Adding cheap and enjoyable green onion plants to your kitchen garden is possible. You won’t ever need to buy green onions again if you know how to keep them growing in your yard or even on a sunny windowsill. Here’s how to begin enjoying an unending supply of these nutritious and tasty greens.
Advantages of Vegetable Gardening
In the kitchen, green onions are quite useful since they may be used to give salads, soups, and sauces a subtle, crisp flavour. They’re also brimming with vital minerals and vitamins. You can cut waste and save money by having fresh onions on hand all the time when you grow your own.
Getting Started
To begin, you don’t need to be a green thumb. Green onions need very little room and maintenance and are quite forgiving.
What You’ll Need: Root-bound green onion bulbs
A container or a segment within your yard
potting soil in the case of indoor growth
Water
Sunlight
How-To Manual for Growing Green Onions
First step:
Planting in a Container: Put potting dirt in a container. Plant the roots about 2 inches deep, making sure that the white part of the onion is buried while the green part stays above the soil.
Space them about an inch apart to give each plant room to grow.
In the Garden: Choose a sunny spot in your garden. Plant the bulbs directly into the ground, following the same depth and spacing guidelines as for pots.
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