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07 Sep 22, Don Cropper (South Africa - Summer rainfall climate)

I am growing Australian Browns which I grew inside green house and planted out.They are making flower stems but the onions aren't ready to pull out yet.Can I leave the flowers to grow or must I cut them off.

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13 Sep 22, (South Africa - Summer rainfall climate)

Sounds like your soil wasn't fertile enough to produce an onion bulb. The plant is going to seed already.

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23 Aug 22, Adam Kulka (Australia - temperate climate)

Could you please advice why always my onion growing seeds heads, I try to grow from seeds or from last year young ones but no luck to have nice bulb in end of the growing season, I'm in Suthern Highlands NSW, thank you

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29 Aug 22, (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

Do you plant the right time and is your soil fertile. Plants will go to seed if nutrient runs out. Regular watering also.

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10 Aug 22, vivian gibson (USA - Zone 9b climate)

I have texas grano onions to make set. blue lake pole beans, purple hull peas, tomato(transplant),Bell pepper (Trans plants) when do I plant? putting them in my big pots these are all going into large pots.

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01 Aug 22, Caridad Pupo (USA - Zone 8b climate)

Id like to grow some granex onions like the Texas Grano. Can I sow the seeds now in seed trays and plant them outside n September? Do the onions become dormant when the weather gets cold?

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15 Jul 22, carmen rodriguez (USA - Zone 8b climate)

can i grow onions from bought from store ? i cut bottom of onions put in water as soon as it starts growing roots i plant them . when should i plant them and i have not been successful im in zone b please help me .

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06 Oct 22, Melinda Schwab (USA - Zone 8a climate)

Absolutely! We do all the time! We always cut the onions we buy horizontally in half when cooking and carefully peel down to the middle chunks where you can see how many "dots" are gonna be onions next year. We have a big patch of sandy loose soil that has a lot of chicken manure and/or compost here or there that we plant all of them in. We plant them an inch or so under the soil (totally covered up is best but not too deep) and we do not break them apart first. They grow into BIG beautiful onions in a year or so if you give 'em a drink of water when its dry for weeks. AND they make seeds too! Good seeds if you let them dry all the way out! We love getting free food from cooking scraps... with a bit of pre-planning on slicing the onions right to begin with... Try replanting carrot tops if you want fresh seeds... the top 2" of a regular carrot grows into fluffy foliage and sends up nice fresh seed heads in late summer. Freebies are fun!

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09 Jun 22, Michael Pellerin (Canada - Zone 5a Temperate Warm Summer climate)

I Live in Miramichi, NB Canada and looking to what growing zone I am in and what type of oignions grow better, short day, intermediate or long day , or what varieties are better for my zone Thank-you

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23 Feb 23, Caroline (Canada - Zone 6a Temperate Warm Summer climate)

I believe we need long day onions here in Canada!

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