Maybe I’m just lazy, but trying to find somewhere that sells seeds, or bulbs is more trouble than I’m prepared to go through to get started, let alone trying to sprout something myself. So most of the gardening or “growing” that I’m prepared to do has to be pretty simple…and it really doesn’t get more simple than this:
- Cut off the bottom of an (organic) onion (the rooty side) with about 2 inches of “meat”
- Let it dry out for a few days…
- Stick it root-side-down in a pot of soil (or the ground, whichever) and cover with about 2 inches of soil
- Water as needed
- Once it develops a few leaves, pull it out of the soil and remove the old onion scales
- Separate the plants as needed (more than one plant may develop from a single original root)
- Replant and trim leaves by about 2/3
- Harvest as green onions, or allow to mature fully
green onions, separated
I got my information here, btw.
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