Spring Science In The Garden: Will This Make Them Taste Better?

I picked up a pack of Royal Beans from a big home improvement garden center up the highway. The purple beans will match the color theme on my porch.

Will they taste better?

The next step was checking the Farmer’s Almanac to see the best day to plant the seeds to provide a huge crop of these purple beauties. I have to wait for 12 days <sigh>.

In the mean time, my curiosity yielded a video find on the internet showing simple steps to grow gigantic plants by using vegetable and fruit scraps. Will this make them taste better?

One problem with the pack of seeds I purchased: I don’t know how they will taste. Have they lost their flavor quality in exchange for a chic purple skin?

Hybrid seeds have been modified: ugly tomatoes don’t sell. Fruits and vegetables have been modified for hardier survival, not only in the field, but also in the box on their way to the big grocery store. Gaining one trait often means losing another. The biggest complaint I have is the taste. Grocery store tomatoes, for example, are firm but lack a homegrown flavor.

Heirloom seeds have qualities that include a tastier product, even though they may not be perfectly round or whatever “glamor shot” image we think of when we are shopping at the market.

As a science teacher, I recognize the environment plays a big role in the outcome of any living thing. So here’s the plan:

I will grow the purple beans in three containers~(1) Regular Organic Gardening Soil, (2) Organic Gardening Soil with fruit scraps, (3) Organic Gardening Soil with vegetable scraps.

What do you think will happen?

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