Regrow Supermarket Leeks Easily: Don't Thow Out the Chopped Off Ends!
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- Опубліковано 12 вер 2019
- Can you regrow leeks you bought in the supermarket from the chopped off end piece? Yes, of course you can! Full transcript of video here: tikki.co/regrow-supermarket-l...
In this video I regrow the supermarket leeks three different ways, and you will see which way worked the best. Never throw out those ends again, regrow them instead! - Навчання та стиль
Thank you for your research. I stopped cooking with leeks due to the outrageous price made much higher where I live in Jacksonville Florida. Leeks are generally foreign to our usually uninformed population. Stubborn and resistant to trying new things. Can't wait to make soups with them again.
I'm glad your video has a whole portion of seeing the various ways of regrowing and what those methods resulted in.
I realize the comment stream here is old, but this video was great for me! I just went to a farmers market and bought a bunch of leeks planning to use the stalks for something though I actually bought them to replant the tips so we could always have them available. I've done this with green onions for a while now and it's great to have them always there when we need them. One thing I was a bit concerned about was that these had been mostly chopped off at the tip, so wasn't how they'd do. You answered my question, and I also didn't know about hilling. Very informative, thank you and I voted up and subscribed and will check out your other stuff.
yours has been the best video so far on regrowing leeks. No one else mentioned the "hilling". The one I am regrowing in a pot is just one dark green stalk no white part. Now I know why.
That's a good point about the dirt! I wondered why people always talk about it!
Thanks, I'll give it a try too! I suggest trimming the old bearded one so it could regrow a new root system instead of fighting to regenerate one that got dried out.
Leeks will regrow back to almost full size in about 1 1/2 months. It is important to note that leeks are a "winter onion," which means they spread at the root. Leeks put off tiny baby leeks at the bottom bulb, and they will grow up slowly. Break the off and replant them, eat the mother plant, save the end of the mother plant and re-grow it yet again.
There are a lot of other kinds of winter onions that spread at the root, "multipliers," which are the big onion in the bag from the grocery story, which if you save the roots and a little of the top, soak it in water, replant them, more than on onion will grow back up attached together, as this is how it will reproduce, and the same with the little green onions in the pack from the store. When replanting the small green onions from the store, save the bottom 1/2 to an inch at the end where the root is, and replant it, water it, and 2 baby onions will shoot back up, in a few weeks will be a full size onion, here is a note though, it will have 2 in one, wait until it is almost full size to separate it where they are still attached together at the root, at least until they are half full grown or it will kill both of the onions. When you separate a multiplier, it is difficult to make sure that all the new baby onions get a piece of the root, so cut the root into with a knife.
Potato onions, which grow baby onions on under the dirt at the bulb base of the onion, akin to how a leek reproduces, is probably the best kind to have, and the hardest to attain...
The topset onions have little babies on the top of the plant, and when the top dies and falls over, the little onions will hit the ground and take root. They are Egyptian walking onions, and top set onions. These are not easy to attain either, no one wants to give their up to sell them.
The multipliers are easy to get, just buy the onions in the store and regrow them, and when regrow them they will multiply. I would add with those, if you do not cut them down to the bottom 1/2 to 1 inch at the bottom and regrow them, they will not multiply, will not make 2 onions. If you just plant them straight into the ground, at least the little green onions, they will live over winter in most areas, but they will not multiply until you cut them down about 1 inch or 3/4 of an inch from the root... Just a note on it. We have left them in the ground and just cut the tops off, if you have a big bed of onions, and cut off part of the green stalk on several onions, it turns out to be enough to flavor many dishes, and does save one money.
Do you find organic onions give a better outcome for regrowing from scraps? I seem to have had better results with organic.
Thanks
This is the quality content I crave. Thank you for the thorough video and including your learning process with the hilling!
