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Started by rutters, April 12, 2007, 10:50:12

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rutters

April 12, 2007, 10:50:12
Got a shop bought onion here that has been left so long it has sprouted long green tops. What will happen if I plant it in compost?

cheers
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rutters

April 12, 2007, 10:50:12
Before you criticise someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes.
That way, when you criticise them, you're a mile away and you have their shoes.

froglets

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April 12, 2007, 10:59:02
it will grow more leaves and then go to seed.
is it in the sale?
(South Cheshire)

Jeannine

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April 12, 2007, 11:43:00
Hey Rutters,I just did that, a lottie neighbour who grows great onions gave me 4 of an unusual Japanese one.I planted them and they are coming up great,I think they put a big stalk with a round seed ball at the top  with seeds in,I am going to try amyway as he got the seeds from JapanXX Jeannine
When God blesses you with a multitude of seeds double  the blessing by sharing your  seeds with other folks.

David R

#3
April 12, 2007, 11:56:09
I had a load of leftover onions from the harvest last year, and i planted then in a large tub for an unusual onion flower display later this year.

Onions are normally biennials - they flower the 2nd year using the stored energy in their bulb from the 1st year.

Mrs Ava

#4
April 12, 2007, 12:49:07
I left a couple of cloves of elephant garlic on my allotment when I first took it on, and they flowered, and I left them and they flower for me every year.  The bees love them and I love them!

caroline7758

#5
April 12, 2007, 17:00:21
A lot cheaper than cultivated alliums!
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