Green Onions
Green Onion Growing Tips
The green onion bulbs should regrow their stalks in about a week. And as long as you leave the bulbs planted and water them regularly, they’ll continue to regrow more onions. Expect to get three to four harvests from your bulbs before you need to plant new ones.
Celery
Tips for Growing Celery
Keep your celery’s soil moist but not soggy. Also, celery plants prefer cool weather, so make sure to give yours shade from hot afternoon sun. Wait until the stalks are roughly 3 inches before you start harvesting, and expect to wait a couple months for full stalks to grow.
Ginger
Tips for Growing Ginger
When harvesting, work from the edge of your pot or planting area to carefully lift the rhizomes. Take what you need, and replant the ginger. As long as you continue to give the plant the proper growing environment, you should have a perpetual supply of ginger.
Lettuce
Tips for Growing Lettuce
Lettuce grown this way won’t get as large as it originally was. So don’t hesitate to harvest after about 10 to 12 days. After that, the plant will attempt to flower and go to seed, and the leaves will become bitter.
Pineapples
Tips for Growing Pineapple
Not every pineapple plant will end up producing fruit, but they still do provide interesting foliage with their long, sword-shaped leaves. If you get fruit, wait until the pineapple skin begins to change from brown to yellow before harvesting. Then, simply saw the fruit off your plant.
Potatoes
Tips for Growing Potatoes
Small potato varieties mature more quickly than the large potatoes. If you don’t plan on eating the potatoes right away, wait a couple of weeks after the leaves die to dig them up. Also, be careful not to pierce the skin as you’re removing them from the soil, as this can lead the potatoes to rot before you eat them.
Sweet Potatoes
Tips for Growing Sweet Potatoes
When grown outdoors, sweet potatoes must be harvested before your area’s first frost for best results. Avoid watering for about a week prior to harvesting. Then, cure your sweet potatoes in a warm, dry spot for at least 10 days prior to eating.
Enjoy the Satisfaction of Home Gardening
These are just a few of the foods you can regrow from scraps. Some are more time-consuming than others. And some might not produce food quite like what you’ll get at the grocery store. But if you enjoy the satisfaction of growing something yourself, there’s really not much you have to lose when planting a scrap you otherwise would have tossed.
