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[Leslie <cayadopi AT yahoo.com>]

I grew it from seed.  :-)

I could try planting it in a deep pot, and protect it from the cold .... and 
try for seeds????  

Day time temps range from 45-65 here, but overnight has been going before 32 
degrees most nights.... figure the would  needs deep mulch and maybe plastic 
overnight????

 


> >Should I just eat them, or can I plant them?
> Will they grow into onions this year and give me seeds???  (None of them 
> seeded last year, these were grown from seed,)

Remember that onions are dedicated biennials.  You did not mention whether 
you grew the onions from seed, slips, or sets.  If from sets, the onions' 
growth last summer was their second year.  If from slips or seeds, it was 
their first year.  In this latter case the onions' plan is to grow a big 
bulb, 
go dormant, and then the next season go to seed using the nutrition stored 
in bulb.

You onion that is now sprouting is going for broke in what it deems to be 
its second year.  It will put up a seed stalk as soon as it can and try to 
bloom and set seeds.  That is, here in January the odds are, alas, against it.

Might do it, though, if the weather moderates here rather profoundly.

James
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Leslie, onions are considered biennial, so they would need to be in the
ground two years to set seed. If you are down into the teens like us,
this wouldn't be a good time to replant your sprouting onion...I'd wait
until the coldsnap passes if they have been kept inside at a warmer temp.

If you got an onion to keep for 6 months that's pretty good IMO for your
location. What variety of onions did you grow? Since we are in the
short-day area our onions are full of sugar and don't keep longer than
2-3 months. I have to dehydrate quite a few.

--Sage



Leslie wrote:
> I had a successful onion crop last year.  I cut up some of the onions and 
> froze them in freezer bags during the summer, used many, and stored the 
> rest dry in typical onion type bags from the grocer.  I harvested the bulk 
> of them at the end of July (about 3" to 4" in diameter), dried them, cut 
> off the greens, etc. and then put half of them in a dark area that gets 
> air, and the other half in partial low light with air.  Most of the time 
> stored the temps have ranged from 70-40 degrees.
>
> It is 6 months after harvest, and I have noted that some have started to go 
> bad, others are shooting out new roots and new growth.
>
> I've chopped up and salvaged all but two onions.
>
> The remaining two  - subject of this query -  have new white root shoots, 
> and about 3" or so of greens shoots coming out the top.
>
> Should I just eat them, or can I plant them?
> Will they grow into onions this year and give me seeds???   (None of them 
> seeded last year, these were grown from seed,)
>
> Overnight temps are down in the low 20s to teens, and I have straw mulch if 
> that helps.
>
> I would lilke to attempt to harvest onion seed this year.  Last year I 
> didn't get any flowers.
>
>
>
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