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Onions
« on: May 24, 2005, 10:01:45 »
My onions are coming along nicely but I have noticed that they have bulbs growing from the top of the leaves which I guess are seeds.  Is it true that this means when I actually come to harvest them that I cannot keep them for any lenght of time - I was hoping to tie them up and use them when needed?
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Re: Onions
« Reply #1 on: May 24, 2005, 10:19:36 »
Sounds like they could be flowers developing which will produce seeds later. Think you need to remove these ASAP.
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Re: Onions
« Reply #2 on: May 24, 2005, 10:32:09 »
Do you do the same for Garlic??  I have some Garlic with floers coming up...
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Re: Onions
« Reply #3 on: May 24, 2005, 10:56:24 »
Yes!
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Mrs Ava

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Re: Onions
« Reply #4 on: May 24, 2005, 22:14:51 »
Pinch out the flowers and make sure you use those onions first.  I have had a few send up flower stems already - I blame the dry Essex weather!
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Re: Onions
« Reply #5 on: May 26, 2005, 00:17:27 »
Nip off the flowers as soon as you see them with all onion family including chives!!
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Re: Onions
« Reply #6 on: May 26, 2005, 07:00:42 »
yes remove to allow bulbs to expand ;D
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Re: Onions
« Reply #7 on: May 26, 2005, 08:29:50 »
You'll also find these stems are great chopped up in salads instead of spring onions.
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Re: Onions
« Reply #8 on: May 26, 2005, 08:33:28 »
In my hazy brain it seems to nag that there are a certain type of garlic that flower before you harvest them???  Now I am going to have to research! :-\
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Re: Onions
« Reply #9 on: May 26, 2005, 08:44:43 »
Yes Doris, these are the hardneck varieties.. If you want yhe bulb to get more garlic, than leave the flowers, the scapes, leave them till harvest time and dry them.
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Re: Onions
« Reply #10 on: May 26, 2005, 19:38:06 »
Quote from: johcharly on May 26, 2005, 00:17:27
Nip off the flowers as soon as you see them with all onion family including chives!!

Most of the books I've read recommend this, but I keep my chive flowers, as they make a beautiful (edible) garnish on salads ;D
I've also served them frozen in ice cubes, in chilled fennel tea :P Very pretty.....
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Re: Onions
« Reply #11 on: May 26, 2005, 20:15:26 »
can anyone answer this for me?
i went to our village(about a mile away and when i parked there is someone who has a  lovely allotment type garden..very workmanlike it is.anyway-i say onions ther as big as a babies head..well..almost!so when did he plant these?are they sets or seeds?
he also has the sets(or looks like)like the sort i've planted-they are as far on as mine-which isnt very far...
so?any ideas?
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Re: Onions
« Reply #12 on: May 26, 2005, 20:39:42 »
Seeds sown around Christmas time, they get very large indeed :o
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Re: Onions
« Reply #13 on: May 26, 2005, 21:53:46 »
Japanese onions sets put in at the back end of last year are bulbing up nicely. Do I need to feed them and with what can anyone tell me?

Thanks

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Re: Onions
« Reply #14 on: May 26, 2005, 22:17:36 »
I have heard a bit of chicken poo does them good at the end of May so that is what I have done.
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Re: Onions
« Reply #15 on: May 27, 2005, 08:30:55 »
are these japanese onion sets available in gc's then at the end of the year?
winter hardy then?
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Re: Onions
« Reply #16 on: May 27, 2005, 23:28:48 »
Yes Kitty.  I get mine mail order - Marshalls or Tuckers - they arrived around October time and I finally got them in sometime in November.  I pulled my first 2 today and they area about twice the size of a tennis ball.  That is good for me as they appear to have beaten the bl**dy rot!  ;D
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Re: Onions
« Reply #17 on: May 28, 2005, 08:37:16 »
aha!
not heard of tuckers..i shall have to get some!ta ej!
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