Last Monday, I made a recipe that used a few green onions. Inspired by Jimmy Cracked Corn’s post, I decided to save the ends and replant them. I didn’t feel like going out in the wind and cold to get more soil right then, so I just stuck them in some water. I was amazed to see how quickly they started regrowing, even in just plain tap water!
Today I transplanted some of my overwintered chives (which are slightly pathetic, by the way) so that I had a pot and soil for my green onion ends. Here they are just after replanting. Notice how much they’ve grown since I cut them– they were cut down to the white part when I used them on Monday!
I’m excited to have cut-and-come-again green onions :)
Thanks for the link! :) I enjoyed my experiment. After about 6 weeks the onion greens got droopy. It was either a need for plant food or a need for true sunlight (or just MORE light). When I cut them the second time the bottom part was much thinner than before and the roots hadn’t grown much. They wouldn’t have grown a third time, so I started over with a fresh set.
I keep saying great minds think alike. I have a post in draft form that I started last night about replanting green onions. I didn’t know that they’d grow in water, though. I learned something else new today. Thanks.
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