@@audreygreenwood258 You can find the answer about anything these days by "giggling" the subject (soil pH) or your question ... and don't have to wait for your answer!!((0000ps "googling"
I just ran across your channel today and can't stop watching! I LOVE your fresh approach and vast knowledge of gardening. I learned everything I know about gardening for the last 40 years through experiments and trial and error, pre-RU-vid age! I'm always amazed when I receive confirmation from experts like yourself that I did most of it right. Thank you so much for such an interesting and entertaining channel!❤
Thanks so much Vanessa! I think experimenting is my favorite part of gardening (other than harvesting!)... Just testing out theories, finding better ways to do things, etc etc! Thanks for watching and happy growing to you!
You're the BEST!! The way you talk and how calmlyn you talk fabulous! I have a brain lesion in the base of my brain and my memory and cognitive is just not usually very good and I end up having to watch videos over and over and over again! But you are so calming to my brain and clear and concise, I just super appreciate all of your knowledge and the time you take to teach us all of this! Thank you so much! This is my first garden ever and you and another great gardener on RU-vid on have taught me so much! 🙏💗
Hey, thanks for that, Means a lot. Glad to help and happy that the videos can bring value. Excited to hear how the ups and downs of your first garden go this year! :-)
@@TheRipeTomatoFarms thank you so much!! I'm so excited but nervous at same time! Started with seeds I got a growing light and everything and I thought I wasn't doing good and today all of the sudden they look much better and are growing second leaves! I don't know how you retain all of this knowledge! I thought gardening was easy throwing seeds and they grow and there is so much more to it! I actually have a question if I bought some plants from the nursery am I supposed to be feeding them only liquid fertilizer or can I use the bag of fertilizer that I bought? And am I supposed to be feed or fertilize the seedlings? Let me know if I don't make sense! If I ask too many questions just don't mind me I'm so sorry LOL
@@GirlMomma No problem at all! With seedlings, you really don't want to fertilize them until they have 2nd and 3rd sets of leaves. Liquid is the easiest because you can apply it the next time you water. With granular, it needs to be mixed into the soil. So you can either put it on top, mix it in a little... Or wait until you replant and mix it in with your new soil mixture.
@@TheRipeTomatoFarms oh okay! Thank you! So I'm curious when I can move them outside is it when they grow their second leave? I'm sure you've taught me before, I'll go look for a video of it but I just wanted to plant today. 🤗
@@TheRipeTomatoFarms okay actually just one last important question... You can ignore the rest I don't want to be bombarding you LOL because I'm going to go to Lowe's right now and just get liquid, do you have a certain liquid fertilizer that you recommend?
@@TheRipeTomatoFarms Once you have roots, trim the excess outside bits so they don't rot then plant, You can grow into a bulb I've done it a few times though they were small like shallots.
I agree, I’m currently in school and they’ve only mentioned seeds up until this year. And the only reason I know there are other ways is from Biology class where we learned about vegetative propagation. We were supposed to do a lab testing this out but quarantine beat us to it.
Hey Mephis, thanks so much! Those are my rainwater barrels! I use the rainwater from my greenhouse roof to water all my plants in and around the area! I also raise fish in the barrels to "feed" the plants and soil...much like aquaponics! Cheers.
I was glad to find your channel. I am new to gardening. Only planted tomatoes, cucumbers and banana peppers with my grandmother last year before she passed. Using your experience and pots with my grandkids this year. Thank you
I've recently started experimenting with different veggies like this. I have successfully grown celery from bottom of stalk in water and it's ready for garden. I failed with onion bc it rotted on outside, like u said... left outer skin on. I'm trying again with the peel removed. I have them all in a sunny window. Very exciting to try new things? 😄. Already have veggies in garden but love to experiment... thanks for the great advice!
