• Karyoplasma@discuss.tchncs.de
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      10 months ago

      I can’t afford fresh Basil leaves, I maintained a plant in my kitchen in some of the apartments I lived in. The current one doesn’t have enough sun. It took 10 minutes of work to arrange and emptying left over water.

      The basil plants you buy in grocery stores are designed to die after a while. It’s not lack of sun or water, it’s because there are just way too many plants in the tiny pot and basil does not like to be root-bound. They basically strangle themselves to death.

      You can easily propagate the plant through cuttings or you can separate the grown plants and re-pot them in smaller groups.

    • Aux@lemmy.world
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      10 months ago

      It sounds like you live in the US or something. Tomatoes from the market should be freshly picked overnight to be sold early in the morning. There’s literally no difference.

      • enbyecho@lemmy.world
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        10 months ago

        Okay but how does this feed 8 Billion People?

        I went back and looked at some of your posts on this thread because I was thinking “they can’t really be that unimaginative” and lo and behold, it’s true, you can be!

        • FiniteBanjo@lemmy.todayOP
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          10 months ago

          Sorry for not having the time and energy to respond to hundreds of comments with full paragraphs, as if it would sway you anti-industrial advocates.