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McDonald’s tomato seed gardening experiment

Overview

American blogger and YouTuber James Prigioni conducted an experiment to see if tomato seeds extracted from McDonald’s fast-food burgers could grow into viable plants. After cleaning seeds from a tomato slice and planting them alongside an untreated slice, sprouts appeared within seven days under specialized lighting.

Prigioni transplanted the seedlings into an open garden and a plastic pot without using chemical aids. Within three months, both plants grew into large, productive bushes. While the plants did not produce the large, round tomatoes typical of fast-food burgers, they instead yielded oblong, firm, and sweet Roma tomatoes. Prigioni noted that the plants grown from the burger seeds appeared even more robust than those grown from commercially purchased seeds of the same variety.

Entities

James Prigioni · McDonald’s · Reddit · McDonald's

Timeline

  1. about 1 month ago

    [CULTURE] 4 sources
    James Prigioni grows tomato plants from McDonald's cheeseburger seeds

    Blogger James Prigioni successfully grew productive Roma tomato plants using seeds extracted from a McDonald's cheeseburger.

  2. about 1 month ago

    [CULTURE] 2 sources
    US Home Gardeners Turn Fridge into Pickle Cooler and Grow Tomatoes from McDonald’s Seeds

    Reddit gardeners turned a garage fridge into a pickle cooler for surplus cucumbers, while YouTuber James Prigioni grew abundant tomatoes from seeds taken from McDonald’s burgers.

Sources

dnevno.hr · espreso.co.rs · espreso.rs · klik.hr · thecooldown.com · upworthy.com