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by: FoFa Active Indicator LED Icon 17 OP 
~ 7 years ago   Feb 28, '17 7:45pm  
So i have (had) 4 pots of green onions. I just cut the green leaves of add i need them, and they keep growing. Now i must admit, i use a lot of green onions, for not being Asian. So our 2 days of winter this year, took my meyer lemons, Sunquats and Kumquats. Also my basil plants, oregano and half my green onions. I haven't bought green onions in 3 or 4 years. But i have been lately. So i thought i would try something.
I cut the roots of with about 3/4 inch of white, like this
 
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FoFa Active Indicator LED Icon 17 OP 
~ 7 years ago   Feb 28, '17 7:46pm  
And low and behold, just a week and a half later
 
 
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FoFa Active Indicator LED Icon 17 OP 
~ 7 years ago   Feb 28, '17 7:47pm  
I just make a hole in the dirt with my finger, about an inch and half deep, drop in a root, tamp the dirt back on
 
 
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gigem09 Active Indicator LED Icon 7
~ 7 years ago   Feb 28, '17 7:53pm  
I may have to try this. 4951
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ExBlue Active Indicator LED Icon 11
~ 7 years ago   Feb 28, '17 7:54pm  
@FoFa
 
Somewhere, there is an article about herbs and veggies you can grow from parts of what you buy in the store. I believe onions is one of those things. Also, don't ditch your herbs just yet! I have had my basil come back about 2 to 3 weeks into spring, when they were just hard, dry stalks sitting in the pot over winter. You might have to cut the stalks back, so the plants don't get to be so "leggy" if they come back. 4951
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~ 7 years ago   Feb 28, '17 7:56pm  
Looks like you planted Viagra pills.*** A New Message Has Been Posted To This Thread *** 4951
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~ 7 years ago   Feb 28, '17 7:59pm  
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~ 7 years ago   Feb 28, '17 8:07pm  
I regrow my green onions this way. Works pretty well. Basil dies off at the first drop in temp, but if you let your basil go to seed then eventually you will have more pop up, everywhere. By the end of the summer I have basil growing in my herb garden, veg garden and flower beds. But I don't mind, I use a lot of basil. I do buy a replacement basil eah spring since I don't want to wait for months for the seedlings to grow. Same with cilantro and parsley. I just found some cilantro growing in the grass. Once it goes to seed you get an endless supply. 4951
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~ 7 years ago   Mar 1, '17 9:06am  
Onions are easy to grow, just a tough plant. Basil also but it will bolt fast with the heat. Reason I bought a indoor Aero garden. Expensive but I have basil all year around. What really grows well is parsley but it starts out slowly from seed. I have had a tough time with tomatoes but that is mainly due to not spraying them. Have to spray them every few days where I am. I use a homemade spray of garlic and a little soap. When I had success a few years ago I was spraying them a couple of times a week. Must have canned 30 large jars off of 4 plants so going for that this time.   4951
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~ 7 years ago   Mar 1, '17 12:22pm  
Green onion (chives) are also super easy to grow indoors.
 
After I buy a bunch at the grocery I leave about 2" above the bulb and put them in a glass of water on the window sill. They will grow with no dirt.
 
Can usually get two to three more cycles from one bunch and then their flavor gets weak and I'll pitch them and start again. 4951
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~ 7 years ago   Mar 1, '17 5:18pm  
DH keeps trying to grow veggies, but I think we are both struck with black thumbs.  His tomato plants produced one teeny tiny tomato and his Jalapeno plants produced maybe three or four jalapenos.  I help him with the initial planting of the seeds, but otherwise don't touch them - I tend to kill plants while trying to keep them alive.I'm going to try to talk him into starting with sprouts from Lowes this year instead of seeds, maybe that will help. 4951
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