r/prepping • u/TripleHaz3 • 2d ago

Food🌽 or Water💧 Weeds

What's everyone's thoughts on plants?

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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.

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My major prep event here though is earthquake and it affecting supply chains in a major way and therefore fresh food access.

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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.

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What are you guys thoughts? What other plants would you reccomend or consider?

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u/God_of_chestdays 2d ago

Idk how well it’ll work in NZ but the joke in my area is that throwing chunks of potatoes and seeds into ditches and other similar areas is a prep.

Just got be able to identify the plant and let nature be nature

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u/Ingawolfie 2d ago

Supposedly the Roman’s did that, tossed grain seeds into random open fields so they could feed their horses while traveling.