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Re: Onion transplants/sets

On Thu, 8 May 1997 08:43:36 -0500 Kerri Urban <kurban@CCRPC.ORG> writes:
>Is there a difference between onion transplants and onion sets?  My
>reading of the book leads me to thing that transplants  are younger
>thant sets and that sets actually have a bulb to them.

..........You are correct. Transplants grow from seed. Sets grow from
transplants (or from seed if you wait longer)

>So given that perhaps flawed interpretation, my question is this:  two
>days ago I bough a pot full of spanish yellow onion transplants.  They
>are all bunched together and I just pulled apart the individual
>plants.
>I planted them according to the book in two squares (32 plants) and
>still have, oh I don't know, maybe a gazillion little plants leftover.
>Since we're only a two person household and have no foreseeable use
>for
>a gazillion onions, I was wondering if I could plant them and stop
>them
>at the "set" stage to save for next year?

.............Yes you can.

>Also, having started them at this younger stage, will they have enough
>time to mature this season?  (planted May 7 in zone 5 (Central
>Illinois)
>for what that's worth).

.........Maturity in onions is a matter of definition. They can be eaten
at any stage. Pull some for green onions. Leave the rest and harvest them
at the end of the season, regardless of size. They will all be usable.

oldjohn@juno.com
John Orwick
El Monte, CA

>Thanks bunches!
>
>Kerri
>
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