Plants communicate with each other when in danger

Re:Plants communicate with each other when in danger by genewitch on Saturday October 21, 2023 @06:09PM (#37970934)

fair enough. I've only done vegetarianism and veganism for (selfish) health reasons. I can't seem to get things to grow in the ground here, probably because of all the pine stands and i can't get the ratio of lye correct to promote stuff like corn or oats to grow. Luckily trees grow fine... the rabbits, squirrels, and birds thank me every year when they get to the fruit before i can. It's also rural here, so being vegan is incredibly difficult (read: boring). I could, technically, survive on oatmeal, french/italian bread, potatos, and ketchup. But i don't have the moral fortitude to make the leap. maybe in the future.

Thanks for responding and I hope my question was worded inoffensively. I hate to sound like i am JAQ-ing off.

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Re:Plants communicate with each other when in danger by wolverine876 on Saturday October 21, 2023 @08:30PM (#37971799)

Where do you get your food? The market doesn't have vegetables, legumes, grains, nuts, etc.?

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Re:Plants communicate with each other when in danger by genewitch on Sunday October 22, 2023 @12:32AM (#37972837)

"the market" that sells those things is over an hour round trip, so i only go every three weeks or so. There is a distinct (but unchecked) possibility that the solitary butcher shop is closer than a supermarket to my house.

I just realized i have this style conversation every time i bring up anything about food when talking with people specifically in the US, for 15 of the last 20 years of my life. The comment i originally typed mentioned a 50 mile radius around my house is either forest or farmland, with 1 metro area. AFAIK there's no farmer's market; also the most common crops are field corn (not human edible as i understand it) and cotton, then soybeans.

It is very difficult to enjoy eating if there's any dietary restrictions, self-imposed or otherwise, due to living it what i suppose most people would call a food desert. Atkins, vegetarianism, veganism, etc.

I can buy hamburger patties, chicken, bacon, cheese about 15 minutes from my house, though - and an extremely limited selection of seasonal produce, grapes, avocado, banana, apples, iceberg lettuce, sometimes cucumbers and celery and carrots. Everything else would be canned, and i'm on an eternally medically necessary low-sodium diet, so i don't eat much canned vegetables.

Food here is such a pain in the ass that sometimes i buy my friends fresh produce when i go to town so they have something to eat that isn't fried.

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Re:Plants communicate with each other when in danger by justinclift on Sunday October 22, 2023 @02:03AM (#37973168)

> field corn (not human edible as i understand it)

Heh, fermentation may open up some options there. :D

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Re:Plants communicate with each other when in danger by wolverine876 on Monday October 23, 2023 @11:04AM (#37986674)

I realize my questions might have seemed argumentative. I was really curious. Thanks for explaining it (again!).

We all live on the same planet, in different worlds.

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Re:Plants communicate with each other when in danger by odrekf on Saturday October 21, 2023 @10:24PM (#37972306)

Have you tried Landrace gardening? Maybe you just need to adapt the seeds to your local conditions.

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Re:Plants communicate with each other when in danger by genewitch on Sunday October 22, 2023 @09:54AM (#37975389)

Only STUN - Sheer Total Utter Neglect (Mark Shepard); although i will try to ask the agricultural department at the local state university if they know of any. There is an experimental USDA forest about 20 minutes from my house (which contains a redwood which grew from a seed that went to space!), so someone out here is as interested as i am in growing things in this forest without pesticide application.

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Re:Plants communicate with each other when in danger by operatingthetan on Saturday October 21, 2023 @11:36PM (#37972612)

Try raised beds and purchase soil for them at a garden store. Then you control the mix.

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