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can i plant replant veggies that have been already picked?

ok so i have started a veggie garden. and was wondering if i can take the left over veggies in my house, that am not gonna cook or eat and plant them insead? and what veggies are self seeding so that way i dont have to replant them next year?

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1. You don't plant the veggies. You plant the seeds. To get seeds you need to let a fruit or veggie stay on the vine long enough to "go to seed." Often when a plant goes to seed it will quit producing vegetables or fruit because it has completed it's chore of reproducing. Almost all garden fruits and vegetables set seed. You just have to wait for it to get ready and save the seed.
2. The only ones you can do that with are the tubers (like carrots or beets), and onions or garlic. And, they probably won't do very well. They were picked at the point they were the best to eat. And, if you replant them and they get older, they will be past the point of tasting good or having the right texture. For example, if you let radishes over ripen, they get pithy (spongy and dry) and tough. They also get bitter. You're better off either planting the veggies from seed or established plants from a nursery.
3. the answer is yes ~ but potato's can be replanted and will give a good crop in autumn carrots~beetroot~parsnips ~turnips~will grow from the planted root ~but will produce a flower stem and set seed not grow bigger they are grown as annuals(they are bi-annuals though flowering usually in their second year) the seeds of beans ~peas etc if ripe can be stored(dry ) and replanted there is a "cauliflower/broccoli" nine star perennial it is called that will produce small florets over a few years most you plant seed or small plants each year. below is a site with lots of information http://www.bbc.co.uk/gardening/basics/techniques/growfruitandveg_index.shtml enjoy
4. only seeds sure, but if u do plant veggies, they'll just dissolve away with all the other minerals in whichever soil you are using
5. Replanting veggies will not work as other answers attest. In addition any vegetable or fruit you buy at a grocery/market has been genetically altered. Therefore any seeds you can get from these plants will not produce the same plants.
6. Such a simple question and yet, a complicated answer. Some veggies can be replanted from the leftover parts. I have replanted collard tops by removing the leaves that were big enough to eat and leaving the top half dozen. I then set the stalk in potting soil and kept it evenly moist, but not soggy, for a few weeks. By then, new roots had formed where the leaves were removed and it was set into the garden. I cropped leaves off the plants until they bolted. I let them flower and set seeds, which I harvested and used to grow more plants in the fall. I have done the same thing with kohlrabi, using the top with a few leaves left on it. I have also set carrot tops into water with a little miracle-gro added and let them bloom and produce seed for use later. I have planted seeds saved from various kinds of peppers, with varying degrees of success. Some of them did not sprout. Of those that did, some made peppers much different than those the seeds came from. This is due to cross-pollination in the field where they were grown, or possibly because the original peppers were hybrids and would not produce true-to-type. I had some very unusual peppers from those seeds. One plant produced a cayenne type pepper, although none of the peppers I bought were cayenne. I have a pomegranate bush that I grew from seeds saved from a store-bought fruit. It is just now blooming for the first time, at 4 years old. I was not expecting it to bloom for another couple of years. I have also grown garlic and shallots from store produce; both work wonderfully. Sweet potatoes can be used for fresh slips to plant in your garden, but they may harbor diseases. The same is true for potatoes. Most of the tomatoes you buy are hybrids; the seeds will probably grow but the produce may be significantly different than the original. The corn that is sold for fall decorations can be planted. I grew an amazing crop of Strawberry Popcorn one year starting with the seeds from our Thanksgiving centerpiece. Most others I have tried have failed miserably. The beet tops died before they bloomed, as did the radish tops. Such a simple question, such a complicated answer. Yes, some things can. No, some things can't. It's all worth a try; no telling what you may end up with. Good luck and enjoy!