11 Vegetables and Fruits to Regrow Endlessly at Home

Don’t throw away the remains of your vegetables and plants, give them a second life because most of them lend themselves willingly to infinite cultivation. You will thus grow your own products which will have a flavor like no other and Mother Nature will thank you. The remains of your plants and vegetables will no longer be wasted, you will thus tend towards the Zero waste mode! The multiplication of plants is within the reach of any amateur gardener, nothing is thrown away, everything is transformed… It’s up to you to try it.

1 – THE LEEK

The leek also has a very fast vegetative multiplication. With these techniques, you will only harvest the greens of the leek.

Keep the base of your leeks and immerse them in water, with the small filaments facing down. Change the water regularly and wash the roots once a week. When the leek is mature, you will have very beautiful green leaves that you can eat.

2 – LETTUCE

Any head lettuce will regrow easily. Simply cut off the base of the head of lettuce and you will have a piece about an inch tall; place it in a small container with half an inch of water, which you should change daily. In (approximately) three to four days, it should produce roots and new shoots. Then plant it in soil or a larger container.

3 – GARLIC

First, choose a head of garlic, not necessarily sprouted, and separate the cloves. Then plant them slightly spaced apart in a pot or planter, with the pointed end upwards, 2.5 cm deep. Add potting soil on top and water once a week. Expose the pot to the sun.

4 – ONIONS

Growing time: several months

To regrow an onion, simply place the discarded bottom part in soil and wait for the roots to grow. Remove the old core and watch it grow back!

5 – PINEAPPLE

After eating a pineapple instead of throwing it in the trash, you can keep the end of the pineapple (the one with the leaves) to get… a new plant, which will later give you new pineapples!

The most important thing is that your pineapple is not too ripe or too yellow, because chances are it won’t work if it is.

The ideal is to do it with a pineapple that is not too ripe, whose leaves are in good shape, very green and not too dry. At worst, if you like sweet and very ripe pineapples, nothing prevents you from cutting the tail and then keeping the fruit in the fridge with cling film so that it finishes ripening quietly!

Simply take your pineapple, cut off the top of the fruit and put the pineapple stem in water, then expose it to light (near a window, for example). As the days go by, you will see that the leaves start to dry out, and this is normal: if you look closely, new little leaves appear in the center and gradually replace them. Your pineapple is not dead!

After about 1 month, you will see that there are small roots starting to appear. You can then plant your pineapple plant in a pot! Be sure to remove the leaves that are completely dead beforehand, and which should come off very easily: they will no longer be of any use, and could even rot your plant!

Then, all you have to do is be patient. As the pineapple grows, you can replant it in a larger pot. Not only is it very decorative, but you can also enjoy fresh pineapples!

6 – TOMATOES

Here is a magic recipe to have tomato plants quickly. All you need is one or two tomatoes, an empty plastic bottle, small stones, potting soil, newspaper and finally a large black plastic bag. To start, cut the tomatoes lengthwise and empty them. Keep the seeds carefully. Then, cut the plastic bottle lengthwise. Pierce it with a few holes so that the water can drain. Put a few stones at the bottom of the bottle.

Pour the soil into this container and place the seeds. Space them out without spreading them too much. Then, cover the seeds with a thin layer of soil. Don’t put too much so that the seeds can easily come out. The next step is to wet two sheets of newspaper. Wring them out a little so that the newspaper is not too wet. Then place them on the soil so that they are completely covered.

Put everything in the plastic bag and close it well. The role of the bag is to retain humidity, as if it were a small greenhouse. After 4 or 5 days, you can open your homemade greenhouse. The newspaper should still be damp. And surprise! The seeds have germinated. You can now transfer them to pots, like any tomato plant.

You can then place them on your balcony. Avoid watering them too much so as not to rot the roots.

7 – GINGER

1. Soak some leftover ginger in water overnight.
2. Pot it in very moist soil. Water to keep the soil moist until shoots appear.
3. Harvest the ginger plant after about a year. Remove the entire plant, take the desired amount and regrow using the same method.

8 – FENNEL

It easily grows back from its remains. To give it a second life, keep the heart of the bulb and place it in a little water, in the sun. Wait a few days and you will then see small shoots appear on the side of the bulb. These are new fennel plants developing.

9 – BASIL

To regrow your basil, keep it with its branches and place it in water. The longer its stem, the easier it will propagate. After a week, the branch will have developed roots. After about ten days, you will need to place your basil in soil and keep it in a sunny spot.

10 – LEMONGRASS

Keep a few lemongrass stalks and put them in a glass of water, in the sun. You don’t have to put them whole, you can take a few centimeters at the end. They must be very green and still firm.

The stem will produce roots and grow back. Let it grow to about a foot before taking any. It will continue to grow in this manner, but you can also plant it in a pot once the roots have developed.

This exotic aromatic plant has a very fragrant, slightly lemony flavor, which goes wonderfully with rice and vegetables.

11 – CORIANDER

Coriander is a delicious herb, once added to dishes, it instantly gives more flavor. If it grows in the kitchen, it will be easier for you to use it to prepare tasty dishes. To plant it, you must place the cut stems in a glass of water so that the roots develop. When they are large enough, you can put them in a pot. After a few weeks, you will have new leaves, and after a few months, a whole plant.