Grow All Year Round Spring Onions

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Жыл бұрын

Want that fresh homegrown onion taste all year round? Then grow spring onions! Get into it! ;)
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@timothyhight9588 Жыл бұрын

I did this 20 years ago and haven't had to buy green onions ever since.

@chingwu8366 Жыл бұрын

What a coincidence! Mine neither 😂

@jasmijnariel Жыл бұрын

I use all of it. And the roots stay in the ground! They keep growing back!

@skeetskeet4123 2 ай бұрын

Does your area snow and frost much in the winter?

@jasmijnariel 2 ай бұрын

@@skeetskeet4123we get both. But no hard winters. You can always take it inside to hybernate

@skeetskeet4123 2 ай бұрын

@@jasmijnariel I see! How do you bring them in if they're in the ground though? Dig them up into pots? Do they come back smaller each time too? Also do they seed if you let them, and then they die? So many questions! Apologies if thats too much haha

@jasmijnariel 2 ай бұрын

@@skeetskeet4123 i have them in pots. In my countrie spring unions are pinky size. Even in the store😉 You can let them go seeding if you want. Or eat the flowers

@kadentam2946 Жыл бұрын

Green onions are such a wonderful plant and are so easy to grow. Just plant and forget and you have onions forever

@salutemorphosis Жыл бұрын

😂

@Alexander_Alexander Жыл бұрын

spring of 2022 i bought one of those 99cent bundles of green onion, planted them and not only are they still alive, but they completely ignored all winter weather, survived several freezes and look just as healthy and green as yours in this video, leaves make a great garnish or oniony addition to any meal

@yellowice0 Жыл бұрын

I advocate for this method, green onion species can be regrown in this way even if you chop the tops off, just throw them in the ground and water them if it’s super dry and they’ll grow like weeds man, they get massive if you leave them unattended, can confirm (almost too big, they get too fibery at a certain point when they get huge)

@Alexander_Alexander Жыл бұрын

@@yellowice0 yeah mine went from being the thickness of my pinkie each to being the same size as in the video, they're not even in any kind of good soil either they're monsters

@michele1442 Жыл бұрын

Wow, thanks for both of toity for your gardening advice that I can grow the green onions in cold snowy winters.

@martinbonsu6972 Жыл бұрын

@@Alexander_Alexander what do you use to provide nutrients to your soil and what methods do you use to give them nutrition as well?

@Alexander_Alexander Жыл бұрын

@@martinbonsu6972 the only nutrition they've gotten is grass clipping/fallen leaf mulchs throughout the year and a light shaking of fertilizer pellets around the same time as when i planted them. The soil is half cheap topsoil and half even worse sandy soil. Definitely an easy crop to grow.

@Miranda-cw9hq Жыл бұрын

Those spring onions are HUGE!!! WOW!!!

@valeriexoxo Жыл бұрын

Wow those are massive😮. I get both organic and conventional at my supermarket but never seen any that big.

@priscillasmith1713 Жыл бұрын

Mine are big and going crazy!!

@Firkinnel Жыл бұрын

Holy sheet. Never knew they could grow so big !

@Ichigo2058 Жыл бұрын

It snows here and mine live through the winter. The variety of called ishi. ☺️

@MrDJ217 Жыл бұрын

Yes

@hypochlorite Жыл бұрын

I live in northern Canada, 2 more months of winter and I can finally start my garden 😭😭

@hypochlorite Жыл бұрын

Finally got the garden started yesterday. Gardening ready for the next 3 months till winter!

@geoffdaly3991 Жыл бұрын

cut,leave the roots in soil and let them regrow, they will come back up to 3 or 4 times

@mickadams1905 Жыл бұрын

I've just realised you can do that, I started with some from the supermarket which went to seed to start the next generation.

@privatesocialhandle Жыл бұрын

Here is a tip. When they are flowering and seeding, the stalk with the flowers are different, they're firm and tube-like rather flat. Those stalks are delicious with omelette!

