2006-10-07 05:50:41 · 13 answers · asked by Goleta 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Garden & Landscape
Unlike other bulbs, onions do NOT produce separate bulbs, they simply grow a larger and larger onion bulb; you must wait for your onion to grow very tall shoots; eventually it will produce a big puffy flower at the top which will yield lots of seeds; you must cover this with a plastic bag to capture the seeds, otherwise a lot of them will blow away, etc. These can be replanted to yield more onions next year. This is usually considered pretty difficult gardening, and it's easier to start from already-sprouted seeds purchased from someone else.
2006-10-07 06:06:35 · answer #1 · answered by astazangasta 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I've got a habit of planting sprouting onions,I just fill a pot and place the onion on top and leave it out side.It eventually grows a stem that flowers into a white allium type flower except the stem twists with the sun.Certainly unusual but good fun for the kids.
2006-10-07 16:55:06 · answer #2 · answered by manthintall 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree with another of the answers that the brown, red and white onion varieties donot reproduce bulblets like other flowering bulbs, eg Daffodils, tulips. They simply sprout and flower and you collect the seed to reproduce the plant. The only type of onion that I know of that actually produces bulblets is an old fashioned variety known as a Potato Onion which is closely related to Shallots.
2006-10-11 05:20:23 · answer #3 · answered by tassie 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Like all bulbous plants, it will produce more bulbs within one growing season.
it shall first grow into an shoot and a root while gettin' necessary nutrition frm onion . Later it shall grow more and more such onions but as underground stems for sure
2006-10-07 05:59:41 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
it depends where you are planting it and in what soil. If you leave an onion in a bag, it will sprout roots. It will do this in the ground and grow
2006-10-10 22:26:35 · answer #5 · answered by ehgringodude007 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You get spring onions!
Straight green leafy things growing out of the red bulbs. They can be eaten.
2006-10-07 06:03:00 · answer #6 · answered by vintageprincess72 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Like all bulb plants, it will produce more bulbs within one growing season. Want more = separate bulbs and replant, not too deep.
2006-10-07 05:56:12 · answer #7 · answered by Otter's Waters 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
They grow
2006-10-08 03:21:06 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It will become onion tree..i guess
2006-10-07 05:53:32 · answer #9 · answered by ZxssxZ 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Odds are it will sprout and grow
2006-10-07 10:58:03 · answer #10 · answered by Candy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