Experiment 5: Re-growing Spring Onions
Spring Onions can be very expensive in Norway. For just five sticks you normally pay between 20-30 kroner (US$4-6). But spring onions grow amazingly well here in Norway. This season I have only bought two bunches of spring onions from the store. When I used one I plopped the cut off into a small tub of soil on the windowsill. They have grown very fast and have given many off-shoots. Just ten cut-offs have supplied a whole Summer and Autumns worth of spring onion.
Experiment – successful!
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Even in the peak of summer our mountains have touches of snow.
The darkest day of the year is known as winter solstice.
Pølse is THE fast food of Norway. When the grilled pølse was first introduced to Norway in the 50s it was eaten naked – without bread.
Inspiring!
Do you think this would work with other herbs too? And which direction does your window sill face? I’d like to try it =D
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from L-Jay:
You know, I went to coop and bought some potted organic herbs when they were half price earlier this year. I divided each plant bunch into 4 and re-potted. They have all re-grown perfectly (my basil is still going strong and we have so much I’ve been feeding it to the rabbits). Our kitchen windowsill faces south so i gets the mos sun. The Summer was very cloudy this year but the plants are ok with half shade. I just fed them a little organic liquid fertilizer (that I had to buy from Finland) every second week.
Actually, I’ve just bought some more herbs to grow over the Winter. We are going to be trialling grow lights this dark season.
I’m afraid I don’t understand how this works. You just use the green bit in the kitchen and plant the bulb? Or are we talking the little bitty slice at the bottom of the bulb where you cut off the root bundle? If that’s the case, how do you plant it so that it doesn’t just rot?
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from L-Jay:
I just cut off the bottom of the stalk about 3cm up from the root and then plant it in potting soil. (I mix my own soil – pearlite, compost and soil.) It basically starts to grow immediately. (I think in the US the Spring Onion is different – it has a bigger bulb at the end and has a strong bite to it. The ‘Spring Onion’ in Norway (and other parts of the world), is known as a ‘green onion’ in the US.)
I didn’t know you could do that! They’re quite a bit cheaper over here, but still too expensive on a tight budget (especially in winter). Will definitely try this
Amazing! Here, spring onions are a little cheaper, but still quit expensive to use a lot.
I too wonder what part of the onion you are planting. I have planted the base of Romaine lettuce after cutting off the leaves and it will take root an produce a new head.
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from L-Jay:
Really? wow – I’ve gotta try that!
Wow, this is so cool! We are vegetarians in Norway, so we use a lot of spring onions. I’ve got to try this
hei! my post isn’t related with this topic, but i think that it might be very useful for those learning Norwegian language.
I’m a little confused with the Substantives, because the change all the time from entall to flertall. I was wondering if you know a book about Norwegians substantives ( to try to memorize them) because I know it doesn’t exist any specific rule about that , you just have to memorize.
Takk for hjelpe
Hilsen
Manu
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from Moose:
I don’t know of any specific noun (substantiv) books in Norwegian, but normal dictionaries have the nouns and their plural forms specified. While most nouns follow rules that are easy to learn, there are several irregular nouns that I’m afraid you just have to memorise. I suppose this goes for any language, really.