On 7/12/19 4:44 PM, T wrote:
Hi All,

My grand experiment.

I have a small area about 6' long by 1-1/2 ' wide
that I let garlic, shallots, and onions just
grow without picking them.Â* I do this just out of
curiosity to see what they will do when they
go feral.

So, I purchased a clump of seven organic green onions
(shallots) from the grocery store.Â* They had about 1/4" root
left on the bottom.Â* I cut off the white parts (about 3")
and planted them in my feral bin. The green tops will
go to the dinner table.

They will probably die, but it will be interesting!

-T

Now this I did not expect. I thought they'd just
rot.

https://ibb.co/b54Y4h1

They now range from 6" to 10" tall.

The three in the foreground, I planted under the ground.
The four in the background, I planted with a nub sticking
up. It made no difference.

I did this because I can not grow green onions from
seed for my life and I wanted to see what would happen.

Next experiment with them: cut them back (eat the tops)
in the fall and see if they over winter! Maybe that is
the way to start a self renewing crop!