Regrow Onions From Another Onion...Need Proof? - Vlog Part 1 of 5

Onions, one of the easier and more forgiving root vegetables that you can grow in your backyard. They're naturally pest resistant and they store well long after harvest. Traditionally, there's two ways to plant your onions. Sowing seeds in the early spring is the most common and economical way, or you can actually buy pre-started bulbs called onion sets that give yourself a head start early in the spring. Last summer, I posted a video of yet another way to grow your onions, and that's to simply cut off the rooting tip, sprout it in water, and then plant it as you would a typical onion set. And so some discussion occurred as to whether or not this onion section would actually produce another onion bulb. Some people were skeptical, to put it mildly. Well, in this five-part video, I'm going to document the whole process from start to finish and prove once and for all that you can get an onion bulb from an onion section. And it starts right now. The first part to re-growing your onions from the rooting tip is easy. Simply cut the onions with a sharp knife around one inch above that rooting end. Do ensure that the onion or onions that you've selected are quite firm and very fresh. Just like when you're planting your garlic bulbs in the fall, older, squishy, or dried out bulbs simply won't work. Next, we need to place these cut sections root side down, suspended in water. You can do this using a glass jar, a plastic container, or in the case of what I've done here, cut plastic tubing of a specific diameter, cut into sections, and place in a container of water. And now we wait. Onions, being a cold weather crop, don't really need to be placed on additional heat at this time. However, I am trying to speed up this process and I am trying to achieve maximum results in the quickest time possible. So I'm going to place these guys in my growth chamber. All right, so I've placed those root sections on about 85 degrees Fahrenheit to get those root nodules to sprout, to jumpstart this experiment, and to speed up this proof of concept. The next video in this series will be these guys exploded with roots ready for potting. Hey, thanks for tuning in to The Ripe Tomato Farms, and this vlog in particular. Hit those like, share, and subscribe buttons if you find this stuff interesting, and I'll see you in the next video!