@seanaames6855 Жыл бұрын

I almost always save the bottom 1-2" of my green onions to plant out in the garden. I also inherited some kind of multiplier onion, with the house we bought, that develops little top knots of tiny onion bulbs on top of the flower stalks. That stalk eventually falls over and reseeds the onion. The younger tops are good as green onions. The older onions, I dig and use just like, I normally would. They live year round in our zone 6a garden. 😀

@fabiennedesravines697 Жыл бұрын

Sounds like Egyptian walking onions

@quantafitness6088 Жыл бұрын

The top shoots are so good dried and used in a herb salt 😋

@margaretlowans8429 Жыл бұрын

You chopped off the best bits. We call them scallions and make champ with them.

@aussietracey1 Жыл бұрын

that's what i do here in cairns i only use the leaves and leave the rest continue growing

@maryblushes7189 Жыл бұрын

Did that decades ago! Had fresh green onions for years, all from grocery store green onions! The beautiful globes filled with tiny purple flowers were so attractive, I used them to edge my long rectangular herb garden (flower bed) beside my front walk, that a stranger stopped, rang my doorbell and asked what exotic flower it was. I just laughed at the fellow and explained they are onions. Green Onions don't mind snow at all. They put them on ice in the stores.😘 Greetings from Texas☆♡

@solaokusanya955 Жыл бұрын

I can smell it from here sir!

@seiyuokamihimura5082 Жыл бұрын

Oh. Tip. Use the green leaves in soups, sooooooooo good!

@goldenviolet Жыл бұрын

How sweet it is that you have a year around growing system. We are in winter time right now, and once a week we are having a snow storm. Global warming is fun, isn't it? Happy St Patrick's Day!!😻❣🍀😻❣🍀😻❣🍀😻❣🍀😻❣🍀😻❣🍀😻❣🍀😻❣🍀😻❣🍀😻❣🍀😻❣🍀😻❣🍀😻❣🍀😻❣🍀😻❣🍀😻❣🍀😻❣🍀😻❣🍀😻❣🍀😻❣🍀

@alycsandrianah Жыл бұрын

My brain did smell the onion actually. Fantastic.

@lynettej28 Жыл бұрын

I bought some tiny scallions from the grocery store. They started to wilt in the fridge, so I decided to “stick them in the earth”. 10 months later, these scallions are massive and thick like yours! They produce a beautiful round flower and they are indestructible in west Texas (drought, winter). Thank you for this video. I wasn’t sure if I was able to cook with them. Now I know I can!

@catemc2323 Жыл бұрын

I could swear I nearly smelled them all the way over here…in Northern Ireland. Monsters 👌🏻😂🤣💚🍀

@sharonhoffer3599 3 ай бұрын

I love my spring onions! Best crop to grow, so easy, and you can just cut them at ground level and they keep growing. They also transplant really well 💚💚💚

@ponderosapondhomestead4344 Жыл бұрын

Mine come back each year. We have winter here.

@l33tpie Жыл бұрын

As soon as the roots were cut I could indeed smell it through the screen, well at least the memories of it :D Edit; Also, it's one of those plants that everyone should grow and not pay 5 dollars a bunch at the supermarket for. Stuff grows like delicious weeds, and can be done inside in a large pot near the window.

@martinbonsu6972 Жыл бұрын

what do you use to provide nutrients to your soil and what methods do you use to give them nutrition as well?

@l33tpie Жыл бұрын

@@martinbonsu6972 One teaspoon of granular fertilizer in the pot when you put the soil in it with the occasional small amount of pureed food scraps buried every so often. The larger the plantpot the better but being inside obviously has it's limits and putting too much food scraps will attract pests into the house.

@martinbonsu6972 Жыл бұрын

@@l33tpie ok Thant you very much for your insight.

@Wings91 Жыл бұрын

😂

@martinbonsu6972 Жыл бұрын

@@Wings91 ??

@Paintplayer1 Жыл бұрын

"Unless you live somewhere where it snows through winter" Me, in the Inland NW USA, where my yard is under 3 feet of snow from November through the end of March: 🙁

@Ikantspell4 Жыл бұрын

Watching the guy in the tropics do 4 season gardening is kinda making this Idaho mountain man sad

@elizabethpeterson8597 Жыл бұрын

@@Ikantspell4 yeah, but you're in Idaho, and the mountains. That's got to beat 4 season gardening hands down. At least that's my take on Idaho just from seeing pictures of it. I'm in SW Missouri where we have rock and scrub for soil. Everything I grow is in raised beds or containers.

