I took the advice from a blog about growing food from scraps and started to grow my own veggies.
The avocado stone has yet to root but this is only after about 10 days. I have been told it might take a month to show a root. I cut off the top of a 2 litre plastic bottle and it sits upside down with the stone resting where the cap is -resting inside a pot.
I am hoping for the Romaine lettuce to flourish and it seems to be doing really well. I am not sure what's going on with the fennel! Just change the water everyday and you see results very quickly.
Oh and I had some of those onion greens with my mashed potatoes tonight. Delicious!
An avocado seed takes up to a month to sprout. I have planted three so far. In good light one is getting to be about 3 feet tall.
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When you are finished with the bunch of celery, put it in a glass of water to root. Then put it in a pot with potting soil.
Make your vegetables go further by re-growing them. The trimmings of certain vegetables will grow again if you put them in a pot of compost, place them on your windowsill and keep them watered. The photo shows celery leaves grown from the base of a bunch of celery.
Here are the questions asked by community members. Read on to see the answers provided by the ThriftyFun community.
I have been reading about growing lettuce, cabbage, and onions from scraps. Have you tried? What works best? What to avoid to prevent failure?
I have done this successfully. I did it with celery. www.thriftyfun.com/
Don't toss an onion just because it has started to sprout. Plant it in your garden for some fresh onion leaves. This is a page about planting a sprouting onion.
This page is about growing windowsill celery hearts. Fresh celery greens on your windowsill are easy to start and convenient for a quick addition to your meals.
