about onions

[tjg911]

Originally Posted by Masbustelo

Regarding the onions planted in Belgium, they will do fine. They may perhaps go to seed the following spring, but they should produce very nice shallots, quite early in the spring. I am not aware of any onions that cant be fall planted.

i was under the impression later in the thread the op planted sets. i had initially thought they were plants.

tom

[tjg911]

Originally Posted by RayR

Tom, did you ever get onion plants that flowered their first year? I did, three plants flowered this summer. I never had that happen before.

ray,

maybe! i never saw actual flowers on the top of the stalk where that ball sits but i have seen a plant or 2 on occasion develop that ball. it seldom happens out of the about 210-220 plants i grow each year.

this year i did see it on one possibly 2 plants. i think it was on one of the 2 different red varieties i grew not the copra but not sure which red. again no flowers and this was when i was pushing them over at the neck so they were done.

flowering in spring would be when they are really producing seed but that should be from a plant that is now in it's 2nd year of growth. i suppose a plant could flower at the end of the growth in the 1st season but i wouldn't expect it to be a case where many are.

tom