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Gardening

dixiegrrrrl

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3. You can do it with onions, too.

Reply to Aerows (Original post)

Mon Apr 6, 2015, 06:55 PM

Apr 2015

replant the stems of green onions or stem end of cooking onions.
You get more green onions.
I keep a porch planter box full, snip the greens when I want garnish.
Leave them long enough and they go to seed.

Also carrot tops, if you want seed.

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Has anyone tried this? Put a celery core or a Romaine lettuce core [View all] Aerows Apr 2015 OP

I 'be heard you could do that alfie Apr 2015 #1

Better Pics Aerows Apr 2015 #2

You can do it with onions, too. dixiegrrrrl Apr 2015 #3

Thanks for the advice, dixie Aerows Apr 2015 #4

I'm trying it atm with regular onions. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Apr 2015 #6

I THINK the thing about onions is dixiegrrrrl Apr 2015 #7

I actually used the inner cores. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Apr 2015 #8

I tried it with celery. Grew fine in the jar, but didn't survive after planting sinkingfeeling Apr 2015 #5

I'm going to have to try this. My husband has a hydroponic garden woodsprite Apr 2015 #9