Awesome Michelle, its really kind of fun and different from the regular gardening we do. Green Onions: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-vrOJ95O7JHg.html Leeks: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ywYBm2_a67M.html and even Lettuce stumps too!: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-vra7ymw_5Io.html
I took a Vidalia onion, cut off the root, put it in soil, lightly covered it and 3 days later, it rooted into the soil. Last year I did the water like you did and it took forever. So I skipped that part this year. Happy growing everyone! 😊
2020 I started a garden in San Lusic Obispo CA, I realized it was time to take control of my isssshhhhh. I have basil, purple sugar magnolia peas, and an abundant zuchini plant =) really excited to start the onion garden. Thank you young man!!!
I skipped the water part and tried directly planting the onion bottom with my rosemary plant; it grew well fast! Looking forward to harvesting the onion bulb (and its leaves as well) and then re-grow the bottom. :)
If you are at all impatient, and want a bit quicker of an onion fix, regrowing green onions is sooooo fast and can be done in just water! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-vrOJ95O7JHg.html
For green onions...I have grown them for years without the water treatment, just poke them into the soil about an inch or two, water them well, and they will grow just fine. They are perennial so just take the stems as you need them, they will come back year after year. I grow them on my balcony off the kitchen in a large planter filled with annual flowers and they do just fine.
Thats the stuff the industry/gov doesnt want people to do and thats why it isnt taught. Same as potatoe growing.. i always had an interest for natural medicine and learning about herbs/mushrooms and plants in general but just recently started looking into growing some vegetables 😅 i barely kept anything alive until i really understood how growing works.. to think you can just use onion leftovers or old potatoes and grow a lot of food so easily from it is just amazing. Sure there are also vegetables that take lots of care but onions, potatoes and also garlic is so easy. Thanks for sharing
Time to start our gardens....but which method is best; Seeds or Starter Plants? Weigh in here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-TQWWtQu-r9U.html
When I have onions sprouting out in the kitchen, I will get 3 to 4 onion sprouts per onion. I will separate them keeping part of the original root on each sprout, planted them. At harvest I had the biggest onions. I never waste anything
This was really nice. I do grow my own green onions as long as I change the water every other day so it won't rot and putrefy. The white onion was new for me I will do that as soon as possible. I would like to know how potatoes are done please can you give a demo. I often see garlic with green shoots. How should I handle that to make them grow again.? Nice video I am a new subscriber for my home Garden
Awesome, thanks! Garlic does grow a big green shoot, as well as a scape near harvest time. Most don't cut the green shoots as you want the garlic bulbs to get as big as possible. I'm doing a potato video right now. These videos take like 4 months to get ready because people want to see the harvest as well... So it takes time, lol! Cheers!
Your video caught my eye after I finished watching a roasted whole garlic video. I thought it was interesting, and I wanted to try it out. I had an onion end that I had in a plastic bag ready to be thrown out. I took it out of the bag and noticed it already had roots growing. I guess from the bag being closed it created a bit of moisture. Per your video, I placed it soil since it had roots. I’ll let you know how it turns out. This is day one. Thx
I'm a truck driver and I delivered some boxes to an onion packaging plant the other day... and it smelled AMAZING. It was sweet and delicious and made me want to just go grab an onion out of a bin and bite into it.
We have a couple of 24-inch planters in the backyard that are dedicated to regrowing onions. After the kitchen food preparation, the rooted ends go into the planters filled with good potting soil, and they are quite easy to grow. Wouldn't it be nice if most garden vegetable foods were so easy as onions to recycle into another meal?
@@karenbrowning4664 First, leave about 3-1/2" to 4-1/2" below the rim of your planters as potting soil can be gradually added as the onions grow. Plant only the root side of the onion into your planter root side down. Depending on the season, I try to keep the soil damp with either a watering can or a shower nozzle from the garden hose. During the cooler fall, winter, and early spring seasons they don't require much watering. I typically cut-off the root side of the onion about 3/8" to 1/2" above where the roots begin. This also works really well with green salad onions. Same procedure, plant the top of the cuttings about 1" down, cover, and water for a few weeks. You should see new growth emerging from the cuttings in a short time. The yellow, red, and white onion cuttings are not like round seed onions, but they will grow. You might be surprised how formerly designated organic kitchen waste can keep on contributing to future meals. Adding a layer of removable sterile straw helps out during those early morning frost events. Good luck!
