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Re: Onion question

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How deep, and in what winter climate conditions do you plant the bulblets
for green onions in the spring.

I have (usually) mild and very rainy Puget Sound winter climate.

TIA & Regards,
DT (aka Dore Tyler)  dee_tee@msn.com
Doing his own thing in the privacy of his own garden.
USDA Zone 8b, Tacoma, WA
-----Original Message-----
From: GARDENGUY0@aol.com <GARDENGUY0@aol.com>
To: sqft@listbot.com <sqft@listbot.com>
Date: Tuesday, July 20, 1999 7:19 AM
Subject: Re: Onion question


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>
>In a message dated 7/20/99 8:43:23 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
>Elizwelch@aol.com writes:
>
>> So far they
>>  have flowered, and now have little "candelabra" of baby onions at the
tops
>> of
>>  the stalks, but there doesn't seem to be any bulb at the base.
>>
>>  Having never grown onions before, I feel very ignorant.  Are the onions
>>  underground? Shouldn't they be at the base of the stalks?  Did I do
>> something
>>  wrong?
>>
>>  Appreciate some insight from anyone in the know.  Thanks.
>>  :-)
>>
>>  Elizabeth
>Hi elizabeth,
>Sounds like when your onions went to seed they took bulb forming strength
>from the onion to set seed.  Or! you have top onions, walking onions,
>eygyption top onions, etc.  I grow theses for green onions in early spring
by
>planting the topsets deeply in the fall. these are perennial to boot too.
>excellent sqft garden onion you can plant them 2" apart in a 12" block 36
>green onions come spring.
>
>
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