. Our winters get pretty cold and I use a tarp over and around it about two feet above and three feet away so our minus zero windchills do not affect it. Next year the vents will have 12 volt fans and there will be 12 volt LED grow lighting that will run off of a car battery hooked up to a solar panel. Power down? Still have lights and live food in the winter.

Azri'el Collier very clever using in house vents . 😀

@@glen1arthur: Thank you. Well, venting heat from the house to the greenhouse and back into the house again is the cheapest way I can heat the greenhouse. And it looks like I will have the 12 volt blower fans hooked in for this winter and not have to wait for next year.

@@sonofeloah are your 12 volt greenhouse lights actual grow lights or just lights ??? Would you mind sharing what they are and where you got them ? I live in zone three northern Minnesota and have a split entry house so my basement windows are level with the ground I’m building a small lean to greenhouse on the house so I can access it through the windows of my basement and grow directly in the ground…..I’ve wanted to do it for years but winter always comes quick and fall is always so busy harvesting and canning. (I need a husband to help haha) Anyhow, your light set up sounds perfect and doable for me ….thanks !!!! Oh and I grow parsley in the window seal but haven’t ever used the root, how do you use it ?

@@rnupnorthbrrrsm6123 Any of the bright white LEDs throw off almost full spectrum light with it being a bit higher on the UV. Infrared LEDs (clear red LEDs) in the mix and you will do a lot better.

Glad I could help!

@@CityPrepping I just watched part 2. Looks like I will be clearing out the other half of the basement soon. Thank you again.

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Look into hot drunken composting in a contractor bag to extend your balcony growing season if you live in a winter climate. I double bagged 42-gallon 3 mil contractor bags and stuck a ziptied 1/2" hardware cloth airpipe 3" in diameter inside. Poured the recommended drunken tonic on it after layering leaves, then old soil mixed with basic food scraps (veggies, eggshells, coffee grounds), and I scored fresh chicken manure in mulch bedding on Craigslist. Repeated equal amounts of layers and made the last layer manure. Got the leaves from the great outdoors. Final result was ~18" x 18" x 18" in size. Probably could have gotten to 24" high at least, but bag got too heavy to move. So probably a good idea to set it in your final spot as you build it. I don't have a compost thermometer, but I have taken the temps several times with a candy thermometer lowered into the middle of the airpipe several times since Day 5. Ambient air temperature in that area has maintained a consistent 100 degrees F. So the compost itself is presumably hotter. Outside temps are in the low-mid 30's and 20's overnight. Chicken manure tends to run hot & the compost is supposed to be done in 3-4 weeks. This bag is in a hidden away spot outdoors at my job. 😉 The double bags provide an opportunity to create an insulating air pocket though at the bottom and sides. I masking taped cardboard around styrofoam and created ~2" thick separator blocks for that purpose. You can also park the bag on folded cardboard inserted into a heavy plastic shopping bag to prevent a cold suck from that area. You could probably adapt this to a bucket or storage bin and sheath it with a contractor bag for the air pocket factor or simply just to absorb the sun's heat to help maintain temps inside the container. I think there are smaller contractor garbage bags a size down as well. I am going to create a small greenhouse set up with a DIY PVC frame & insert a bag or a couple of buckets in there. A completed one & a "working" one. I balcony garden too & brought in a bunch of plants to overwinter. Now I have very limited space inside for new projects. Would love to get some of them back outside again.

Glad to hear it! I just released part 2 a moment ago.

Just saw it! Thank you for sharing! ^_^

Sweet potatoes are super easy to grow too and the vines/leaves are edible. 🙂👍

That is awesome! Our garden is doing so-so, but we're learning!

Sqush is hard to grow

hope king , we got 3 out of the plant

Try zucchini or yellow crockneck squash. I have grown mine in containers for years. Pick short bush varieties. Other squash like winter squash is less easy. I grew several winter squash last year but made the mistake of putting them in the refrigerator to store. Store them instead in a cool room.

@@leopardwoman38 awesome thank you

Thanks, you too!

Garlic is also a natural antibiotic, strawberries are also good for morale because they are yummy

SOLAR AND LED LIGHTS WORK FOR ME

@@tammymonette8371 OK, glad you've got that covered. Let's dig deeper: Calculate how much of your current, yearly food consumption is grown in your apartment. Double that if you can. it still won't be enough plus you will need sources for everything else - meat, wheat, salt, rice, other veggies, oil, tools, clothes, medicines, firewood maybe, etc. If you have skill sets that allow you to produce goods needed by others, you can feed and equip yourself through barter that you're going to have to do for all of the other stuff that you can't grow anyway. The economy will continue - early-1800s style...plan to be part of it.

Hi. Can you tell me the kind of led lights you got?

Calm down. It’s not like bedbugs are attracted to lettuce.

@@mera8785 I got WiFi bugs. they in the walls. Online Trolls use em to spy on me. Can't spray them cause they in da Walls. So you better find your Crack Pipe. You hearing voices in your head Ladybug.

You could try diatomaceous earth, but be mindful of pets / pregnant women inhaling the stuff, I've heard it keep the bugs away.

Bugs hate lavender. Boil a pot, put it in a spray bottle & spray everywhere

Encounter & their solutio s. U can adapt 2 ur sustuayio.

All good