Last week I came across an article on The Kitchn titled “Re-Growing Green Onions: Grow Your Scallions Back on Your Windowsill.” My coworker also mentioned that you can take spent green onions/ scallions and just plant them in soil and they’ll keep growing but I was too lazy to go outside and try it so I just pulled the wilting green onions out of my vegetable drawer and plopped them in a vase.
They quickly perked up and after a few days you can see the new root growth. Not to mention the little green shoots have taken off.
There you have it! This vase was actually one used with a bulb last season so it already had the little stones and fits the onions perfectly. The article over at The Kitchn has better images of regrowing them once they’re chopped but I had only used one or two from this bunch. This definitely has extended their life for the next time I need a green onion I’ve got them in my kitchen already.
Have you ever tried this? Or have you ever planted green onions/scallions in your garden? Is there a difference between green onions and scallions?
Love this idea! Thanks for sharing. I might start them in water until they root and then plant them in soil.
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That’s a great idea, too! If mine start getting too big I’ll have to plant them as well and make sure they don’t bloom. Then I’ll have LOTS of green onions in the garden.
What a great idea – I’m always throwing away green onions i never used. Very cool!
Same! Plus they look nice, too.
Plant a green onion, not likely, they never escape my kitchen knife long enough to find their way into the garden for planting!
I didn’t know this {The Welsh onion (Allium fistulosum) does not form bulbs even when mature, and is grown in the West almost exclusively as a scallion.}
I am going to give it a try. The green onions will look good on sill with my herbs!
They would be a great accompaniment to a windowsill herb garden!
Well next time you spare one of these guys you’ll be able to let them grow and make more green onion! If you look at the original post at The Kitchn you’ll see they did this with only about 2-3 inches of green on the root so you can still use lots of the green part and then put them in water so you can just grab them next time you need them!
This is such an awesome idea! I’ve got some in the fridge right now and as soon as we use them I’m going to give this a try.
Julie you could even put them in water immediately, I think. I’ll be doing this instead of storing in the vegetable drawer from now on!
Oh I LOVE this idea!! Terrific Alanna, thank you so much. One more thing I don’t have to waste. I like the idea of putting them in the water immediately too. THAT way, I won’t forget about them.
I think that vegetables can be just as nice on display as flowers. A bunch of kale or green onions looks great in a vase for a few days while waiting to be used.
wow! this is great!…Have never tried this for I thought that the root will rot.. I used to plant my green onions outside the house…so it’s a little inconvenient for me if i’m going to need it when it’s night. and most of all when it’s raining.
Thanks for sharing!
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