Edible Flowers that I am growing and YOU can grow too!

John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com shares with you some edible flowers he is growing in his garden. The flowers that will be discussed include: Rose, Feijoa, Kale, Nasturtium, Scarlet Runner Bean, Cilantro, Celery, Summer Squash, Borage, Violas, Marigolds, Pansies, Basil, Mallow, and Aloe Vera.

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Education

Tags:

• Feijoa
• Kale
• Nasturtium
• Scarlet Runner Bean
• Cilantro
• Celery
• Summer Squash
• Borage
• Violas
• Marigolds
• Pansies
• Basil
• Mallow
• and Aloe Vera.

[MrandMissConverted]

Hello, I want to use nasturtiums as a companion plant for zuchini but unsure of the distance between the plants within a container.

How far apart should the plants be from each other?

How deeply and widely does each of their roots need to roam to be healthy?

[growingyourgreens]

zuchinni tends to sprawl out about 1.5-2 feet in either direction, so I would plant them 2 ft away to be safe.

[greensings]

John, I eat beet tops but often wondered what other leaves I could be eating from my garden. Could you talk about this?

I love this video on edible flowers.

[growingyourgreens]

Many leaves in the garden MAY be edible. Its hard for me to give an exact answer without knowing the specific plant. I would reccomend doing a google search to see if other greens of plants are edible. Carrot tops, for example, are edible, but I rarely eat them, they dont taste so good..

[kaushikanu]

I tried to grow cilantro? My Cilantro did not sprout. Do you know why?

[growingyourgreens]

Not sure. Might be bad seeds? Weather conditions not right? too hot, too cold? 

[myorangegarden]

Apart from all those flowers, I like your shirt!

[RromaBoi]

Love your vids. John ! Just a lil fyi, when you eat rose petals pinch off the white part at the base of the rose petal and it tastes much better also the marigold you want to eat is called Calendula officinalis the one you ate in the vid. is a tagetes marigold and not for eating. Other than that I loved the vid. !

[0987654321libra]

Learnt a lot from this, great information, thanks.

[fosterfields]

thank you for this video, i have learned how wonderful these flowers can be to us. great job,hope to see more of these video. linda

[fbmbassist]

@growingyourgreens I like to juice the green carrot tops. It's a nice way to balance out the sweet carrot juice. Or I add it to regular green juice (like kale, apple, lemon, etc.).

[fbmbassist]

I'm so glad I watched this video...my aloe plant has been flowering and I ate a flower to experiment, and it was delicious! I quickly went online to make sure it wasn't poisonous, and I figured I should search your videos first. Phew! To me, the aloe flower tastes like a sweet cucumber. I added rock dust minerals so I bet that makes the flowers taste even better. I don't know if it just me, but the flowers near the bottom (that are about to drop) seem to taste sweeter than the ones near the top.

[amyburns1999]

Always inspiring videos! I've just received my nasturtium seeds from Baker's along with many other packets. I'd like to throw honeysuckle on to the list of edible flowers. I remember hot summer afternoons as a kid when I competed with the bees to see who could collect the most nectar! Keep up the great work.

[jakeboy588]

what flowes shouldnt u eat?