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Produce => Edible Plants => Topic started by: legless on May 16, 2004, 20:00:56

Title: onion confusion
Post by: legless on May 16, 2004, 20:00:56

2 of my onions have producd flower heads. does this mean something has gone wrong and the rest will too or should i expect 2 out of 120 ish onions to bolt?

thanks in advance

Title: Re:onion confusion
Post by: tim on May 16, 2004, 20:53:01

Presumably autumn sown - just take the heads off. The rest may be OK. No telling why. = Tim

Title: Re:onion confusion
Post by: JAL on May 16, 2004, 21:23:56

A few of my autumn onions have flowered as well, just like Tim said I have pinched out the flowers and am hoping they will continue to grow - I haven't a clue as to why they have flowered.

Title: Re:onion confusion
Post by: derbex on May 17, 2004, 10:23:59

Not from experience, but Mr. Flowerdue says that they should be ok to eat, but won't store as well, so use them first.

Jeremy

Title: Re:onion confusion
Post by: legless on May 18, 2004, 07:27:12

thank you all!

since its only a couple i'm going to let them flower to see what they look like!

Title: Re:onion confusion
Post by: Multiveg on May 19, 2004, 18:48:25

Onion flowers are rather pretty - have an ornamental allium in the border with purple flowers  ;D

Title: Re:onion confusion
Post by: tim on May 19, 2004, 19:59:29

As said - any onion that has a flower stem will not store. = Tim

Title: Re:onion confusion
Post by: legless on May 19, 2004, 22:35:44

but i'm sure the bees will like it.....

i have planted about 120 so i think a loss of 2 isn't too bad, the rest are monsters - i hae no idea what variety - i think perpetual allotment variety that is grown for size! one a week will do us!