Newie silly onion Question

allotmentvegigirl · « **on:** June 28, 2008, 21:59 »

I have planted my first ever onions (sets) a couple of months back. Went up the lottie tonight and a few of them have yellow bud looking things on the stalks. What are they? :oops: :oops:

gobs · « **Reply #1 on:** June 28, 2008, 22:02 »

flowers. Get them off.

allotmentvegigirl · « **Reply #2 on:** June 28, 2008, 22:05 »

Just pick them off? Have I done somthing to cause this? Will it happen to all of them?

DD. · « **Reply #3 on:** June 28, 2008, 22:33 »

Pick them, chop them, cut them, just remove them.

They have bolted, (run to seed early), probably not helped by the dry spells.

It will not neccesarily hapen to them all.

These onions will not store very well, so use them first.

allotmentvegigirl · « **Reply #4 on:** June 28, 2008, 22:54 »

Thanks DD. First job for 2moro then!!

Porffor · « **Reply #5 on:** June 28, 2008, 22:57 »

I wouldn't have known that either..

mashauk · « **Reply #6 on:** June 28, 2008, 23:42 »

I think you can eat them, I did but they were very hot!

allotmentvegigirl · « **Reply #7 on:** June 29, 2008, 00:08 »

What the flower?? Well that's lunch sorted!!

mashauk · « **Reply #8 on:** June 29, 2008, 00:53 »

The thing that looks like a little hat I'm on about, not sure if it's a flower we had them on some of the onions and garlic so ate them, nearly blew my head off!

DD. · « **Reply #9 on:** June 29, 2008, 05:44 »

Quote from: "allotmentvegigirl"

Thanks DD. First job for 2moro then!!

You'd better thanks 'gobs' as well, she was first in there!

The onion itself will continue to grow, so there's no need to dig them up to use straight away, unless you have a use for them.

They won't store as the bit of the flower stem in the bulb itself will quickly rot once the onion is lifted.

neil1967 · « **Reply #10 on:** June 29, 2008, 12:25 »

Some of mine have run to seed but I've decided to let them flower so that i can collect the seed and save some money next year.

Pompey Spud · « **Reply #11 on:** June 29, 2008, 13:02 »

Quote from: "mashauk"

The thing that looks like a little hat I'm on about, not sure if it's a flower we had them on some of the onions and garlic so ate them, nearly blew my head off!

:bom:

He..He. I'm still giggling now. Stop it. Stop it.

allotmentvegigirl · « **Reply #12 on:** June 29, 2008, 18:01 »

Quite right DD - where are my manners!! :oops: Thanks to all. More silly newie Q's on the way!!

mashauk · « **Reply #13 on:** June 29, 2008, 20:06 »

Quote from: "Pompey Spud"

Quote from: "mashauk"
The thing that looks like a little hat I'm on about, not sure if it's a flower we had them on some of the onions and garlic so ate them, nearly blew my head off!

:bom:

He..He. I'm still giggling now. Stop it. Stop it.

Even worse, we're not allowed to eat "smelly" food at work, and I ate one of the garlic "hats" on the lottie before I went to work, must have made my breath stink, but I don't care!

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