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Re-growing Spring Onions

by BevCanTech

Having a ready supply of Spring onions in your home makes it easy to enhance many a meal. They especially go well with
baked potatoes. Here's how to regrow your own from purchased spring onions so you have a ready supply to use
whenever required. They are surprisingly easy to re-grow.
Supplies:

Spring onions

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Step 1: Preparation

1. Select spring onions which still have roots attached.

2. Cut the base o about an inch and a half from the bottom.
3. Place is water for three to four days to promote stem growth.
4. Plant out into soil.

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Step 2: Cooking Ideas

Spring onions can be used to add avour and texture when cooking. They are great when added to mashed potatoes
More recipe ideas:
https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/collection/spring-onion-recipes

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Adding spring onions to a baked potato, along with a dob of butter, turns the dial up to eleven.

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Step 3: Planting

Planting is easy, just poke a hole into the soil, insert the roots, cover with soil and give some water. I am growing them in
a planter box attached to the inside of my balcony railing.

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Step 4: Cut Too Short

These spring onions were cut too close to the base when planted out. These ones will take longer to grow (if at all) than if
1 - 1 1/2 inch of stalk had been left.

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Step 5: Kick Start the Growth

To make the spring onions sprout quicker, after cutting about an inch and a half from the base, place in water to promote
growth. The photos show growth after 1 day and 5 days. After 3-5 days, plant into soil. As can be seen - if they are cut at
the very bottom, regrowth will take considerably longer.

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Step 6: The Difference When Cut Too Short

Here's the di erence after 10 days. The ones cut too short are only just starting to grow. While the ones cut an inch and a
half from the base and then soaked in water for 5 days before planting out are well on their way.
The third photo shows growth after 4 weeks - spring onions steams are ready to be used.

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Step 7: Harvesting

After 4 weeks growth some of the steams were cut and added to mash potatoes. This made the potatoes more
avoursome.

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