Thread: чтобы самому вырастить

Originally Posted by iCake

means by your/her/his etc own or yourself, himself etc. In this case it is directed at anyone who'd try and grow by themselves.

I will just say "чтобы сам вырастить", if I am to say "to grow by oneself". Here it is dative самому.
I don't know if самому respond to нужны (like мне нужны зти вещи) or to вырастить (like что мне делать).