Thanks for your video showing your different experimental methods with leeks.. I've been regrowing a lot of shop bought kitchen scraps this winter.. first in water then repotting into compost, and leeks is one of the plants I'm regrowing! I'd suggest with the bearded leek, the reason it didn't do so well is because the roots that were left on dried out, it made it more difficult to regrow and as they became wet in the water, even if you did change the water every day, the roots became affected by rot because they had no drainage and that rot became detrimental to the leeks overall growth. Like a surgeon, it would have been best to trim the dry dead roots then use water to help regenerate but continually removing the brown decomposing roots in the 1st few days before repotting and also using cinnamon powder easily available in most kitchens as an easy and safe antifungal treatment for the roots to prevent root rot when you replant them. I've regrown 2 leeks now in my highrise flat on the 13th floor, I don't have access to a garden but I now have my own personal food forest green space garden in my flat. One of my leeks has now started to flower, so I'm wondering how to deal with that now. 😊
Good luck and keep going with all the growing. 😊✌👍😁
This is a good video to watch about the methods I'm describing above about doing surgery on the plant to remove parts that are going to ultimately rot, rather than regrow and regenerate.. just this time with an onion.. this guy has a lot of info about pro growing and regrowing too.. 😊✌🌱
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Thanks for sharing, we all learn from each other this way!
Thank you ! My leeks went to seed fast this year ( due to the cold and hot back and forth). Your video answered so many question. Thanks
This is awesome! Thanks for all the info and ideas. Can’t wait to try this out. You’re amazing. 😊
Great video I have planted my leek cuttings a week ago
Another quality video! There may be something about a gardening podcast I listened to recently where the guest was adamant about differentiating the difference between roots started in soil and roots started in water. Maybe beardy was a strictly soil root, given a curveball when emerged in water? But I am grateful for your work, you do a great job in so many dimensions. Even if your a Folgers drinker ;P
You are the reason I can’t find paint stirrers! 😆
What perfect timing for me to watch your enjoyable & informative video, Tikki O.! I have a leek I was given last week, am going to put it in water right now! So fun, and free 😊 I really enjoy your channel, keep up the great work!
Thanks MG for the feedback, I appreciate it! Leeks are delicious as an alternative to onions, great in stir frys, excellent in soup, enjoy!
Excellent presentation!!!
How often should you water them once in the soil?
Thank you. This is exactly what I was looking for.
Another great video!
And great info too!
THANK YOU!
THANK YOU Just Floating, I appreciate it!
I love your videos! I'll be doing this next time we buy leaks! Thanks! :D
Yes, scallions too!
I love the video,but, I was hoping to see the harvest. Do you have a video on when and how to harvest? I grew a leek from a store bought and let it go to seed. But I didn’t dig it up yet.
I Love ❤️ your videos 💞, so informative....Lots of Love 😍 keep up the good work!!!!
You could use black art paper and make a tube and put the leek in side that way dirt will not be a problem
Great idea Carl, thank you!
@@TikkiOOO Hi I got this idea from a nother youtube channel called Home Grown Veg he grows vegetables in pots he has a vast array of vegetables in pots I think you should look him up. Keep the videos coming I look forward to see the end result on the leeks. Cheers.
Excellent video thank u so much ❤
Very good video, I learned a lot, thank you
The hairy roots wanted dirt... the water drowned them. The bare one grew those roots for water so they stayed safe.
Great video as usual!
Thanks!
Thanks Joao for your support!
SUPER TUTORIAL!!! I have leeks ready to plant out today. They were from my Leek and Potato soup.
I have 2 questions. What are the sun requirements & how do you know when they are ready to harvest?
you can also place a paper towel roll or pvc pipe over stalk to keep out light
Great video, thank you
Easy and on point 👍🏼
Thanks for not making it into a one hour video. Bless you.
I’ve done this and sometimes the leek was harvested just before it started to flower, some after it already began to flower, if it’s cut after the flower begins it may not continue growing, usually this is a good way to collect the seeds because the leek doesn’t usually grow to a size worth eating, but if you find a very large leek in the store, you can grow it out to collect it’s seeds to make more very large leeks, save those seeds and get even bigger leeks, it’s a lot of work but it’s fun showing your neighbors a leek the size of a tree trunk
Thank you!!!
The bearded one needed to go into soil more quickly. The roots rotted due to too much water.
Hi there
Home grow veg does a good job on leaks have a good day see you next time
Did you ever hear about plant drowning?
When you stick a root system that was developed in airy soil into water, it can drown.
Always leave some root system above water so it doesn't drown.
