How to Grow Scallions or Green Onions & Care

Green onions, aka scallions or spring onions, are sold with a root end that you always trim off before using the green stalks and slim white bulb in recipes. Green onions bring the flavor of onions without the long wait in the garden or the peeling in the kitchen. Growing them from seeds can take a long time but it doesn’t have to too. In this article, you can see how easy it is to grow.

How to Grow

Slice off the ends of the bulbs, leaving roots attached. Using the stick poke some holes in the soil and insert the green onions in the soil. It will grow in any soil conditions and are very hardy, they will grow even if the temperature is cold, as long as it’s above freezing. Set on a windowsill and keep the roots moist. After a few days, green shoots will emerge from the tops of the bulbs. Keep the roots submerged and change water at least once a week.

When the shoots are or four or five inches long, you can plant them in the ground or a pot filled with good quality potting soil. Snip off what you need, cutting the leaves all the way to the ground. If you don’t cut the greens down to the ground, the plant could get to be much larger than the green onions you find in your grocery store.

Care

Green Onions are leafy vegetables that can handle a bit of shade. But they do best and remain healthiest in full sun, meaning at least six hours of direct sunlight on most days. They have a shallow root system, so regular watering and/or rainfall is a must as soon as the soil starts to dry out. The soil should be consistently moist but not soggy.

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