I just take my foot and bend them over.
I just take my foot and bend them over.
Alright folks, here the scoop on onions.
they are a biennial. they produce seed heads the second year. Now you ask why they are producing seed heads the first year.
Well they think it is the second year because of the temperature swings Oklahoma is famous for. going from cool temperatures to warm and back to cool will cause onions to bolt.
Nothing you do after the send up the seed heads will make it grow a bigger bulb. Bending the tops over will NOT make it grow a bigger bulb. Actually you have just stopped the growth of the bulb.
You need to pull any onions that have sent seed heads up and use them. Then wait for the rest of the onion tops to fall over on there own. then dig them up and let them cure in a cool airy location.
the more leaves they have, the bigger the bulb will be. scrawny tops produce small bulbs.
they are a biennial. they produce seed heads the second year. Now you ask why they are producing seed heads the first year.
Well they think it is the second year because of the temperature swings Oklahoma is famous for. going from cool temperatures to warm and back to cool will cause onions to bolt.
Nothing you do after the send up the seed heads will make it grow a bigger bulb. Bending the tops over will NOT make it grow a bigger bulb. Actually you have just stopped the growth of the bulb.
You need to pull any onions that have sent seed heads up and use them. Then wait for the rest of the onion tops to fall over on there own. then dig them up and let them cure in a cool airy location.
the more leaves they have, the bigger the bulb will be. scrawny tops produce small bulbs.
I've tried every "trick in the book" to grow onions. Just can't do it.
Cheap at the store.
Cheap at the store.
You suck! 
some onions from the past
WOW! I am so impressed! I would be happy if one of my onions looked like any of those LOL I will use the ones that bolted, they are small and honestly a couple of them didn't even bulb up they just look like big purple scallions.
