Wednesday, July 16, 2014

A salad fairytale

It reads like a fairytale. Buy salad, eat the leaves, grow the stump and eat more leaves. Well, it happened right here in my patio.






















The robust regrowth of new leaves is quite amazing. I made a large salad out of them. In fact, I find the new leaves more tender and tastier after the regrowth.

Salad leaves with tomato, sauteed onion and portobello mushroom, walnut, raisin and parmesan.


6 comments:

  1. Wow..I never thought we could regrow salad from its stump..I'm not having luck with the seeds though..I'll definitely try it next time I bought salad..

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  2. It only works if the roots are still healthy and fresh.

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  3. Hi Blur Ting, I m a newbie in gardening n I definitely do not have green fingers but I would love to grow my own vegetables. I have tried growing bai choy, spinach from seeds but after they have germinated they just seems to stop growing. So I do not know if it's the seed problem or the soil problem. I grew them in a long planter pot. What kind of vegetable seed is easy to grow and can see harvest soon. Like to seek your advice. Thks n have a nice day..:)

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  4. Good to see you're still planting!! I'm so glad to read it's been sustainable for you!

    How many batches of re-growths have you done?

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  5. Hi Michelle
    You need to give them direct sunlight. Also, the soil must be loose so you don't have water retention problems. Try kang kong for a start as they are easy to grow and fast growers.

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  6. I harvested 3 times before it died and rotted away.

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