bolting of the onion

[sunner]

Think my onions are bolting is there anything i can do to stop the rest bolting
or anything to stop it happens next year these ones are senshyu yellow over wintering ones

[sunner]

[tim]

That's life - nip 'em off!!

[cambourne7]

I have the same problem,  i have just started harvesting the ones that are bolting and using asap. They will not keep ;(

On the good side pick out the largest 2 and leave them to go to seed and use it next year instead of buying seed ;)

[djbrenton]

Do use the scapes you take off. They, not unnaturally, taste of onion and chopped up can be used just like onions.

[debster]

what are scapes?

[cambourne7]

http://bedstuycsa.blogspot.com/2007/06/waddya-do-with-garlic-scapes.html

Its what is created when garlic bolts

[David R]

or....if you nip the flower of but leave the bulb to mature as long as the others you can still get some onion for your money, however they wont keep so you have to find a use for them (they are sort of open inside - not the normal tight onion layers). These japanese onions dont really keep long after harvest in any case.

[delboy]

So many of mine - mainly the overwintering ones - went to seed last year.
I used a recipe for onion chutney from the Recipes section and they were brilliant after all.

Just checked, and a lot of the overwintering onions are going the same way as 2007.

Ah well, out with the jars and the sugar and vinegar!

[antipodes]

How do you manage that? there is not a single weed to be seen on that patch!!! Even once I have weeded there are loads of little seedlings around the place, they get between every onion and they are a bugger to get out, especially the chickweed  :-[

[sunner]

How do you manage that? there is not a single weed to be seen on that patch!!! Even once I have weeded there are loads of little seedlings around the place, they get between every onion and they are a bugger to get out, especially the chickweed  :-[

i just weeded the corner that was going to show in the pic so i looked good , glad soneone noticed    ::)

[sunner]

thanks for all the answers      pulled some up today hope they are big enough to eat  ?  ?  ?

[Robert_Brenchley]

You can eat them at any point; those are fine.