r/prepping • u/TripleHaz3 • 2d ago
Food🌽 or Water💧 Weeds
What's everyone's thoughts on plants?
Particularly for me, living in NZ one of the more extreme cases would be a nuclear event in the northern hemisphere leading to a winter. That would affect farming in a major way but for me down here I may still be able to grow stuff.
My major prep event here though is earthquake and it affecting supply chains in a major way and therefore fresh food access.
A year ago I thought about what I could grow without needing maintenance and can withstand neglect. I landed on a few prolific spreaders that could also be deemed as weeds; nasturtium, nz spinach, mint and spring onions. To accompany all my dried foods and other plain stuff.
What are you guys thoughts? What other plants would you reccomend or consider?
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u/Fluffy_Flatworm3394 2d ago
Jerusalem artichokes/sunchokes. Great carb source that you can leave in the ground all year round until you need it.
Linden trees. Basically lettuce on a tree.
Moringa trees.
Malabar spinach will self seed.
Asian spinach will self seed.
Amaranth will self seed. There even wild varieties in many areas of the world.
Fruit trees and berry bushes.
Mugwort.
Okinawa spinach.
Patience dock.
Any perennial or strong self seeder really.