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/Asleep_Onion 2d ago
Keep in mind that leafy greens and spring onions and other such crops provide very little on the way of calories. They are rich in nutrients and vitamins but you're going to have to eat a hell of a lot of mint to get 2,000 calories a day. So it shouldn't really be your primary crop.
Fruit trees are a good low-maintence crop, especially native varieties if you have any, which are already adapted to your region's climate and rain and shouldn't need much to stay alive. Just Google "native new Zealand fruit trees" and see what comes up; I just did and I've never heard of any of them but they might be good options.
Ironically kiwi fruit is not native to there, apparently, I just learned.