Thanks Paul, you rock! No music.... Roger on that one! I try my hardest to not put it in... But even I get tired of hearing my voice sometimes! Ha ha. Cheers buddy.
Binge watching lol as it’s pouring rain here again, question do they actually end up looking just like a round onion when they finally grow full size? I would have love to see the harvest of them for a visual. As always stay safe and stay gardening from Langley 🇨🇦☮️🍆🙏🥕🥬✌️🌶
Aaacckk.....sooo much rain! Better than snow I guess. Yes, if done early enough and with either really early spring onions or super late winter onions, you can get another bulb to grow!
I only left my onion cuttings in a cup of water for two days then into the dirt. They're doing fine. I water them every day but the weather here in S. Louisiana is mid to high 90's, so they need it.
The papery peel is full of Quercetin (vitamin)… you can actually put it in your boiling water while you cook or your rice cooker water… totally good for you. Just take them out of the water (like bay leaves) when you are done) 😊😊
I kept mine in water for more than a week, and they have so much green growth and the white of the onion has shriveled up, but I changed the water constantly. I have tons of root growth, and just planted it. Hopefully it works.
You should start them in water. Then when you see shoots, divide them. You will get more individual clone onion plants and more onions. Its not uncommon to get 2-4 clones from one onion scrap. So 3 onions can easily lead to 12 onions. Then those 12 to 48 and so on. I like to add a few drops of miracle grow to the water in search scrap jar.
Same applies with all aliums. With garlic, however, only cut off the _top_ 1/8th of an inch from the bulb, take off the outer, dry layers of peel, but keep the cloves attached to the base, then place the bulbs in water as you did with the onions. Change the water every three days. Two weeks later seperate the cloves and plant them on. I've tried planting as soon as the roots start to develop, both both onions and garlic, unfortunately, though, their growth rate slows dramatically and they don't have the same opportunity to draw up as much nutrients and minerals, due to their lack of roots and that quickly becomes apparent, once the hydro developed plants have been planted alongside them in just a matter of only a week. That was my experience, anyway.
It was 4 months later and I wasn't filming videos then. For a full real-time documentation on the process, I have started a 5-part vlog that will culminate with onion bulbs galore...ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-k3IaAtZBb9Q.html
You CANT grow onions this way that's why.. You can grow shoots and kid yourself you have an onion for a while, maybe even eat those shoot, but an onion you will not have.
It also make them stand up better ln a pan of water for sprouting them > With in a day or 2 there sprouting 👍👍 day 2 or 3 i'am planting them keep them well water. Every other day or so. I have to push them back down into the ground. Until the roots stop pushing up, and starts growing out. When they get green tops shooting up i go ahead and cover up the cut top.. If you cover the cut top to quick. IT ROTTES
I had about a quarter slice left of an onion left in my fridge and I tossed it out in the backyard after maybe a few weeks or so I walked over and realized it had sprouted so I stuck it in some dirt now it's about a foot tall.
