Harvest and process spring onions

Harvest spring onions

If the poles are long enough, you can harvest them. To do this, you have to decide whether you want to use the vegetables completely or only partially. With the first variant, you simply pull the rod together with the root out of the earth. Alternatively, you can also grow the spring onion as a permanent crop. In doing so, you only ever remove the leaves and a small part of the shaft. Make sure that you do not cut this shorter than 5 cm so that the plant can recover. Even after the cut, it will continue to grow over the years.
The time for harvest depends on the sowing Meeting. If you have sown vegetables in autumn, it will only take six months before you can harvest the stalks. Spring onions are generally suitable for cutting from a height of 25 cm.

Processing and preservation

Compared to its fellow species, the spring onion does not contain as many essential oils and is therefore less likely to cause tears. Always use a sharp knife for cutting. Otherwise, you tend to squeeze the vegetables, so that not only are they visually impaired, but also more juice escapes, which preserves the aroma and taste. Spring onions do not have a long shelf life and should therefore be consumed fresh. Alternatively, you can also freeze the leek. For this, it is advisable to cut the sticks into fine rings beforehand so that you can use them immediately after thawing. Unfortunately, spring onions lose their crunchy consistency at sub-zero temperatures. In addition, spring onions cut into pieces save more space than whole sticks. Here's how to cut a spring onion:

1. wash the rods under running water
2. Then shake off any remaining water and pat the leeks dry with a kitchen towel
3. remove the already withered leaves at the tips
4. first you should cut off the roots. These are inedible
5. Now divide the spring onion into rings or strips of any size