On Fri, 1 Mar 2019 16:16:27 -0800, "Julie Bove"
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>> On Fri, 1 Mar 2019 07:58:45 -0800 (PST),
>> wrote:
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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.
>>
>> 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.

well I am pretty much on the gulf coast. so the growing season is
nearly year round for more hearty species. for everything else growing
season is nearly 9 months a year like I said it froze as in below 32
f or 0c for only a couple of days this year.. below 45 for maybe a
week and a half below 50 for like 2 weeks below 65 for about a 2
months

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