How come on an acre of land I find up to 30 percent bolting? Ok, onions tend to bolt because of some kind of stress, so how come not all onions bolt sometimes? If they are in the same garden, they have got the same stress and they all tend to bolt. How come on an acre of land I find up to 30% bolting? Even if I did my best to avoid stress and nature was relatively kind!
It typically takes two growing seasons for onions to bolt and if some onions were planted later, they could be on a different time-line - perhaps a small percentage of the onions in the field even reseeded themselves. Onions can be prematurely spurred into bolting by temperatures. However, it is also triggered by damage from cultivation or other stresses which may account for why some plants are bolting sooner than others.
For more information on bolting onions, please visit the following link:
https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/vegetables/onion/onion-bolting.htm
How deep to plant onion seeds?
Place them about an inch deep in the soil and approximately half an inch or more apart. If planting rows, space them at least one and half to two feet apart.
For more information on growing onion from seed, please visit the following link:
https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/vegetables/onion/growing-onion-seed.htm
My husband has a large vegetable garden every year. This past year we stored the harvested white onions on a table in the basement. I did use a lot of them this winter. Today I went down to get a few and found only two good ones. The rest were all air. What happened and how can I prevent this in the future?
Here is an article that will answer all your questions on how to store garden onions:
https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/vegetables/onion/storing-onions.htm
Why are the tops of my green onions, that are growing from seeds, turning a light brown color, like hay? It's just the very tips of the 2-inch sprouts that are discolored.
Brown tips would indicate an environmental issue either with water (under or over-watered), temperature or lighting.
For more information on growing onions, please visit the following link:
https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/vegetables/onion/find-how-to-grow-onions-in-your-garden.htm
My mother planted onion sets that are supposed to be winter onions last spring. They are starting to sprout new starts from them and I want to know how to store the new starts to use next year.
Here is an article for you.
Growing red onions are coming along very well and today, we notice a small growing (what looks like to be) flower on the tip of the onion. I know it may be beautiful in time, but my question is, is my onion in any danger and can it continue to grow or do we have to pull out the onion now or clip the tip off? HELP!
Most people do cut the flower off because it will sap energy away from making the onion bulb. But, if you would like to have seeds to collect and grow, you can leave it on.
If you want to collect the seeds, you do need to let the seed pod dry before collecting the seeds.
My problem is that a small tip on the end of the red onion stems appears to be a small flower about to bloom. Is is to be left alone and allow the onion to grow, pull the onion now (NOT READY), cut off the blooming flower or what?
Most people do cut the flower off because it will sap energy away from making the onion bulb. But, if you would like to have seeds to collect and grow, you can leave it on.
If you want to collect the seeds, you do need to let the seed pod dry before collecting the seeds.