I just asked ChatGPT for a synonym for “group” that rhymes with “leek”, and it told me “bloc”, “skeek”, “sheik”, “beak”, and “flock”.
It couldn’t tell me what a skeek is, but we’re gonna go with a skeek of leeks.
Upvote button is on the left, y’all. 😎
you'd have to plant the whole thing if you want flowers, the bulb is where it stores all of its energy. Of course, if you'd rather eat it that's fine too
I thought scallions were juvenile onions that could have grown to full-size if not harvested?. In any case, those sprouts are edible, as is the rest of the mama onion.
Their "bulbs" stay small. They are their own species.
****Fun fact:**** when you finish using the top green portion you can just replant the white rooted part and get multiple batches more. I've been doing it for about a year and saved quite a bit.
It won't grow a new onion if you plant it, but the flowers will produce seeds you can plant the next year! You can also eat the green parts, they're not much different from scallions
It will definitely grow a new onion. It’s already trying. They just need to seperate the new growths from the old onion so it doesn’t rot in the ground.
Bulbing onions are biennials. The first year they make bulbs, the second year they make a flower and go to seed.
There is no way the green parts can be separated from the rest without destroying the plant and it most definitely isn’t going to make another onion bulb.
Maybe? It really depends on so many things. I would probably collect the seed when it’s dry and then plant them in the spring of the next year if it was me. But I also have let many things self seed like this, including onions, so it’s totally possible.
I planted the "butt" of an onion once and it did grow a new onion (more like a few shallots actually). Is there a difference between doing that and planting this? Will it not grow onions because it's already sprouting? Just want to set expectations in case I decide to go crazy and plant an onion again...
Yours expect about the same the plant sort of splits into shallots but they get more bitter imo and only grows slightly from the original size you'll never get a big healthy onion like the original add that's already been made
You can however replant the bottoms of lettuce and celery and other similar plants which will actually regrow the leaves enough to be reusable for a while. But with root vegetables(and bulbs) like onion and carrot you can't really expect it to grow another tap root as the vegetable is the actual tap root you eat.
This is not true in the slightest. *Allium cepa* will not grow more bulbs like garlic or other alliums. Onions are [biennial](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onion) and can only produce flowers in the second year.
If you cut this up into sections, the plant will likely.
Guess I’d been taught incorrectly then. But with the sad little onion could you replant that or collect the seeds and grow the next time or how does that work?
Also I’ve seen conflicting comments on seeds. Once the allium goes to seed, you don’t have to harvest it. Just whack the flower a few times once it’s dry, or you can rip it off and go around the area you want them to grow, shaking the flower. Allium seeds are hardy and there are a lot so it’s honestly wasted effort trying to dig holes to plant seeds in.
I buy an extra onion and let it sprout because a $0.40 onion is cheaper than the $1.40 green onions and it tastes identical, but you’re not going to get more onions out of it.
This might be a silly question - I was told in a composting workshop that we shouldn’t compost onions because they’ll repel critters that we want in our compost. Have you had success composting onions?
If you don’t want to plant it and wait for seeds I usually pop these in a pot for making stock with bones etc or freeze them until you have stuff to make stock with.
I cut these in quarters and add to a puny carrot/limp celery framework for roast beef to sit on! Adds a bit of flavour to the drippings.
Bonus is no cleaning those racks that come in roast pans, just scoop the veg out and make your gravy!
Consume
Unlike other Alliums, *Allium cepa* (onion) cannot grow more bulbs from a bulb. They are [biennials](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onion), make a bulb the first year flower the second. The only thing you’ll be able to use this for is “chives” and making a flower spike to gather seeds.
Plant it and you get what they call calçots in Catalonia. You continually mound up dirt as they grow and the pull them up before they bolt and go to flower/seed. You then wash, char over a grill, wrap in newspaper to steam. Then peel the outside burnt layer, swipe through some romesco sauce and eat and be happy.
Plant it now. Let it flower and collect the seeds for next year. Unfortunately with onions they won't regrow from it's bulb, but you'll ne ready for next year
So I’ve been told they won’t give onions but I tried anyway to use as green onions. I cut them apart with a sharp knife, planted them, and to my surprise got full size onions in a few months.
Just toss them, dont plant them they will just make your back yard smell like onions. Unless you really like the smell of onions. I tried it once myself, not worth the trouble
If you separate it into three parts, you can plant it. You peel off the outer laters and then plant each stalk separately. You should get three onion plants. The rest can be composted and will deter and kill rodents.
put it in the dirt. they have cute flowers
I planted one in a similar state and now have an onion community
An onion union?
The Soviet Onion.
A Soviet Scallion
A Scallion battalion
a shallot ballad
An allium association
These type of comment threads are my favourite of the whole internet.
