It is a known fact that we do not consume whole vegetables as it is , there is always a part which is thrown as waste and rest major part of the vegetable is consumed. There are numerous vegetables whose waste part can be regrown to obtain harvest .
A Radish is a popular vegetable which is not consumed as a whole but only consumed after removing the green leafy part from the top of Radish. We can grow the leftover leafy part for obtaining harvest of Radish pods .
How is it done ?
Firstly a Radish is dissected from its top green leaves
Whole Radish Top part of Radish
Now this leftover top part of radish which is waste can be regrown to obtain radish pods or 'mogri 'as it is called in Hindi.
This waste part of Radish is regrown to harvest Radish pods.
Radish pods obtained from growing Radish waste
Onions are versatile vegetables which are humongous consumed around the world. Onion bottom root part is scraped of as waste for consuming onions. Do you know these scraped parts can be regrown to obtain fresh spring onions.
How is it done ?
Onion root part scraped off from onion as a waste
These bottom parts can be regrown to obtain spring onions
Spring onions grown from onion waste
Most of the leafy green vegetable can be regrown from their leftover roots that are thrown away after consuming the leafy part of the vegetable.
These roots part are removed from coriander stems as a scrap
These roots can be regrown to harvest fresh stock of coriander leaves
Coriander regrown from scrapped roots
These roots that come with spinach can be regrown to obtain fresh harvest
Spinach regrown from leftover roots
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Very interesting, dear Arun, maybe I should try too. But we don´t have a garden....
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Violetta