How to grow green onions and garlic on a windowsill
Green onions are a tasty and piquant addition to various dishes: borscht, pampushkas, salads, side dishes, vegetable appetizers. In winter, the cost of such greenery is quite high. Why overpay if you can grow tasty and healthy green onions on your windowsill in just a week! Try to grow such greens, and you definitely won’t be able to stop! In addition, in this way you can grow not only onions, but also garlic greens by planting garlic cloves in a container.
1. First you need to prepare the bulbs. The top of the onion must be carefully peeled without damaging the onion itself. Soak the bulbs overnight in cold water. In the meantime, it is worth preparing a container for growing onions. This can be any container with access to air. To do this, it is recommended to make small air duct holes in a pot, tray, bottle or box.Place a layer of ordinary medical cotton wool or wood sawdust on the bottom of the container.
2. Pour water over the cotton wool so that it is slightly damp.
3. Place the bulbs in the container with the tops facing up.
4. Cover the container with cling film. Make small holes in the film using a toothpick. Send the onions to a warm and sunny place. Water the bulbs every five days. The first roots may appear as early as the next day.
5. After 5-6 days, the first onion shoots appear.
6. Already on the twelfth day, the onion is ready to eat! The onion feather is strong and densely growing. If you cut greens, they will grow back again and again. Watering remains the same as before - once every five days.
Such onions can be safely grown at any time of the year: winter, autumn, early spring. To get more onions, you need to plant more bulbs. It is desirable that it be of the appropriate type, a small seed. If you take care of onions, grow them in a bright and warm place, they will delight you with luxurious greenery for a long time.
To grow onions you need to prepare:
- tray, wooden box or plastic bottle;
- whole onions;
- cotton wool;
- warm, settled water;
- cling film.
Growing process:
1. First you need to prepare the bulbs. The top of the onion must be carefully peeled without damaging the onion itself. Soak the bulbs overnight in cold water. In the meantime, it is worth preparing a container for growing onions. This can be any container with access to air. To do this, it is recommended to make small air duct holes in a pot, tray, bottle or box.Place a layer of ordinary medical cotton wool or wood sawdust on the bottom of the container.
2. Pour water over the cotton wool so that it is slightly damp.
3. Place the bulbs in the container with the tops facing up.
4. Cover the container with cling film. Make small holes in the film using a toothpick. Send the onions to a warm and sunny place. Water the bulbs every five days. The first roots may appear as early as the next day.
5. After 5-6 days, the first onion shoots appear.
6. Already on the twelfth day, the onion is ready to eat! The onion feather is strong and densely growing. If you cut greens, they will grow back again and again. Watering remains the same as before - once every five days.
Such onions can be safely grown at any time of the year: winter, autumn, early spring. To get more onions, you need to plant more bulbs. It is desirable that it be of the appropriate type, a small seed. If you take care of onions, grow them in a bright and warm place, they will delight you with luxurious greenery for a long time.
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