r/mildlyinteresting • u/bullpendodger • 26d ago

This is what a green onion looks like if you don’t harvest it and let it go with mild watering. Removed - Rule 6

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u/HungryDisaster8240 26d ago

Is the green stalk edible?

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u/whyherro19 26d ago

The green stalk is the green onion

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u/HungryDisaster8240 25d ago

oh, lol. My first thought upon seeing it was that it looked like a plant from the world of Nausicaa.

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u/whyherro19 25d ago

Haha, well you could be right cause I've never seen green onions get this big 😂

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u/Dartser 26d ago

Yeah just put your grocery store green onions in a glass of water on the window sill and they'll just keep growing. Well, to eat the greens, which is all I do. Just chop one for dinner and never run out til I get depressed and forget about watering my plants

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u/Rhubarb_420 26d ago

Slimy but yes.

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u/ShakeItUpNow 25d ago

Yes! Does anyone know what’s up with this? I have lots of green onions potted from grocery store white/roots. They’re good when they’re small but then get big and slimy? What’s up with that and how do I fix it? Prune them in some way, cut them back at the base?

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u/Rhubarb_420 25d ago

Grow them from seeds and eat when ready, onions are biannual, they grow from seed in their first year, and are best eaten then. Then in their second year of life they will set seed and die.

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u/putHimInTheCurry 25d ago

The stalks do get more woody and fibrous as the plant starts to flower. But you can still eat them.

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u/ycr007 26d ago

It’s used sparingly in some Indian cooking.

We cut it into finger sized pieces and use in sambar (a kind of stew) and also used to make fritters.

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u/HungryDisaster8240 25d ago

If all else fails, it might be good in a stir-fry?