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28 Jul 19, Elizah Thadius (Australia - tropical climate)

Do we have an insecticide/fungicide for bulb onion? Can anyone tell me if there is any manufactured fertilizer for bulb onion?

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29 Jul 19, (Australia - tropical climate)

Look up the internet to see if there is an insecticide/fungicide. The same as my comment for sweet potato. - learn what N P and K do for plants. Then apply that to what you are growing. They don't make different fertilisers for every kind of veggie.

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16 Jul 19, Donna (Australia - temperate climate)

I'm confused I Googled what fertilizer is required for onions and 1 search says onions don't want a lot of nitrogen and another search says onions are nitrogen hungry. ...so which is it?

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17 Jul 19, (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

All plants need some nitrogen. Now if you put a lot of N on the onions, you would have a big green plant above the onion bulb and probably little bulb. N produces leaf and plant structure. Generally if you prepare your soil with compost manures etc and let it all rot in over 6-8 weeks with watering and digging it over, and maybe add a little general fert in the process then you would not have to fert the onions again. A general fert is sufficient to grow most things - look up and learn about crop rotation also.

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24 Jun 19, Cassie (Australia - cool/mountain climate)

And make sure you plant varieties that cope with your particular climate. Many varieties dont cope well with heat and will bolt to seed

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08 Jun 19, Ben Camenzuli (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

What is it that onions do not like as they grow ?? What is they like ? How to prevent onions going to seed ???

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10 Jun 19, (Australia - tropical climate)

Too much N. Water them. Pick them before they seed.

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24 May 19, Yvonne Hermann (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

I bought a large bag of salad(red) onions but due to unfortunate circumstances didn’t get use a lot of them. I now have approx 70 shooting onions. Can I plant these and will they produce new onions? How long from planting to harvesting & is now the right season in Queensland? Thanks in advance Yvonne

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11 Nov 18, Phil (Australia - temperate climate)

I usually grow brown onions which store well, however as we were running out I planted white ones as you can plant them earlier in the season. Now I have heaps of good sized white onions which have just started to run to seed, does anyone have good ideas on how to store them longer than a few weeks?

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13 Nov 18, Mike (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

From what I have read white don't keep as long as brown. Cure them in the sun for a week or so then keep in a cool dry place spread out - probably best to give some away.

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