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Posted by Eve13 WA Australia (My Page) on Sat, Aug 20, 05 at 5:51
| My husband planted white onion seedlings about 4 months ago. Today he dug one up and they haven't produced a bulb, they look more like a leek. He seems to think he put them in the wrong time of year, but I suspect that it's something to do with the soil.Welcome any help. |
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RE: White Onions
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| I'm not sure where you are or what your soil is like, but I had no luck with my white onions either...I thought maybe it was the seed?? I got it from the Re Store in Northbridge, they were Italian ones and I don't know how old the seed was when I got it. |
RE: White Onions
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| How about lime? Onions love lime. |
RE: White Onions
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- Posted by Eve13 WA Australia (My Page) on
Sat, Aug 20, 05 at 16:44
Thank you both for your responses.
We bought our onions as seedlings from Bunnings in Albany and they are growing in raised beds full of home made compost. Now I don't think we knew that onions liked lime. Thank you. |
RE: White Onions
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| You may have bought spring onions that don't bulb. |
RE: White Onions
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| I planted white onions last year and they did well so I have put in more from seed this year. They are easy to grow. I have limey soil anyway, but being bulbs they also like Potato E, and the onion tribe do not like too rich soil. |
RE: White Onions
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- Posted by Eve13 WA Australia (My Page) on
Sun, Aug 21, 05 at 19:23
I can ussure you that they weren't spring onions :-)
And I think our soil may be too rich as lots of compost is dug into it. |
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