Re: Onion transplants/sets

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• Subject: Re: Onion transplants/sets
• From: J* H* <j*@NDIRECT.CO.UK>
• Date: Thu, 8 May 1997 18:03:04 +0000
• Comments: Authenticated sender is <joe.hemmens@mail.ndirect.co.uk>
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Hi,

Onion sets are heat treated to kill the flower embryo and thus reduce
the chance of running to seed,  this is important because they are
biennial and when a gardener plants them they are in their second
year of growth,  ie. about to run to seed!

Joe Hemmens


> 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.

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