Monday, June 25, 2012

Onions Fell Down - Harvest

Due to a majority of the onions falling over there was a big onion harvest today. Go figure it is monday. :) Would rather they be in the soil fattening up, but as they didn't wish to do anymore of it. Here it is. 1 lb 9 ounces of greens and 5 lbs 3 ounces of bulbs. These are all Jumbo sweets from the store bought sets. The other varieties from seed are still going strong. I wonder if this has anything to do with it. Namely the jumbos thought they were older than they actually are. Perhaps it is a mis-representation aka lack in truth of advertisement. ('jumbo' sweets) ;)

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  1. I've never grown large onions from sets, only from plants. Yours are about the same size as the last ones I grew from sets.

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    1. How do you differentiate the two? These were those you get in wrapped bundles that look like green onions. Delineated bottom from top. Not a dry bulb. I've seen those as well. Am I using the wrong terms?

      By plants, Granny, do you mean growing them from seeds yourself and transplanting them out?

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    2. Nope. Dorothy explained it perfectly, sets are the dry bulbs. I buy bundles of plants in the spring, as they are so cheap here. I only pay $1.59 for a bundle of 60, and I couldn't grow them for that (or grow them well). I'm surprised yours didn't size up. I've never had a problem with them, just with the sets.

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    3. They are cheap and easy to plug into the ground without mucking about growing them. However, those red ampostas grown from seed are just as big now as the others although they were a third the size or less than the jumbo sweet plants. IDK. Plus I do enjoy picking out different onion varieties.

      It could simply be that the onion isn't finicky. Its just that I am. ;)

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  2. "sets" refers to a bag of little teeny onions, no greens. They are about the size of a garlic clove or smaller and they are sold in a bag of like 50 or so.

    I'm not sure what you call them when you buy them in a bundle like you decribe---I've always either grown from sets or from seed. When you grow them from seed it takes longer for them to form a bulb. Sometimes I plant the seeds in september and overwinter the onions until Spring.

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  3. Thanks, Dorothy. IDK either, Granny. The off weather perhaps. I'm thinking a cycling of dry soil to watering to dry. Maybe when they get dry and then an abundance of water comes along they grow too vigorous then the necks snap because they do not thicken up fast enough to hold the additional weight. I'll try again. They are still perfectly useable at any size really. Just am not going to win any competitions this year. ;)

    Last evening it was either making an 'onion' casserole (Joking, although green bean casserole is basically one.) or potato onion soup. The latter was chosen and oh so delish. Toasted bagels for dipping.

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  4. Great looking onions! Ours are very similar. You grew them from seed right? Several of ours have fallen over too. Do we need to harvest them?

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    1. I grew some of them from seed. The leeks, Ampostas (red) and some stutts. They are still standing upright. The ones I bought in a bundle for $2.50 that look like green onions have all fallen over. We harvested those. I've been informed above that once the necks snap over they aren't doing anything more. Nice thing about onions though is they are useful at any size. Been cooking them up all this week. They went really well with those noodle beans we harvested today.

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