@AyanaSioux Жыл бұрын

Lol move to Houston TX where it almost never snows. Spring starts February 1, summer ends in November 😂. Ain't no winter here.

@Iceechibi Жыл бұрын

@@AyanaSioux And even then, we have some of the most mild winters in the south that it’s perfect for growing kale, cabbages, turnips, etc. 😂

@AyanaSioux Жыл бұрын

@@Iceechibi facts! I can't wait until i have my own place so i can have a garden.

@nickgarnero9843 Жыл бұрын

I have had a green onion growing in a pot for 5+ years now. Its clowned itself off its root ball and makes seedlings every year. Its a survivor!

@emwhaibee Жыл бұрын

When you neglect ("forget") about it it goes into seed? Talk about forgiving! 👌🏾

@Waverlyduli Жыл бұрын

Love this man's positive energy 👍

@dintelalovic8110 Жыл бұрын

My favorite gardening channel!!

@seiyuokamihimura5082 Жыл бұрын

You better have dried the cut tips and re-planted those roots! So much goodness to be had! Especially since you live somewhere that has a constant harvest cycle. Even if you grew/ planted too much, give it away! I give plants to my doctors, restaurants we frequent, etc. Always good to share a plant!

@anguswilliam2141 Жыл бұрын

They will grow almost anywhere. A real keeper those things. Good in especially Chinese soups or even noodle dishes. I'll add it to almost anything though. Can just cut the leaves though, don't need to uproot the whole thing. It regrows.

@dragomilosevic4823 Жыл бұрын

Even if you do I leave the bottom part of bulb near kitchen sink where its damp.. Within a week or so its sprouting again

@G.G.G.zone7 Жыл бұрын

theyre massive lmao not growing that big(sadly snow) in zone 7 in New jersey. you're one lucky Dude

@charitytanel8107 Жыл бұрын

Why don't you put them inside on the balcony or window sill.

@G.G.G.zone7 Жыл бұрын

@@charitytanel8107 oh for sure i could grow them indoors still wouldnt be this massive tho xD beautiful green onions

@lindashealingart Жыл бұрын

Haven’t purchased onions since I found out I can grow door in my apartment and thanks to everyone sharing how to on KZfaq I almost got a successful pineapple plant I won’t give up tho

@evildustbunnie9187 Жыл бұрын

Mine grew even in the snow! I dried them and use them in cooking

@elverman 3 ай бұрын

The green part is the best part!

@jamsmusings Жыл бұрын

Wow! Never seen ones with so much... girth? Amazing!

@sarahloffler Жыл бұрын

I like your garden. And I love your hands.

@zakdamonmusic 4 ай бұрын

Planted several store bought green onions from the produce section and sowed them into the ground here in Texas last year. They are thriving lol.

@Emeraldwitch30 Жыл бұрын

I have a very hardy onion called an Egyptian walking onion here where it snows in the US (michigan) and it makes lovely topset bulbs that I pick and plant in bunches of at least 10 in cups and store out under the snow or under a frost cloth in my hoop house (unheated) when I want more green onions I grab a cup and bring it in and thaw it out and they sprout right on up. Usually less than 10 days and ive got a nice clump of green onions for dinner/salad or even in a breakfast omelet. This also works with chives where its cold. They both seem to be quite cold/freeze resistant. Not as big and lovely as your whoppers but welcome fresh veg in winter. We are just heading into spring here soon and ive got babies all started and growing under the led lights tomatoes are going in seeding pots in about 2 weeks

@pearldasousa4620 6 ай бұрын

It snows through winter in the UK but you can use winter hardy seeds in winter or start them off before it gets cold and then transplant them.

@TheRealCantaraBella Жыл бұрын

Salivating

@renie847 Жыл бұрын

I did! I smelled that green onion from here. McDonough, Georgia USA.

