Which one of you is responsible for this?

[BlackeyedSusan]

Who suggested planting the off cuts of spring onions?

Just picked this two foot monster, there is probably another foot of it left on the plant.

Mine are in a window box, I'm going to have to take an axe to them

I’ve been cutting mine down every time I do a salad or stir fry. I would have had triffids by now otherwise.

Do you have to plant them in soil after a while or can you just keep them in water?

@Mulanmoo I find supermarket spring onions with roots still attached. Cut the bottom centimetre or two off. Poke a hole in some compost, pop in, firm compost around with fingers, water in. They start growing within a day or so. Mine are on a hot sunny sil. Exe's not so Sunny, went to seed quite quickly.

@BlackeyedSusan ok thanks, will try this tomorrow!

I'm more of a frugal cook and gardener than a prepper but this thread was trending...

You can just use water @Mulanmoo but the water will start to smell oniony and they can start to rot. I keep any supermarket veg with a stem, like broccoli, cauliflower, globe artichokes, spring onions, lettuce, asparagus etc in pot of water, like flowers in a vase. Just a tiny bit. They will keep for weeks that way. You might need to take them out of the fridge every once in so they get light to make chlorophyll, or you can keep them on a windowsill. Spring onions and lettuce will keep growing, even in the fridge.

You can regrow lettuce hearts, cabbage and celery easily too. You need to stand them in water until they get roots before planting them.

Thanks @chesirecat99