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Julie Bove[_2_]

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> On Fri, 1 Mar 2019 07:58:45 -0800 (PST),
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>>kind of pricey for what you get. celery hearts are $3.99. a tad pricey,
>>but i purchased some anyway. now i wish that i would have bought the
>>green onions because i love them in a salad. cooking onions will have to
>>do.
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> ok first go to dollar tree and buy something, anything that can hold
> about 5 inches of dirt and that will sit on a window seal actually buy
> two of then just make sure they can stack and one will sit inside the
> other. Go to a store that sells potting soil get a small bag, enough
> to fill one of your containers. Take one of your containers and poke
> several small holes in them, larger than pin holes maybe 1/4 inch in
> diameter. Put the container with the holes inside you other empty
> container then with the container with holes on top fill it with your
> dirt/potting soil. Go to a grocery store and but one bunch of green
> onions, fresh with the roots still on. Plant the rooted end inside the
> potting soil then carefully cut the green onions just above the white
> ends, use the onions as needed. water your cut/planted rooted ends...
> not too much water but you do want all of your dirt moist. after 5
> minutes take your top container out and empty the water in the other
> in the sink and place your plants back inside the empty container..
>
> Congrats you will never ever have to buy green onions again, nor will
> you ever need to go to the store just for that again
>
>
> Additional notes:
> Water at least once a week always dump excess water after it has all
> drained. These plants do very well outside, I have had mine outside
> all winter and we have had a couple freezes and they did just fine.

Doesn't always work here. I have a big planter that I use for tomatoes and
onions. Our growing season is short so my tomatoes are from larger plants.
Onions are from sets. Some winters, the onions keep. Everything died off
this year. Waaay too cold.