What to do when an onion sprouts after being stored too long? Turn it into a bonsai for your desk
Stir-fried pork with onion is a home-style dish, and quite a few gardening friends enjoy eating it too. However, sometimes we buy onions and don't cook them in time, and a few days later they sprout on their own. In this situation, many people worry that eating sprouted onions will cause health problems, so they simply toss them into the trash. In fact, even if you don't eat an onion for a while, there's no need to throw it away. Because besides being edible, onions can also be grown into ornamental bonsai!
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Onion bonsai
A sprouted onion can be grown not only in soil but also in water. But whether soil-grown or water-grown, it can be made into an ornamental bonsai, and an onion bonsai stays green all year round, bringing a touch of greenery to its surroundings, with fairly high ornamental value. More importantly, if we grow onions as potted plants, we can even harvest edible onions! This way we don't waste materials, and we also get to enjoy the charm of an onion bonsai - why not do it? Today, Huayou Jun will tell you how to turn a sprouted onion into a bonsai!
Onion bonsai
1. First, pick out the onions that have already sprouted, then get ready to make a bonsai by growing them in soil. Of course, if you don't have sprouted onions at home, you can also try buying a few and keeping them fresh in the fridge, and they will sprout in a few days. By then, we can use them to make an onion bonsai.
Onion bonsai
2. Take out the sprouted onion, then peel off the soft, wrinkled outer layers of skin. Be careful not to damage the roots at the bottom, since the onion mainly relies on them to absorb nutrients and keep growing! Of course, also try not to damage the terminal bud, so that green leaves and stems will grow out faster.
Onion bonsai
3. Use a kitchen knife to cut the onion at close to the halfway point, but be very careful not to cut the young sprout in half too, and avoid even injuring it as much as possible. This is mainly to ensure the onion survives and keeps growing well.
Onion bonsai
4. Carefully take the young sprout out of the remaining larger half of the onion, because we only need its young sprout to plant it. If the part of the onion that was peeled off hasn't gone bad, we can still use it to continue cooking! It seems the taste doesn't change much either, thus making full use of the resources and avoiding waste.
5. Prepare a flower pot and soil, put the soil into the pot, then plant the onion's young sprout in it. Note that the end with roots should face down, and the young sprout should stay upward, exposed above the soil. Then add soil and water it. After planting, just place the pot on a balcony or windowsill in a relatively sunny spot.
Onion bonsai
The potting process for onions is roughly like this, but if you want it to become a more ornamental green onion bonsai, the later care and management work cannot be neglected. With an onion bonsai, you can enjoy it as an ornament at ordinary times, and when the mature season comes, we can dig out the onion and turn it into a delicious dish.
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