Is this amazing or what? Plant your green onion stubs — you'll have a new bunch in just ten days

[snagglepuss]

The next time you've used up your green onions, put the white ends into a jar of water. They'll start to grow almost immediately. This also works for celery stalks.


Growing Celery From Discarded Bottoms


http://www.highdesertchronicles.com/2012/05/growing-celery-from-discarded-bottoms/


I can't wait to try growing onions and celery.






http://www.buzzfeed.com/peggy/46-penny-pinching-ways-to-save-a-lot-of-money-this

[sinkingfeeling]

1. Neat stuff!

[freshwest]

2. Been doing this for years. It feels great to see them get going again.

[TxDemChem]

3. Thanks for posting

I've got some in the fridge and I hate the idea of wasting anything. I'll give it a shot this weekend.

[freshwest]

4. They grow good and fast, even in the house.

[Retrograde]

5. Um, that's the part I eat

I am tempted to try the celery trick, though.

You can also sow garlic cloves that have started to sprout, and regular onions and sweet potatoes and carrot tops. You supposedly can get pineapple tops to sprout, but I've never had any luck with them.

[TheManInTheMac]

13. I think he's just talking about

The part you trim off of the bottom, not the while white part.

[Phentex]

6. Why did you wait so long to tell us this?

I buy green onions but find I don't always use them up. But the minute I compost the ones going bad, I come across a recipe that needs them. If I could just keep some I wouldn't have this problem!

Thanks!

[snagglepuss]

7. I just found this info. And wait it gets better. I kept looking and found 11 other veggies

that can be grown this way. As I avoid buying celery given the amount of pesticide residue it has compared to other veggies, I want to try this with organic celery which I don't buy because its so pricey. A occasional purchase I could afford.

[Phentex]

11. I'm going to try it...

11 others?

[snagglepuss]

12. Here's the link.

http://www.buzzfeed.com/arielknutson/vegetables-that-magically-regrow-themselves

[grasswire]

8. I chop any leftover gr onions and put them in the freezer...

.....in a zip lock baggie. It's very handy to have that available when you just need some amount for an ingredient. I figured that out after years of throwing slimy gr onions away out of the fridge.

[Phentex]

10. I think I'm going to use it...

and then it's too late. I do save asparagus ends, celery tops, etc. and use them to make vegetable broth. I need to remember to do the same with the onions!

I love tips from this group!

[Incitatus]

14. I just started doing the same thing, but use a gatorade bottle.

They go bad so fast I freeze the remainder from the recipe the day I use it. I'm keeping an eye on all my fresh vegetables and freeze them when they start to turn. The potatoes and carrots usually end up in the homemade dog food.

[pinto]

9. I grow scallions & celery among my small herb patch. Use the greens for cooking.

Never actually pull them. They don't freeze here, so I just keep snipping. I cut out tough celery stalks and flowering stalks as they come up, but scallion flower stalks are a great garnish for a dish.