@diddelmugge1108 Жыл бұрын

You can let the rootball in the soil and the plant will regrow to harvest again. Best wishes from northern germany

@MandyOnderwater Жыл бұрын

I've grown mine from the bottoms of store-bought green onions. They've been alive for years now - definitely recommended! (Also, don't forget to visit Mark's forum Self Sufficient Culture)

@valeriexoxo Жыл бұрын

How many times can you harvest from them?

@MandyOnderwater Жыл бұрын

@Valerie2 endless? I've had them for ages. I tend to leave the plant in the ground and just cut off what I need. Nowadays they are huge. The only time I don't harvest is when they are flowering, but I've got multiple pots with a couple of them in there, so I've never really been without.

@valeriexoxo Жыл бұрын

@@MandyOnderwater oh that’s great. I have been getting rid of mine after about 2 harvests because I was told that they wouldn’t keep growing back after 3-4. thank you:)

@MandyOnderwater Жыл бұрын

@@valeriexoxo at the moment they're so big I usually only take one leaf/stem, instead of cutting down the whole plant

@martinbonsu6972 Жыл бұрын

@@MandyOnderwater what do you use to provide nutrients to your soil and what methods do you use to give them nutrition as well?

@insanecomicdude Жыл бұрын

I wish I didn't have another four months of snow ahead of me. Those look so good.

@mpolanetz Жыл бұрын

Now with costs going up, you can constantly use them as you would onions and if you have a huge harvest chop them up, freeze them or dry them

@julienowak5438 Жыл бұрын

I've only been watching your videos for a few weeks now, and I just love your channel!! You are very down to earth, very knowledgeable and your quirky sense of humor adds a lot. Keep up the good work!

@kalijuri Жыл бұрын

wonderful, medicinal onions!

@michaelfujii2765 Жыл бұрын

I had some green onions that I bought at the store and didn't store properly or eat quickly enough so when they looked horrible I put them in the garden and they grew great.

@LaEscuelaDelEncanto Жыл бұрын

You’re my favorite YT Channel

@AndyRock1 Жыл бұрын

Dude can we go get a beer or something. You seem like the coolest guy ever.

@rollingthunderinho Жыл бұрын

My spring onions grow this big in my short ~6 months growing season here in Canada!

@buhingkalbaryo Жыл бұрын

spring onions love hot weather just successfully grow them recently for my many years of my trial and error they rot in rainy season👍👍👍

@tylerwestman5258 Жыл бұрын

I live in Canada and grow green onions outside all year without a greenhouse they grow through the snow most the time

@donnamullins2089 Жыл бұрын

Yes I can smell it Mark. Big onion patch.

@arielkmusic Жыл бұрын

You can also use the seeds for sprouts 🤤

@J-Mac8 Жыл бұрын

I had spring onions last 5 years in North Carolina. Through snow and all

@marysellar3401 Жыл бұрын

your a champ with your video. i have garlic and spring onions. thanks they're great.

@eh7229 Жыл бұрын

Yup i could smell it

@george-stefanleoca1319 Жыл бұрын

That is a monster of a spring onion holy cow.

@kimlittle9236 Жыл бұрын

Have wild Canadian leeks in my garden l only use the wide leaf top they taste like garlic and onions at the same time very strong flavor l never pull just snip what's needed

@Orion_5764 Жыл бұрын

I totally forget that some places it literally never snows or gets cold at all. Kind of blows my mind sometimes. Rn its 9°F out side for me. I don't think I could survive without a proper winter time

@Eggman03 Жыл бұрын

I found some growing naturally in my backyard, it was noticed after cutting grass. First smell I stopped and searched for more. Loaded potato toppings

@mads2296 Жыл бұрын

Spring into action😂❤

@kimberlylamantia7794 Жыл бұрын

I'm super jealous! Mine only grow skinny and sad lol

@gumpokiegp6259 Жыл бұрын

Wish I was ur neighbor, thank you for sharing....God Bless

@nickgarnero9843 3 ай бұрын

I have a 7 year old green onion i planted after trimming it for dinner. Its cloned itself and makes seeds every year. Its survived frost, snow, ice and a move across town. No one believes me when i tell them its a food scrapped scalion. Heh

@downtownbrown50 Жыл бұрын

You are the best! Keep up the great work. Both entertaining and informative. Thank you!

