I feel like a bit of a chump for not trying this sooner. All the times I’ve thrown out the bottoms of my Spring Onions when I could have been growing new ones for nothing! I thought that this must be a myth I’ve heard, but it was no effort to test out and I’m so glad I did. Also, why do these little things have so many names? Scallions, spring onions, green onions, shallots…crazy!
Anyway… To grow your own, put the white bottoms with roots (that you were about to put in the garbage) into a glass of water in a sunny window and watch as your onions regrow. Amazing! Refresh the water every few days and just cut off what you need. It took 1 – 2 weeks for my spring onions to get to harvesting stage.
Update: March 2012 – I cut and re-grew these twice before they started smelling a bit disgusting, so I threw then out. I think I had a bit too much water in them. I’ve got a new batch in the window now.
This is also a great project to get little kids interested in gardening and growing their own food. It doesn’t take long for them to see results.
On another note, I’ve added a new ‘Print’ button to the footer of my posts. Now you can easily print out a recipe or tutorial if needed. The function is pretty cool and gives you the option to remove all images, or select any you don’t want. You can also remove any paragraphs of text that you don’t want to print. I think it’s super handy and easy to use.
Elin says
This is so useful for me. Never thought of growing it instead of dumping the white bottom with roots to the garbage bin ! thank you so much for this tip 🙂
treefern says
I actually bought some spring onions from the supermarket, and instead of using them for my cooking, I planted them in the ground. Whenever I want spring onions, I cut them a few inches from the ground, and in no time they shoot up again.
thingsforboys says
that’s a great idea!
Anonymous says
Just started mine in a small pot on the balcony with a ice cream container half filled with water underneath it, wilted for a bit but starting to get stronger now 🙂 I can never use a whole bunch at a time so this is great, I can just take what I need and have them fresh on hand whenever I want them. Great value from the whole $1.30 I spent at Coles, lol
Quick flower delivery says
The glass cups are really beautiful. I used to keep my flower plants in these glass cups in childhood. Thank you for sharing dear.