I couldn't toss mine, either, so I stuck the sprouts into a spare house plant pot. 5 of the 6 treated in that casual way are still going strong as house plants 2 months later, so that is one way to go. They'll go in last year's pumpkin hills when spring comes around again

Catherine

It's always best for the plant to root in solid media rather than water. Roots that develop in water are structurally different than roots that develop in soil. The most common end result of water rooted plants is that those roots die off when placed into soil and new roots grow. In effect the plant is being rooted twice.

Some plants are very easy to root and it probably doesn't make a whole lot of practical difference in the long run, but it's most efficient in terms of the plant's energy use to root directly in solid media