In this video, I show you how to turn one leek into two leeks by planting leek cuttings from grocery store leeks! After chopping your leeks when cooking, don’t throw away your leek roots! Those kitchen scraps can be planted and quickly regenerate into a whole new leek with this amazing garden trick!
Regrowing vegetables from kitchen scraps is a great way to save money, and growing leeks this way gets you two leeks for the price of one! This video will show you how to grow leeks from leftover kitchen scraps with ease.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
0:00 Intro To Growing Leeks From Cuttings
1:50 Leek Root Regeneration After 1 Day
2:24 How To Plant Leek Cuttings
4:26 Regrowing Leeks 9 Days Later
6:49 Regrowing Kitchen Scraps Milk Jug Hack
9:20 Adventures With Dale
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0:00 Intro To Growing Leeks From Cuttings
1:50 Leek Root Regeneration After 1 Day
2:24 How To Plant Leek Cuttings
4:26 Regrowing Leeks 9 Days Later
6:49 Regrowing Kitchen Scraps Milk Jug Hack
9:20 Adventures With Dale
The leek leaked a leek
Hey MG, Mark from Charlotte, great video! Iβm always confused about the best time to plant onions, green onions and leeks here in zone 7. Unfortunately I live in the woods, and get good sun in the summer but most of my raised beds become shaded as the sun lowers in fall, so a fall garden is tough. What are your thoughts about a good time to plant the alliums in zone 7? Thanks!
Definitely trying this! Thank you! ππ
There are quite a few vegetables people can do this with–thank you for featuring one which might get overlooked!
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Mine are growing with a vengeance!!ππππ I can't wait to see it fully grownπ I thank you very much for this video. Loved the tips and your expresions πI'm gonna give the milk jug a try. Hope you guys have a healthy Thanksgiving, hugs to sweet Daleπππ¦ππ»
You can also do this with Vidalia onions. I did this with onions this past summer and got some small to medium sized onions. They will go to seed if you leave them go as it is a second year for them.
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I'm doing this with celery. My bunnies will get a fresh snack of celery leaves for Thanksgiving! Thanks for the great video!
greeting's from 7 a/b north carolina. I am enjoying your video's
So funny to see your face and excitement I do the same thing when new plants come up. Knowing your growing food makes it even better.
@7:37 Lizard likes Leeks or Garden grown Geko
At harvest, if you cut the leak off but leave the root in the ground will it grow back? That could save a lot of time and you get multiple harvests per planting
Great job! I love your channel. You share very good tips. I could use All I can get! π
I'll try this in the spring/summer. Condensation should save the plant during extreme KS heat. Happy Thanksgiving y'all. Careful out there.
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Iβve never tasted leaks before.
I do this with onion roots and the too-tiny slivers of garlic all the time. A couple of years ago I happened on a leek "clearance" and bought a handful. You can regrow yet again – and the biggest most vigorous one I left to bloom and got more seed than I could use!
I do β€LEEKS this time of year.
They are so yummy in a crock pot stew or a baked casserole. I may have to try this because they are getting expensive$$$ at my grocery store.
I did the same thing with a red onion.
I think as I harvest my leeks, I will cut them an inch from the soil and leave them in the ground.