Don't throw away the root end of your produce, it can be regrown! - Part 1 - Green Onions

Regrow those Green Onions

How many times have you cut up a huge leek, taken the good part, and then tossed the remaining parts? What about with Romaine lettuce? At the very least, you should make some effort to re-purpose these scraps. Assuming that you do not live in a city, desert or condo, here are at least a few ways that they can be re-used with very little effort:

• Compost
• Chicken feed (seriously, either your's or your neighbor's)

However, if you want to spend only a few more minutes you can really get a lot more out of them by replanting the root portions. People do this all the time with green onions. With green onions you can just put them in a glass of water and they will grow back in about a week. There are just a few things that you need to remeber with green onions:

• The water needs to be changed once per day, or it gets toxic smelling
• Nutrition Factor

Green Onion Nutrition Factor

Water may seem like the easier approach when compared to planting the green onions in soil, however is is just about saving a few moments? Here is what needs to be understood:
Water will need to be changed every day, whereas soil will not. This means that while planting in soil may take a few more minutes, it is much lower maintenance in the long run.
Water alone isn't nearly as nutritious as soil for several possible reasons:

• Water has two basic nutrients, Oxygen and Hydrogen, with micro amounts of other minerals.
• Tap water, as opposed to well water may also contain Chlorine and Fluorine, both in ultra high amounts.
• Soil has all kinds of nutrients ready to go.

Whether you have well water or tap water, and whether you are using water alone or you are watering the soil, please always take the time to filter your plant water first, just like you would if you were consuming the water yourself, because eventually you will be. In addition, soil is easier to maintain, because you just snip and eat. The onion will keep growing. With onions in a glass of water, you have to take them out, cut them, stick them back, etc.