Will definitely give this a try. 👏👍😀
How long did you keep then in the garden before you harvested them?
@@rockyusa2012 Hi Rocky, they are still in the garden, I want to see how big they get.
I like your new look! What stops our outdoor friends from eating the leeks in the garden. How did your potato leek soup turn out?
Hi articufix, there is an enclosure we built around the raised garden bed, it keeps the animals out....and the potato leek soup was YUM, I did it in the Instant Pot. I'm thinking of doing a video on the recipe, it's a winner! Thanks for the comment!
I cut them waay shorter, just burried them in soil, sharing a pot with another plant. Seems to do fine too, so its really thát easy and even easier!
This is the Best video on the topic that i have seen so far, but one question, how long in average does it take to achieve full size during the regrowth period ? 4 months ? 5 months ? Thank you for your time
Apparently from 1.5 months to 2 months
Hi i'm also trying this i wanted to know how to water them please like how many times a week?
Please do a video on regrow cabbage from scraps
What kind of net cups do you use? The 2 inch ones or the 3 inch ones? Can anyone help me? Thanks!
Is there an update on the leeks? I can't find one. Thank you.
What a wonderful video! When you cook with these leeks that you are re-growing, will you please give us an update on the taste of them? Does the green part taste different than the white normally? Please let us know. Thank you Tikki O.
I will plan on that....I don't normally eat it raw, I cook it either in a stir fry, or in soups. The white part always tastes better to me. Thanks for the comment, I appreciate it!
@@TikkiOOO Cooking it is good. This is very interesting to me. I don't know why but I subbed to your channel a long time ago but just today received your latest new video. I went to your channel page and you had so many videos that I was never notified of. Yes, my bell was on. So I refreshed the bell and hope things will be more consistent now. :( But I found you again! :) Thanks for all your hard work!
@Susie Goodwin :)
@@MiddleEastMilli thanks MiddleEastMilli, I really appreciate your support and feedback!
@Susie Goodwin I also use some of the lighter green as well, but the paler the better according to most people's taste.
seems like you can always start roots in water - and go from aquatic to terrestrial, but you can rarely go from a root that grew in soil to a root in water. I suspect it wouldn't have gone much differently for the 'bearded one' had it been planted in overly wet soil (mud) and kept that way. Low O2 levels, and could be that the mychorzial fungus that was living symbiotically w/ the roots started rotting out under water too, taking the root with it. I would be interested to see what would have happened with a direct planting of that one right into some nice garden soil. I'm thinking it would have done great.
I have discovered that plants all seem to enjoy being in the earth more than in a pot. Interesting, eh?
I planted two leeks in pots snd put them outside. They are both growing and now have little bulbs growing in the green tops. What are these ? They look like they might open up and be flowers. We will see,
That's pretty cool
Yes, and cost effective! Thanks for the comment!
Is the blanching with the hilling cosmetic? Or does it affect the taste of the final product? Just curious...
See I'm dumb, I thought you ate the green part not the white part I thought they were like green onions... But apparently the white parts more better than the green part....
can i leave them in the grown all winter long ??????????
So how do you know when they are ready to harvest and eat the new growth?
Only by watching them. I harvested these earlier than necessary, but they tasted nice and tender. I could have let them grow a bit longer. Thanks for the question!
A cup of coffee at Tikki's tastes oniony.
Hi, i'm in a tropical country and we don't grow them here locally. I can only buy them from the supermarket. You think your method will work here? Though I'm planning to try it out anyways 😊
I live in a tropical country also. I tried this with store bought leeks and it worked. I planted them in potting soil, water them every week and fertilize twice a month.
How about just hilling up with mulch?
How long did it take for you to harvest the 'new' leeks? Did you regrow them again?
Hi angela, I just made the video last week, and left the leeks to grow some more. They are still in the garden bed, still growing and looking great. I want to wait to see how big they get.
@@TikkiOOO thanks. Can't wait to find out . In meantime I'll try it
Let us know how yours turns out too!
Leeks grow crazy fast, it's insane. However they need to grow for 90 days before they reach the "fullness" of a store bought one.
Thanks for the feedback vBDKv!
Wow. Your supermarket leeks have a much greater ratio of white to green flesh.
Mine keeps dying.
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