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Title: Planting an Onion
Post by: rutters on 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

Title: Re: Planting an Onion
Post by: froglets on April 12, 2007, 10:59:02

it will grow more leaves and then go to seed.

Title: Re: Planting an Onion
Post by: Jeannine on 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

Title: Re: Planting an Onion
Post by: David R on 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.

Title: Re: Planting an Onion
Post by: Mrs Ava on 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!

Title: Re: Planting an Onion
Post by: caroline7758 on April 12, 2007, 17:00:21

A lot cheaper than cultivated alliums!

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