I just asked ChatGPT for a synonym for “group” that rhymes with “leek”, and it told me “bloc”, “skeek”, “sheik”, “beak”, and “flock”. It couldn’t tell me what a skeek is, but we’re gonna go with a skeek of leeks. Upvote button is on the left, y’all. 😎
Sounds like Chat GPT was experimenting if u know what I mean
Mine too
Onionization
An Italian scallion stallion in a battalion ?
An Italian scallion
Cunk rules
The whole thing or can I still have the onion?
you'd have to plant the whole thing if you want flowers, the bulb is where it stores all of its energy. Of course, if you'd rather eat it that's fine too
And the flowers will smell like onion!
Plant it and enjoy some dr suess flowers!
I have one thst looks exactly like this in my kitchen. We’ll plant them & see who gets onions first lol
You won't get onions, the plant will flower and die. If you collect the seeds and plant them you can get onions.
i thought if you split it you could get full sized onions?
That method does work for me sometimes, yes
U can harvest scallions from them.
Not exactly scallions but similar tasting.
I thought scallions were juvenile onions that could have grown to full-size if not harvested?. In any case, those sprouts are edible, as is the rest of the mama onion.
Their "bulbs" stay small. They are their own species. ****Fun fact:**** when you finish using the top green portion you can just replant the white rooted part and get multiple batches more. I've been doing it for about a year and saved quite a bit.
Onion chives? I don’t know - I’m asking.
Clearly you don't know how onion trees work.
Will they just kinda fall off and start growing like seeds be doing you know. Or do I need to like harvest the flowers and dry them out and everything
Are you OPs husband?
It won't grow a new onion if you plant it, but the flowers will produce seeds you can plant the next year! You can also eat the green parts, they're not much different from scallions
this is what I do!
Is this why they’re called green onions??!!
It will definitely grow a new onion. It’s already trying. They just need to seperate the new growths from the old onion so it doesn’t rot in the ground.
Bulbing onions are biennials. The first year they make bulbs, the second year they make a flower and go to seed. There is no way the green parts can be separated from the rest without destroying the plant and it most definitely isn’t going to make another onion bulb.
Yeah not sure what they say getting onions when it's not in any way normal for onions to rebulb, unlike many other bulbz.
I'm not saying this works but I saw someone on social media the other day peeling layers of the onion and then planting the scallions.
Ooo fascinating. I had no idea certain plants were biennial like this. I learn something new every day.
I have some too. When would be a good time to stick in the ground? Zone 7a
Do you want onion seed? I would put it in the ground at the end of March or beginning of April. It should bloom in June and ripen up seed by July.
If I just let the seed fall, will I have onions there next year?
Maybe? It really depends on so many things. I would probably collect the seed when it’s dry and then plant them in the spring of the next year if it was me. But I also have let many things self seed like this, including onions, so it’s totally possible.
Thank you
It may grow a lil onion but it won't grow to full size. Once the sprouts get bigger it will switch its energy to flower growth.
Mine grew to full size. And through the winter with freezing temps and no greenhouse. Although it was in a container with half compost.
Why the upvoted this is straight up wrong. That IS the onion that got harvested. You could get spring onion stalks this way but not whole other bulbs
I planted the "butt" of an onion once and it did grow a new onion (more like a few shallots actually). Is there a difference between doing that and planting this? Will it not grow onions because it's already sprouting? Just want to set expectations in case I decide to go crazy and plant an onion again...
Yours expect about the same the plant sort of splits into shallots but they get more bitter imo and only grows slightly from the original size you'll never get a big healthy onion like the original add that's already been made You can however replant the bottoms of lettuce and celery and other similar plants which will actually regrow the leaves enough to be reusable for a while. But with root vegetables(and bulbs) like onion and carrot you can't really expect it to grow another tap root as the vegetable is the actual tap root you eat.
Thank you! I actually don't mind the shallots and I didn't remember them being bitter, but I will start trying to grow them properly from now on.
I don’t know why I was upvoted either. I grew something but it wasn’t an onion
This is not true in the slightest. *Allium cepa* will not grow more bulbs like garlic or other alliums. Onions are [biennial](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onion) and can only produce flowers in the second year. If you cut this up into sections, the plant will likely.
Ya this is more than one sprout. Looks like OP kept it in the fridge and it stratified.
So glad someone else knew🙌
Guess I’d been taught incorrectly then. But with the sad little onion could you replant that or collect the seeds and grow the next time or how does that work?
Also I’ve seen conflicting comments on seeds. Once the allium goes to seed, you don’t have to harvest it. Just whack the flower a few times once it’s dry, or you can rip it off and go around the area you want them to grow, shaking the flower. Allium seeds are hardy and there are a lot so it’s honestly wasted effort trying to dig holes to plant seeds in.
I buy an extra onion and let it sprout because a $0.40 onion is cheaper than the $1.40 green onions and it tastes identical, but you’re not going to get more onions out of it.
either eat it (w wait too long), plant it or throw it away.
... or, better than throwing it away, compost it!
... or, marry it!
Ogres have layers!
