By Rashidat Oladele
Claim:can tooth paste and grape hasten apple germination?
The approach demonstrated in the video, which varies from the traditional method of planting red apples, was shared on Instagram by user @mei garden, who has over 416 thousand followers. The user claims that there is a way to plant apples in the comfort of your house using a few simple things. Since then, 15.5k likes, 13.3k shares, and 416 comments have been made on the post.
https://www.instagram.com/reel/C1i0XSfSFkY/?igsh=MXJ6eWh0OTF0amE5bQ==
NatureNews, Africa’s No. 1 nature publication was committed to presenting factual insights to the public, and especially consumers of social media contents.
Findings:Naturefact, the factchecking unit of Natures news has done an intensive research on google search tool
https://www.almanac.com/plant/apples On a full guidelibe on how apple is planted although grafting https://iowaagliteracy.wordpress.com/2019/02/19/why-do-they-do-that-grafting/ is used in farming, the grafting technique used is different from what was portrayed in the movie.
Verdict: False the video is misleading to ignorant viewers and farmers intending to try a faster method