Second-Chance Garden

[Phaedra]

I’d like to share some stories about plants I’ve “rescued” from discount corners or managed to re-grow in different ways.
It’s a bit late today, so I’ll just open the thread now — tomorrow I’ll start posting about scallions, moth orchids, and Inca lilies.
Feel free to share your own lovely experiences, too.

 

[CherishedFowlGuardian]

They look great!

 

[Phaedra]

First of all, scallion

It's difficult to keep them alive on the shelf, so most of the time, they will go to the 50% discount about one hour before the discounters close.

Why not?

I will cut 1.5-2" for regrow

I usually store most of them in the freezer.

Then, they regrow.

You can enjoy 2-3 decent harvests

Meanwhile, based on the varieties, some can offer nice amount of small to mid-size fresh onions.

Some of them will flower anyway - good for pollinators

I collected the seed heads like this, eventually all the debris will decompose.

 

[Phaedra]

In fact, I collected seed heads from chives in the past and directly planted them already. This is the first time I tried with scallions/green onion/spring onion.

Lazy person lazy way

See you in about two weeks? (this was done on Aug 5th)
Well, as the seeds are fresh, I can't find any reason why this method won't work - it should work like this in the nature?

If it works, I will have tons of scallions!

Oh the lovely tiny green signals!

Three weeks later, almost time to transplant.
I am not too worried about too many seedlings - before transplanting, just seperate them roughly.

So far, it's a full cycle using store-bought scallion - minimum cost, maximum output.

 

[CherishedFowlGuardian]

In fact, I collected seed heads from chives in the past and directly planted them already. This is the first time I tried with scallions/green onion/spring onion.
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Lazy person lazy way
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See you in about two weeks? (this was done on Aug 5th)
Well, as the seeds are fresh, I can't find any reason why this method won't work - it should work like this in the nature?
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If it works, I will have tons of scallions!
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Oh the lovely tiny green signals!
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Three weeks later, almost time to transplant.
I am not too worried about too many seedlings - before transplanting, just seperate them roughly.
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So far, it's a full cycle using store-bought scallion - minimum cost, maximum output.

Great tip; I should try it!

 

[CherishedFowlGuardian]

I grew an avocado tree from a seed from an avocado I got from the store. Maybe I will post about it later.