Oyster Mushrooms, Aphids, and Pass-Along Houseplants

In this podcast Ellen and C.L. talk about oyster mushrooms, those creepy aphids, and houseplants that you can easily share with the world. We end by answering Patty’s question about GMO verses hybrid plants.

:30 What’s for dinner: Oyster mushrooms! Forage for them, grow them or buy them in the supermarket.
4:31 Insider Information: Creepy, crawly and ever-present aphids.
10:55 Eat/Drink/Grow: Pass along houseplants
Shout out to The Gardenangelists podcast.
19:09 Love Letters and Questions: Patty asks about GMO verses hybrid plants.

Pass-along Houseplants – Madagascar Jewel (Euphorbia leuconeura) Mother of Thousands (Kalanchoe daigremontiana) and Chinese money plant (Pilea peperomioides), Queens Tears (Bilbergia nutans), and Hoya.

Oyster mushrooms in the wild.

Pilea peperomioides makes little babies right next to the mother plant.

Ellen hates this plant but C.L. loves how the edges are ornamented with babies.

Aphids come in several colors…

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2 Comments

Hagit on January 28, 2019 at 5:28 am

I really enjoy listening to your podcast. I am learning so much from each episode that I find myself making all kind of excited noises walking with my headphones in the middle of the street. But I do have one remark: GMO plants do produce viable seeds. It is only a myth that they don’t. The technology to make them sterile does exist, but has never been used commercialy.

https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2012/10/18/163034053/top-five-myths-of-genetically-modified-seeds-busted

Ellen Zachos on January 28, 2019 at 11:10 am

Thanks very much for this interesting link! We love it when our listeners pay close attention and give us the opportunity to learn something too. We’re going to look into this and we’ll report back in the future. And we’ll be sure to thank YOU for bringing it to our attention!

Hagit on January 28, 2019 at 5:28 am

I really enjoy listening to your podcast. I am learning so much from each episode that I find myself making all kind of excited noises walking with my headphones in the middle of the street. But I do have one remark: GMO plants do produce viable seeds. It is only a myth that they don’t. The technology to make them sterile does exist, but has never been used commercialy.

https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2012/10/18/163034053/top-five-myths-of-genetically-modified-seeds-busted
- Ellen Zachos on January 28, 2019 at 11:10 am
  
  Thanks very much for this interesting link! We love it when our listeners pay close attention and give us the opportunity to learn something too. We’re going to look into this and we’ll report back in the future. And we’ll be sure to thank YOU for bringing it to our attention!