It's far better to plant them as they do in Europe and other countries: use the entire potato without cutting it! It reduces infections, rotting, and promotes much more root growth from the get-go! I've done this for years, it's easy to do, use your smallest ones, they're difficult to use in cooking. Be sure not to plant scabby ones, avoid using lime or wood ashes to increase the pH of the soil: potatoes prefer the acid side.🌿💪
I had the bottoms cut off some few large onions and planted. They grew into several individual small onions like shallots and so I have separated them with roots on each one and planted as single onion plants. Are these going to grow into big bulbs.I would appreciate ideas on what to do next
I think I've done everything wrong... Cut an onion in half, put one half in a bag were it was forgotten for about a week (scrap bag) and I discovered it trying to grow green shoots from the center, so i put it in a water dish for about a week. I think i only changed the water once, but boy did those roots and shoots start growing! Also, I forgot to peel off the outter stuff or cut off the very bottom. I planted in a small planter and for another week I was away from it so it didn't get water that whole time and unbeknownst to me, my mom had moved it indoors where it probably got no sunlight at all (she thought the pot was unoccupied). Somehow my little friend is still growing and getting taller every day... At this point I'm so invested, it's like a child to me... If somethi h happens to it now I'll be crushed. I've literally tried to intentionally hrow onions from this method before and never had success so gor this one to come this far after all the neglect is pretty special. I hope it continues to hrow, I don't even know if i even want to eat it (again) because now I'm attached... LoL 😂
The wife said one day..."you know we can either mow the back yard or we can eat it"!! So, we dug up our back yard (3 gardens). I am picking cabbage, green beans, beats, tomatoes, green peppers, al hot peppers imaginable and canning most. If you have the room.....plant it. We are done with moldmart. Often I eat breakfast while watering, just grazing along.
Brought different seeds for veg and Herb’s and will start planting this weekend and May. Hopefully if the new potatoes start sprouting these will go into buckets. 🤞🏻
Everything that's happened is a blessing if the result is more people wanting self-sufficiency. It's the only way you can have fresh food that's not poisoned with pesticides. It's the only way we can make the corrupt oligarchies obsolete :)
I forgot to mention that when I cut down to the core of the onion I usually find two or three center shoots, like you see coming up on your videos, which I very gently separeate by cutting straight down between them with a thin paring knife, being sure to include a piece of the root end on each piece. Once separated, I put each piece in the water as a separate onion. Therefore, instead of one onion with several stalks fighting for growing space, you'll have three onions developing their own root systems, adding to their growth potential to become a bigger, individual onion instead of three trying to grow on one root system and crowding each other out. Another thing I learned by trial and error!❤
I've done this for years. However, before placing in water, I quarter mine. They grow just as well, and instead of 1 onion I'll have 4. This can also be applied to potato eyes, celery, carrots, etc.
Hey Matt soooo i wound up throwing some whole onions into the garden that started to rot and they’ve sprouted a ton but I left them whole 😩 can I pick them up and quarter them and then replant? Also, when do you know they are ready?
@@sarahmiranda7527 that's a good question. . .It's going to depend on how far along they are. If the onion has rotted away, and left a cluster of sprouts, you could try to separate them. Make sure each one you break off has a bit of root system to go with it, n they should be fine. Onions and potatoes are two of the easiest to reuse/regrow.
You're so right Karin! This became highly apparent to me when a lot of the big seed houses weren't selling retail anymore. Its April and they aren't selling seeds? The ONE month that's probably their biggest money maker? Not good. Hey, thanks for watching, stay safe.
@@TheRipeTomatoFarms govt told them they couldn't, but not sure of the reasoning behind closing plant nursery & seed stores. Feed stores & some grocery stores can still sell.
After I started my garden, I noticed how much land is just dried out and overgrown with weeds. I can't help but think about the massive amount of food that could be grown and traded with their neighbors or sold at farmer's markets.
The trick is to change the water more often. That way the roots grow much bigger and stronger before planting them in soil. It is also important to keep the top of the onion as dry as you can, otherwise it will start to rot.
So this is what I have been doing wrong the entire time. I left the onions for 5 days checking the progress daily and unfortunately it didn’t grow a single root.. so now I’m gonna do it again, make sure the top part is dry and change water daily..
That's what i did. I cut the top off, left it in the bag, and a few days later saw it was growing, so I planted it 😊 that was several weeks back. Its growing great so far.
Since I like to experiment and also simplify things, with the onions I took a shortcut and chose the direct approach: I took a flower pot, filled it with soil, put the onion in there (the root part, of course) and gave it a try. The result was quite interesting: after 1 week the shoot had grown about 7 cm. After that the growth process was fairly normal. Apparently within the first week the onion thought she had to grow like crazy. My conclusion: onion growing is pretty effortless. By the way, same goes for potatoes. And just to be clear: I grow all my stuff indoors.
