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  • From: Allan Balliett <allan.balliett AT gmail.com>
  • To: pech <pech9 AT rocketmail.com>, Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Bolting Onion Sets
  • Date: Wed, 25 May 2011 07:02:58 -0400

Thanks, Dave. Where are you at, other than zone6a?

Got any onion scape recipes?

thanks

-Allan in WV

On Mon, May 23, 2011 at 12:45 PM, pech <pech9 AT rocketmail.com> wrote:
> My onions bolted this year for the 1st time....I was cutting them off until
> I ate one, what a treat! This week I gave out "onion scapes" that went over
> well with my CSA.
> I would wait a week and cut them next week to give out in your CSA. I left a
> bunch out on the counter in the house for 2 weeks and they where still good.
> My Broccoli bolted this spring and so did the arugula.....so far my
> Cauliflower is looking good, just starting to head up....
> Have Fun
> Dave z6a
> ________________________________
> From: Allan Balliett <allan.balliett AT gmail.com>
> To: Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
> Sent: Monday, May 23, 2011 7:16 AM
> Subject: [Market-farming] Bolting Onion Sets
>
> Sorry to ask this, but, I forget (must be all this rain pounding on my
> head has knocked something loose!)
>
> Onion sets I planted early in the spring have started to go to
> blossom. Just small buds now, but the stems are up there.
>
> Is there any point in cutting these off? WIll I save anything by doing that?
>
> I'm asking because they were planted for a CSA that doesn't start for 2
> weeks.
>
> In a normal year, the sets make it into June without problems. My
> garlic scapes are coming on, as well. Usually, that's a mid-June thing
> here.
>
> I have a few other crops bolting, such a cauliflower (as they say:
> only an idiot would try to grow cauliflower in the spring in the
> Mid-Atlantic) Strange since temps have been fairly reasonable and on
> the low side, at that.
>
> Thanks
>
> -Allan in West Virginia
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