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Onion growing roots

Bridgetc140
Bridgetc140 Posts: 405 Member
edited September 2024 in Food and Nutrition
I am about to plant a garden and I have this onion which is clearly growing roots.........I mean long green healthy looking roots...can I just plant it in a pot?

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  • tdc7591
    tdc7591 Posts: 37 Member
    This probably wouldn't work, the onion are started from sets, now if it was a potato that might work :) this time of year you can find onion sets just about anywhere.
  • ivyjbres
    ivyjbres Posts: 612 Member
    Yes and no. Onions are bulbs, so you probably want to put it in water first, and then transfer it to a pot once its developed more of a root complex. It probably won't live though, but if it does, I think it would just grow leaves out the top and smell, I don't think it would produce edibles. But it it does live, I think it can spread, so if it lasts long enough you might get edible onions out of the second generation. Definately science project worthy since you're not going to eat it anyway. What's the worst that could happen, right?
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