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jesssands
Acre
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whats happening to this onion?
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September 01, 2013, 14:19:36 »
Looks like its having babies out of its bottom?!!
They have been drying in the shed since july.
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gavinjconway
Hectare
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Re: whats happening to this onion?
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September 01, 2013, 19:52:59 »
Just a bit of nature .... they sometimes split like that..
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Hi_Hoe
Half Acre
Posts: 192
Re: whats happening to this onion?
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September 01, 2013, 20:10:06 »
I think its trying to regrow! in the right (...or wrong....?) environment, garlic does the same. Ive had this before - use these onions first!
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If tha does nowt, tha gets nowt. Simple!
squeezyjohn
Hectare
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Oxfordshire - Sandy loam on top of clay
Re: whats happening to this onion?
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September 02, 2013, 23:21:10 »
Agreed!
It's not dead or dormant and has been left upside down and is trying to grow in the opposite direction through the split in the roots
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ed dibbles
Hectare
Posts: 523
somerset/dorset border. clay loam.
Re: whats happening to this onion?
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September 03, 2013, 19:20:50 »
Many ornamental bulbs can be propagated using this "damaged basal plate" technique.
Hyacinths are the obvious example but you can see how it would work with alliums too.
Best to eat what you can of this one though.
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