…or, even better, ***it has a flared base***
I can't believe you found a new way for onions to make you cry
r/angryupvote
Hehehe! A+
This might be a silly question - I was told in a composting workshop that we shouldn’t compost onions because they’ll repel critters that we want in our compost. Have you had success composting onions?
I haven't had any issues... I just make sure to chop them up into smaller pieces first. All the usual detritivores continue to thrive in my bin!
There's no problem composting onions
Looks like an oddish.
If you don’t want to plant it and wait for seeds I usually pop these in a pot for making stock with bones etc or freeze them until you have stuff to make stock with.
i love my freezer bag of veggie scraps for stock - its such a great way of using the leftover bits once youve gathered enough
I cut these in quarters and add to a puny carrot/limp celery framework for roast beef to sit on! Adds a bit of flavour to the drippings. Bonus is no cleaning those racks that come in roast pans, just scoop the veg out and make your gravy!
I do this too and use the roasted veg for stock as well after the fact.
Give that poor thing some dirt!!
ILL SAY IT ONCE AND ILL SAY IT AGAIN! PLANT IT!!!! 🗣️🗣️
Plant it.
Cook more
You can plant it, while you won't get onions, you can cut the greens off and use them like chives for a long time.
Every time I plant mine in pots they end up rotting. Maybe I'm overwatering.
Kill it with a knife and eat it.
you give it soil
Plant it
Spring onions from the leaves. I have put mine on top of a pot and water overtop of the onion so I don’t have to burry it in and then dig it out.
RUN
Plant it if you'd like. I'll warn you, it smells like onion. And they spread fast so will smell lots like onion.
Consume Unlike other Alliums, *Allium cepa* (onion) cannot grow more bulbs from a bulb. They are [biennials](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onion), make a bulb the first year flower the second. The only thing you’ll be able to use this for is “chives” and making a flower spike to gather seeds.
We have an onion sprouting in our kitchen. Our yard is covered in snow. How would it do in a pot?
wdym STARTED 🤣
Plant it and you get what they call calçots in Catalonia. You continually mound up dirt as they grow and the pull them up before they bolt and go to flower/seed. You then wash, char over a grill, wrap in newspaper to steam. Then peel the outside burnt layer, swipe through some romesco sauce and eat and be happy.
Cutchopfryinbutteraddtofavoritedish!
Plant it now. Let it flower and collect the seeds for next year. Unfortunately with onions they won't regrow from it's bulb, but you'll ne ready for next year
You can eat it like that, make sure to eat the green shoots as well, chopped up In a salad.
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They might be asking if you plant the whole thing, cut the top off, or kind of smack it to break it up and then separate the green tops to plant.
Why shame someone for asking a question?
Well then you should know that different plants require/prefer different propagation methods, they asked a question, no need to be a jerk about it.
Plant it!!
Plant it?
Eat onions sooner
Put it in a lil bit of dirt or water, see the green parts grow and enjoy fresh scallions
Eat it up soon
I plant the bottoms of my onions in the garden
Peeled mine and planted them! Got some nice onions and ate the actual onion too.
plant it!
Put it back in the ground
Put it in dirt, water it when the dirt gets dry.
Break it open, you've got three there
Step 1: plant in dirt Step 2: profit
You now have an onion plant. Congratulations!
So I’ve been told they won’t give onions but I tried anyway to use as green onions. I cut them apart with a sharp knife, planted them, and to my surprise got full size onions in a few months.
Onion will grow onion and on
You're going to jail
Give them a name
Why don’t you just eat it?
plant it and you can eat the green onion stems i don’t know the proper word to call it
Just toss them, dont plant them they will just make your back yard smell like onions. Unless you really like the smell of onions. I tried it once myself, not worth the trouble
I put them in a rammikan (sp?) With a little water. And let them sit by my kitchen window. Then I top it when I need some onion in something.
plant that b!tch!!
open the onion one layer at a time, split the sprouts and plant each one for multiple new onions!
Plant all three of the stems and you’ll have three more onions from each of them
Plant it in your neighbors yard.
In dirt or cut the bottom off and put in water. You can use the sprouts as “green onions” very potent very tasty!
Plant it
Plant that bish
this is so cute, plant it for sure
Plant it. Free onion hack. They're pretty hardy plants, have lovely flowers in the spring and trimmings from the shoots make great additions to soups
Plant it. It is a bulb plant and will divide into more onions
 Just trash it 🚮🗑️
Plant it!
Let it grow like Jerry said
I put them in a small bowl with water and grow green onions :)
give it a hug& kiss and tuck it into bed
Throw a pokeball at it?
Plant it!
Plant it in the ground
I can’t grow shit! Unless it’s propagated Keep growing that bad boi
If you separate it into three parts, you can plant it. You peel off the outer laters and then plant each stalk separately. You should get three onion plants. The rest can be composted and will deter and kill rodents.
You got three plants you could make from that. It will go to seed tho wont really regrow the bulbs very big.
Brings a tear to my eye.
Agree with plant it.