@monocle2848 Жыл бұрын

You so cheezy- made me spring a chuckle.

@marschlosser4540 Жыл бұрын

Greens get chopped and go in the dehydrator to use in cooking. We don't raise many bulb onions because i'itoi are a bunching onion that divides fast. Often with good soil, one can divide up to 50 times. They die back when the heat rises, and return with the monsoon rains.

@willfr8 Жыл бұрын

"I bet you can smell it from there" You wish i could.... I cannot

@louismoore8106 2 ай бұрын

I live in the north of Scotland, never planted from seed but have replanted shop bought and now have them in the ground for two years and they've grown back each year. Will have to see if I can get seed to get whoppers like that!

@coffeetable8193 Жыл бұрын

Smell-O-Tube coming soon to an app store near you! Wish we could smell those beautiful, fresh onions!! Awesome!!! 👍 👍 🧅

@dustinpouchot2783 Жыл бұрын

This dude is like a walmart brand Russell Crowe that is super informative about horticulture. I love it.

@honeybadger8942 Жыл бұрын

They're enormous ! I've never seen them like this.Please send me some seeds.

@christianerardt3705 Жыл бұрын

These spring onions are really big. 🙀😉 👍🏻💚🌱

@markzander1000 Жыл бұрын

i live where snow covers my garden for too long. Lord I love your channel.

@FrikInCasualMode Жыл бұрын

Unfortunately, I live in area where it snows. This year I've left some root celeries and leeks outside to see if they survive. Alas - despite mild winter all plants were damaged by cold. I managed to save couple pieces, but rest landed on compost pile.

@H_H_HT123 2 ай бұрын

Dude I love your content! Super chill and great gardening

@eftitasusarani5865 Жыл бұрын

I have no idea that onion can be grown from seeds Amazing 👍🏻

@denecostantino8542 Жыл бұрын

❤ THANK YOU, FOR SHOWING US THIS.

@Sloveniancookinghousewife 11 ай бұрын

Thank you 👍.

@oneuglyman2601 Жыл бұрын

excellent video again mark. you always find a way to make info useful and or fun.

@alonsogarcia1990 Жыл бұрын

Just purchased some leeks. Love them

@doloresamaya442 Жыл бұрын

Yes I could.!

@grimey_grover7142 Жыл бұрын

I’m growing these now along with tomatoes, two different kinds, plus I’ve got three different spices growing to be dried out and what not. Also have carrots and I’m thinking about doing potatoes 🥔

@zeddybear257 Жыл бұрын

You have the most lovely disposition. The garden is working for you!

@thickhazepromo Жыл бұрын

I love onions

@dallasauker Жыл бұрын

H I! I'm a new follower.... I just wanted to let you know... you are my new hero ! Love thanks for all the valuable information bud !

@Candice144 Жыл бұрын

It snows occasional here my green onions still made it. I just covered them. They were a little smooshed. Took a few days for it to perk back up. I think you’re fine if you are somewhere that isn’t extremely cold the whole winter with snow. Cause mine made it the whole winter

@sheilabush7066 Жыл бұрын

I wish I didn’t live in Michigan. Those onions look delicious

@overratedprogrammer Жыл бұрын

Even here in PA the wild onion and garlic grows through winter basically. Snow melts and there's onion everywhere somehow

@mightymadrid Жыл бұрын

I want to see this man narrate through cooking a meal

@MrPotatoPro 2 ай бұрын

I've had the same green onions growing for 4 years. I just cut them at the base and leave the root system in the ground. They begin regrowing right away.

@Merr_Khan Жыл бұрын

my eye's are watering.

@PaperbagPrincess-qj1bt Жыл бұрын

Yum I love spring onions 👍

@bibibrin5035 Жыл бұрын

You're so lucky to live in a warm climate. We've got snow in winter so I have to be very careful what to grow.

@yonowaaru Жыл бұрын

Yep did the same thing with my lettuce, just let it naturally wilt and go to seed then let those seeds drop on the ground (or spread them myself) works great especially if you want microgreens