@@AfraidMonsters haha...watering..good question. Once the product is in the pot, I give it a good watering (until water comes out on the bottom), then...meanwhile I put a plastic bag over it, tight it with some elastic band (this way the moisture practically never ends), then wait for them to grow. I have planted some olives this way and only watered them only once in the beginning (like 4 months ago) and they grow wonderfully in that plastic bag environment (it`s like jungle weather in there). Of course, it depends on the fruit/vegetable that you want to grow. But if it`s a hot climate one, then the "bag over head" system is very practical, easy to use, and the cheapest there is.
@@aurelianfreeman1800 yeah that makes sense. I had an onion in a plastic baggie in the fridge and days later I go to it for cooking use again, and it was very moist and wet in there, roots grown on the onion, even a bit of growth on the top part too
The reason the onions decayed so fast on top was because of the water level being too high or the container being too wide. The top of the onion shouldn't sit in water at all. Just the root ball should be touching the water. Hope that helps.😁
Onions will sprout by doing this, but onions are a biennial plant. First year the onion produces a bulb the second year the plant produces seeds. During the first year the plant develops a bulb and harvest the bulb at full maturity. Then the next spring plant the bulb like described here it will send up a a flower stalk and produce seeds. Onions flowers are pretty cool and the bees love them. No reason you couldn’t save the seeds and grow them next season. The shapes and sizes may be variable but that can be interesting.
With quarantine I have learned to look at life with more calm, look at me, sitting here in front of this jar, watching the onion top I put in there grow, it's been two hours and I think I saw the roots move already. I figure that by the time this quarantine is over I'll be able to cut a slice of my grown onion and put it on my hamburger. Anyone knows how to make cheese at home, I like cheese on my hamburger.
Love it! Make some Mozzarella, really easy. I think other like American take longer and you need to buy to much stuff to make. Not an expert at all but we are making some of the Mozzarella. Good family project. Now I will plant some onions. Tomatoes can't go in the ground yet. How do you plant your 🍔 LOL!
@@crossingtheline4372 Regrowing garlic is easy: buy a bulb that you like, split it into cloves (leave skin on) and NO NOT in the water! but end of fall put them directly 10cm. into the soil, point up bottom down. Cover with straw or mulch. Let them freeze over. Next spring leaves come up. You can use some leaves for salads and soups etc. End of summer the leaves turn yellow/brown and fall over. At that point the garlic is ready to harvest. 'You' have turned each clove into a bulb! Use fresh or dry. I haven't bought garlic in years, just like onions, tomatoes, peppers etc. everything is re-growable after buying once. More people should do that.
Well here we are in 2021 and I am growing anything I can in my condo windows! Not much different from 2020 only More frustrating!! This is the best gardening channel at least for me! Straight up sensible advice and most encouraging! I await new ideas! Thank you for your incite and enthusiasm!!
Yes you are right,but I always thought about that and have been gardening for a while now.You never know what can happen .If this crisis is over then what would could happen next,who knows but be prepared.
@@porkfied so true. For me myself, I've been gardening my whole life... But it only really started to resonate past enjoyment to become importance when I learned about modern agriculture as a business and how its built on money and not actual health. After that, it was game on for me!
The Ripe Tomato Farms You might want to watch the documentary VANISHING OF THE BEES. It confirms what you just said. They are killing us. www.vanishingbees.com/
The end result will produce seeds to plant. Onions are much more complicated than this. They need to be planed early spring to develop a bulb. Also you need to learn about short and long day onions
I wish I could have learned farming or grew having experience of these farming ideas. It took me a long time and a realization on how important and how amazing it is to grow your own farm and sustain the needs of your family. I'm still 19 years and I'm taking an interest in farming. I hope I'll grow and maybe have an amazing farm o my own someday. I hope all of you guys who are challenged by these times may have confidence and courage to face it. God bless everyone.
