- By Brabantia _
- 27 Feb 2022
How to regrow your vegetables
Do you have leftover spring onions or cabbage? Sprouted garlic cloves? Don't throw them away! Grow new vegetables from them.
Grow your own - SPRING ONION & LEMON GRASS.
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Place the base in the small regrow pot, cut side up. |
Place the regrow kit in a sunny spot. Check the water level every few days.
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Spring Onion - The onion will regrow almost immediately. Cut off what you need and leave the bottom part in water, so it will keep regrowing Lemon grass - In about two or three weeks, you should see new roots. The stalks can be planted in soil. When it is about 30 cm in height, you can start reusing your lemon grass. Just cut off the amount you need, your lemon grass will keep growing. |
Grow your own - CELERY, CABBAGE & LEEKS
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Place the base in the big regrow pot. The top part should be above water level. |
Place the regrow kit in a sunny spot. Check the water level every few days.
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Celery - Cabbage - After about a week or two, plant into a garden or flowerpot. Leek - The leek will regrow almost immediately and will keep regrowing. Just cut off whatever you want to use in the kitchen. |
Grow your own - BEETS, TURNIPS & CARROTS
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Place the top in the small regrow pot, cut side down. The top part of should be above water level for the greens to grow. |
Place the regrow kit in a sunny spot. Check the water level every few days.
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After a few days, leaves will start to grow from the top. Beets - Let it grow for a little and then plant it in soil. In about 3 weeks, when the leaves are around 15 cm tall, you can start cutting and eating the leaves. Turnip - Let it grow for a little and then plant it in soil. Carrot greens - After 1 to 3 weeks, your tops will start to grow leaves. Plant into a garden or flowerpot. |
Grow your own - AVOCADOS
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Place the pit in the small regrow pot, pointy side up. Only half of the pit should be in the water. |
Place the regrow kit in a sunny spot. Check the water level every few days. |
In 3 to 6 weeks, the top of the pit will split open. Several weeks after that it will begin to grow. In about three months, when your tree is around 20 cm tall, you can take it out of the water and plant it. |
Grow your own - GARLIC
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Place the budding cloves in the small regrow pot. Only the bottom part of the cloves should be in water. |
Place the regrow kit in a sunny spot. Check the water level every few days. |
After a few days, the cloves grow roots. You can start cutting (and eating) the greens once they are 3 inches tall. |
Easy start
By regrowing, you grow new plants from vegetable leftovers. This means that the life cycle of vegetables doesn’t end in your kitchen, but starts all over again with a little love and attention. This is good for your wallet and for the planet. And for your mood. Because plants in the house are cosy. Growing plants is a restorative activity, every day you can see how a bit of progress has been made again. |