Discussion about this post

User's avatar
Tim Ebl 🇨🇦's avatar

This is all true.

Another reason that things don't taste the same is that the plants are different due to breeding and other manipulations. For example, strawberries are naturally tiny, not the size of small apples. But you would have to grow so many more that it wouldn't be worthwhile.

And heirloom tomatoes won't last as long in transport, so they can't be shipped halfway across the world. The new breeds ripen slower, but taste different.

Expand full comment
Sandra Dingler's avatar

We grow in Earthboxes on our patio for the last 10 years. Earthbox.com. Just mentioning as may help someone else. Just a few plants grow like crazy in these special containers.

Expand full comment
3 more comments...

No posts