If you use green onions (AKA shallots, also incorrectly called 'chives' by many restaurants) when cooking, why not grow then rather than buy them? It's too easy! Just cut the bottom 3/4" off of the onion, stick in dirt and water it. Really, it's that simple. I have some growing well (6" tall in about 10 days) in a raised bed garden and from what I understand they can even be grown in a sunny window. I'm going to try hard to never have to buy shallots again!
BTR
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Thanks for sharing that : )
can also be done for other vegetables such as the bottom of romaine lettuce, celery
They are also perennials, so they come back year after year. 🙂
very cool tip, thankyou!
We planted farmer's market potatoes that had started to sprout. Put in a pot in about 6 inches of dirt and hill as they grow. they are looking amazing and best of all free! I have heard this doesn't work as well with potatoes you buy from the supermarket.
I'm becoming a fan of Egyptian Walking Onion
info here
http://davesgarden.com/guides/articles/view/2296/
Hi Professer, I added in Egyptian walking onions to the garden this year as well, really, really like them!
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We planted farmer's market potatoes that had started to sprout. Put in a pot in about 6 inches of dirt and hill as they grow. they are looking amazing and best of all free! I have heard this doesn't work as well with potatoes you buy from the supermarket.
I have never bought seed potatoes and currently my two favorite kinds are Yukon gold and one of the blue (purple?) breeds of potatoes. Both breeds that I grow are second generation home grown from grocery store potatoes. Why not grow the breeds that you enjoy?
Than= I’d rather be rich than poor.
Then= I first became hungry then I ate.
There = She is there now.
Their = They have their things.
They're = They're going to the mall.
To = They came to the house.
Too = That's too bad.
I've planted green onions from the grocery store and they're growing fine; been putting them on just about everything! The celery sprouted fine, but I messed it up when I transplanted them. The romaine lettuce didn't take.
All thing considered, I'm satisfied with my first attempts and will be trying again.
I'm becoming a fan of Egyptian Walking Onion
info here
http://davesgarden.com/guides/articles/view/2296/
I heard you could get these at the Saskatoon Farm..I need some of these
Plant it and it will grow.Wow.You guys are serious.Tell me more about the celery and romaine.How much soil? How big a pot? Do you fertilize? Miracle grow? Grow lamp? What do you get when you plant a full head of lettuce or a full head of celery,does the one planted continue to grow or does it die off as new ones take root?
Plant it and it will grow.Wow.You guys are serious.Tell me more about the celery and romaine.How much soil? How big a pot? Do you fertilize? Miracle grow? Grow lamp? What do you get when you plant a full head of lettuce or a full head of celery,does the one planted continue to grow or does it die off as new ones take root?
In a nutshell the end of a green onion has roots on it and that is what allows it to regenerate. I have yet to see roots on the bottom of romaine, iceberg lettuce or celery. Without those roots the chances of a plant growing are very 'slim to none'. I have been growing chives (real chives) for years in a flower pot that sits next to a west facing window. The soil I use is about 40% compost, 5% peat and about 55% dirt (that I an surprised anything grows in). I do water with compost tea once a month or so during composting season and change out the soil every two or three years.
There is no magic or chemistry labs involved, just nutrient rich soil, water and sunshine.
Than= I’d rather be rich than poor.
Then= I first became hungry then I ate.
There = She is there now.
Their = They have their things.
They're = They're going to the mall.
To = They came to the house.
Too = That's too bad.