Please don`t laugh at what is a very silly question.
I planted some onion seeds in my greenhouse and have now planted them in my back garden. Can some one tell me if i will get one onion fron each plant or a bunch like potatoes, also would it be possible to transplant them to my allotment once its dug over. They are about 5" tall at the moment.
One from each, unless they are shallots!Don't worry about asking silly questions, we all do it!
Hi
No Onions you only get one bulb per plant what you are thinking of are shallots. Where you put one bulb in and they make 6 - 8 bulbs all round the original one.
They are lightly more delicate in flavour than onions - cost much more in the shops too and don't grow nearly as big as onions.
Good luck with your onions though and probably worth trying shallots next year!
Old Bird
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I've transplanted onions from one place to another, gently and watering well afterwards, they need a fair amount of water to stop them bolting :)
Quote from: manicscousers on May 01, 2007, 13:00:36
they need a fair amount of water to stop them bolting :)
manics: is that just transplanted onions, or all onions? ???
well, we only water newly planted ones, we try not to water anything else, mulch the ground in winter with as much organic stuff as we can..so's it holds the moisture :)
thank you, that's good to know, I really don't want to get stuck on the watering treadmill ::)
onions and shallots were watered in when planted, then watered again a week later as they're just sitting in dust. they've started to grow though ;D
Once the onions are established let them find their own water, only water once a week if really dry, I was a slave to the watering can last year. Onions, parsnips, toms, spuds etc got overwatered and spoilt rotten, not this year, no more mister nice guy. :o ;D ;D ;D
I poured some water down the cracks appearing in the baked soil around my onion plants yesterday. :(
hi
I pour water into the cracks as well then i top the crack up with water and compost mixed and pourable this caps the crack and stops the water i poured in drying out 2 quickly.
Cambourne7
Good idea- I'm sure with the heat and wind today my efforts have already been negated!
I`ve been watering the onions every night along with everything else i have grown in the greenhouse :o