I found this idea on Pinterest and thought it was
fascinating. Of course I had to try!
I used some green onions in my quinoa tabbouleh a few weeks
ago, but instead of tossing out the white roots, I stuck them in a glass of water.
Here they are on day one:
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| Day One |
After a few days they started to shoot up!
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| Day Four |
Only a few more days later, they are just about ready to be
used again. Wow!
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| Day Nine |
The only negatives I see so far are that the onions are not
growing back as big and thick as they were originally. That’s fine…I still have
a free bunch of onions. Also, right at first there was a STRONG onion smell in
our office! Haha! We don’t have a balcony or patio area, so I have to keep all
my plants inside. I’m not sure I will do this indefinitely, but I read other
bloggers who have grown onions 4 or 5 times from the same roots. So cool!
2 comments:
We tried this too... the onions do seem to come back very puny... more like chives than green onion...also maybe I needed to change the water more often, but it seems to always smell kinda icky...
@Lisa Adele I keep forgetting to change the water too! I still have some growing, but can't decide whether to keep them. The smell isn't too bad any more (or maybe we are used it?) haha
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