small onions ???

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small onions ???
« on: December 16, 2008, 16:41 »
i was just wondering , we got a big bag of small onions for pickling so we did that and some used in stiffardo and all thats left are a dozen or so that are sprouting , can i plant these and if i do will they come out as a normal sized onion ?
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small onions ???
« Reply #1 on: December 16, 2008, 16:48 »
What happens depends on what they were.

If they were simply small onions, they will now run to seed.

If they were shallots they will grow & divide.

The only small onions that will grow into larger ones are "sets" and I doubt they were these.
Did it really tell you to do THAT on the packet?


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