Granny, Did you tell me on the last thread that you had cut the roots off onions from the store and planted just the roots?<<<
Yes, that is what I have read a couple times, and I had a root, so put it in a plastic bag and it did show green growing in the center, just a commons brown store onion.
There might have been a quarter of an inch of onion on the root.
The half onion in the refrig also was growing green leaves, after being in their for a month or so.
I didn’t get to plant them, as the oxygen hose does not reach and I can’t bend over to mess with dirt and pots, too difficult to breathe.
I once had a page that said you could do the same with celery and I never had a chance to try it.
That's kinda what I was thinkin'. If I leave just enough of the onion attached to nourish the root a little before it sprouts it might work. Anyway, I'm going to try it just for experiment.
I might also try leaving the center bundle where the shoot would come from on another good root and see how that works. Better to experiment while I still have onions coming than when it's too late to waste any.