[Dullnote]

Ok don't laugh, it was getting dark, did not have my specs on, back in October planted out winter set, yesterday notice some had shed there outer shell, leaving a single green stem, I then notice I had planted these upside down, wondering what I will get in late spring, will it be a onion?

Who else has done this not be afraid, confess

Dullnote

[snowdrops]

Not ideal but I'm sure they will do OK,bulbs have the ability to send the shoot up & the roots down whichever way up they are planted the same as seeds do. Watch a broad bean seed planted down the side of rolled up blotting paper in a jam jar a.k.a school experiments.

[Dullnote]

Hi Snowdrop some are in the right way some are upside down, I should have said I was doing a controlled experiment, never mind it will be interesting  to see what happen, I could be at the start of new way to grow onions

[DD.]

The set you planted will gradually shrink away as it's food store is used up. When it comes to swelling up time, it will swell the right way up!

[mumofstig]

The children planted some garlic upsidedown in the school garden - it looked a bit strange with roots coming out of the top of the compost and then going back down again  after putting a little soil over the exposed roots  I left them to sort themselves out 

[compostqueen]

Even with my specs on I still get them the wrong way up. I don't worry, they'll find their own level 

[sunshineband]

    That's children for you