# What's that, you say? What's growing in my garden? **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [April 29, 2024, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-that-you-say-whats-growing-in-my-garden/1000944 "2024-04-29T22:26:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2024, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-that-you-say-whats-growing-in-my-garden/1000944/21 "2024-04-30T19:43:46Z")
No green. I’m remiss. NO green anywhere. ---
**Author:** ![Bicycle\_Bill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bicycle_bill/32/6208_2.png) [@Bicycle\_Bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bicycle_Bill)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2024, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-that-you-say-whats-growing-in-my-garden/1000944/22 "2024-04-30T23:11:10Z")
Earthworms, which will then be harvested and sold as fish bait. _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2024, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-that-you-say-whats-growing-in-my-garden/1000944/23 "2024-04-30T23:13:36Z")
Are earthworms tasty? I would be tempted to suggest something like a rutabaga or turnip, which meets most of Beck’s criteria; however, these plants do have green leaves (edible ones, at that, even if people most often concentrate on the root vegetable). ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2024, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-that-you-say-whats-growing-in-my-garden/1000944/24 "2024-04-30T23:16:56Z")
> [@CairoCarol](#): > > Are earthworms tasty? If fried. ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2024, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-that-you-say-whats-growing-in-my-garden/1000944/25 "2024-04-30T23:17:40Z")
With vanishingly few exceptions, EVERYTHING is good fried. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2024, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-that-you-say-whats-growing-in-my-garden/1000944/26 "2024-04-30T23:34:45Z")
Coral bells? ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2024, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-that-you-say-whats-growing-in-my-garden/1000944/27 "2024-05-01T02:12:15Z")
Keep trying. ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2024, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-that-you-say-whats-growing-in-my-garden/1000944/28 "2024-05-01T02:25:31Z")
Well, Mushroom was mentioned, but maybe not specific enough. Puffball? ---
**Author:** ![Oly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oly/32/8255_2.png) [@Oly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oly)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2024, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-that-you-say-whats-growing-in-my-garden/1000944/29 "2024-05-01T02:29:36Z")
Peyote ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2024, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-that-you-say-whats-growing-in-my-garden/1000944/30 "2024-05-01T02:41:14Z")
We should ask my favorite poster @discobot fortune ---
**Author:** ![discobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/discobot/32/570_2.png) [@discobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/discobot)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2024, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-that-you-say-whats-growing-in-my-garden/1000944/31 "2024-05-01T02:41:16Z")
> 🔮 My reply is no ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2024, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-that-you-say-whats-growing-in-my-garden/1000944/32 "2024-05-01T02:41:39Z")
Be that way. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2024, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-that-you-say-whats-growing-in-my-garden/1000944/33 "2024-05-01T02:54:54Z")
New clue: “It Lives!” ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2024, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-that-you-say-whats-growing-in-my-garden/1000944/34 "2024-05-01T03:28:30Z")
Roddy Piper?🕶 ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2024, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-that-you-say-whats-growing-in-my-garden/1000944/35 "2024-05-01T03:36:19Z")
That’s funny. I was going to link to an image from They Live, but it was kind of disturbing, and I thought better of it. ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2024, 9:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-that-you-say-whats-growing-in-my-garden/1000944/36 "2024-05-01T09:47:07Z")
Is it 1. animal ? 2. vegetable ? 3. mineral ? ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2024, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-that-you-say-whats-growing-in-my-garden/1000944/37 "2024-05-01T19:47:13Z")
If we are going to play 20 Questions, I think the most efficient question #1 would be, “is it a plant”? I assume it is, unless Beck is deliberately leading us astray, but it would be wise to confirm. I’m tempted to guess “cabbage” but that has green leaves on it too. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2024, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-that-you-say-whats-growing-in-my-garden/1000944/38 "2024-05-01T19:59:29Z")
It is not a plant. new hint: it’s slimy ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2024, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-that-you-say-whats-growing-in-my-garden/1000944/39 "2024-05-01T20:09:52Z")
So maybe some kind of edible fungus that is not a mushroom - like wood ears? Not that wood ears are slimy. Jelly fungus is kinda slimy, though. Although in the 20 Questions classification of plant/animal/mineral, I would consider fungi to be plants, even though their scientific classification is in other phyla. ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2024, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-that-you-say-whats-growing-in-my-garden/1000944/40 "2024-05-01T20:39:19Z")
Dahlias? Sweet potatoes? Some of them have red leaves. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-that-you-say-whats-growing-in-my-garden/1000944.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-that-you-say-whats-growing-in-my-garden/1000944.md?page=3)