Avocado
You can grow an avocado tree just from the pit! Remove the pit from the avocado, rinse it, and soak it in a bowl of water for an hour. Then stick three toothpicks in it in the shape of a triangle, and rest it on a cup of water so just the flat bottom is submerged. Leave it in a warm and bright area, and soon it should crack open and grow roots! Change the water daily until it grows a few leaves, then transplant it into a pot with the seed resting above the soil. Read more about growing an avocado from a pit here.
Green Onions
Chop the top off your green onions one or two inches above the roots, then put the roots in a cup of shallow water. Change the water daily, and in a week or two you’ll have new green onions. You can repeat this process forever! If you don’t want to use water, just plant your green onions in a pot of soil, and cut the tops off whenever you need them. They’ll keep growing back. Read more about regrowing green onions here.
Pineapple
Next time you have a pineapple, just twist the top off and gently remove the bottom four or five sets of leaves. Let the top air dry for about two days – this will help keep it from rotting. Then twist it an inch or so into a pot of soil and water it well. Put it in a sunny spot and water it once a week, and before you know it it’ll sprout a stem and start to grow its own mini pineapple! To read more about growing pineapple tops, click here.
Other Easy-to-Regrow Kitchen Scraps
Avocados, green onions, and pineapples aren’t the only grocery store produce you can easily regrow. Here are just a few other plants you can have in your kitchen garden:
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