Grow spring onions from cuttings

Next time you buy spring onions (or shallots as we often call them) - don't discard the bottom 1cm. Cut it off with the little roots attached & plant in a pot. In no time it'll sprout and keep growing green shoots. I cut them all off at once & plant them in a bunch. In the photo below I've placed them in the centre of a largish pot & I'll plant some greens around the edge.

I just keep cutting the green shoots off & then I have green onions on hand at all times. They will eventually go to seed and you need to start over - but it's a heck of a lot cheaper than buying them every time you need them.

I actually use these instead of onions much of the time as I've never had success with growing onions. Onions like cooler weather so maybe now that I've moved to cooler climes I may have some success.

Planted in a bunch

This is after 10 days