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onion buds

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  Posted by Ian (U13936372) on Friday, 25th June 2010

  i am growing onions which look to be doing very well.Some of them now have buds on top of the leaves. Should i take these off can anyone advise. Thanks

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  Posted by irisdublin (U14428036) on Friday, 25th June 2010

  I think you should take them off sounds like they are begging to bolt/flower.
  
  It will take their energy away from making a big bulb.
  
  

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  Posted by BaraGwenith (U14257539) on Friday, 25th June 2010

  Put the onions that have bolted to one side when you harvest them and use them first, they usually don't keep very well.

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  Posted by zoomer44 (U14019069) on Saturday, 26th June 2010

  Mine look ready to blot too and some of the red baron are flowering.
  
  I didn't want to take the buds off mine, thought I read on one of the messages if you do this then water runs down the tube into the bulb and rots it. Would this happen

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  Posted by Papa Nopsis (U14479902) on Saturday, 26th June 2010

  Bolted onions as you call them, may be used in the kitchen like any other vegetable. The bulbil as somebody calls it, is slightly tough, would not be enjoyable for somebody with false teeth, but is fine for a stir fry. It is not really edible raw like that, which is how I like my onions (and even garlic these days.
  
  My onions began to set seed, but I have left them until I want them for culinary purposes; I will use some for seeding in January, to get the whole year's value from the work.
  
  The main bulb is entirely edible even if it 'bolted' weeks ago; the stalk not so good, only for cooking vigorously.

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  Posted by Papa Nopsis (U14479902) on Saturday, 26th June 2010

  do this then water runs down the tube into the bulb and rots it. Would this happen 
  
  Yes they become soft and mushy as soon as it gets any rain in them. Keep an eye on them, and you will know when to cut your losses.
  
  I have now planted spring onions for September/October. They are doing very well indeed. £1.35/lb leftover sets from the seed shop.
  
  I saw what I saw looked like elephant garlic in a shop and stuck four or five of those bulbs, all the segments, in too! Coming up nicely.

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