How wonderful! Forgetfulness results in a little miracle!
I find Nature's strength and resilience rather moving. Some years ago, I threw out an old cactus. The poor plant survived the vagaries of winter and managed to bloom too; even a small branch of it that was attached to nothing!
I should love to see a photo of the heroic "stick" too.
Several days ago, I bought 2 "sticks" of lemon grass. I washed both of them in order to use them but ended up using just the one; so I put the other in a plastic container (as I usually do with all my cut herbs) to place in the fridge for a later use.
Today, I found that container hiding behind a few jars of various pulses in a corner of the work tops! I had forgotten to put it in the fridge.
To my utter surprise, when I opened the container I saw that the stick had grown a tiny root!! Nature amazed me again.
I wanted to take a photo of it but my phone decided not to work all day. Obviously I shall have to get a new one. Isn't technology a let down!
I found an old one that still works and here is the lemon grass "stick" with its root!
Actually, whenever I leave leeks or carrots in their packaging, they DO grow roots in the fridge!
My leeks, when neglected in the fridge, do the same but my neglected carrots grow very fine white "hairs" down their entire lengths, which don't look like actual roots to me. However, I don't know what, exactly, they are!
My leeks sprout roots in the fridge when I fail to take them out of their shop packaging; something similar happens with the carrots but I wouldn't call those roots. Not a domestic goddess, I much fear!
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I put it in a small jar with some water. If it thrives, I will plant it up properly.
My leeks, when neglected in the fridge, do the same but my neglected carrots grow very fine white "hairs" down their entire lengths, which don't look like actual roots to me. However, I don't know what, exactly, they are!
I'm rather sure that certain people will take this absolutely literally.
I have a dream that my.. children.. one day.. will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character
Martin Luther King