Vegetables

Harvesting Onion Seeds The striking, globular onion flower heads form in summer atop tall, thick stalks. The seeds drop out naturally as the flowers dry… Read More »Are The Flowers On Onions Seeds?

After the green onion flowers, I leave the flowers on the plant to dry. It is in each little blossom where the onion seeds are… Read More »Do Green Onions Have Seeds?

Onions are most easily grown from bulbs, or “sets”. One bulb will produce one onion; it may be harvested early as a scallion or ‘green… Read More »Do Green Onions Grow From Onions?

Onions are most often grown from bulbs, or “sets”, in the spring but can usually make a successful crop when fall planted. One bulb will… Read More »Do Onions Grow From Bulbs?

Bulbs are small bulged structures that can propagate into a new plant. The bulb grows with the growth of the radicle and the flag leaves… Read More »How Do Onions Reproduce Naturally?

Tunicate bulbs self-propagate by developing offsets. The offsets grow from the base of the bulb of the parent plant under the soil. Left in the… Read More »How Do Red Onions Reproduce?

They multiply by division, so you can plant a few and have a steady supply of green onions for years to come. How do onions… Read More »How Do Green Onions Multiply?

Onions, including red onions, are tunicate bulbs. Tunicate bulbs grow by forming concentric layers around a central core. This bulb type also develops a papery… Read More »Do Onions Self Propagate?

Growers plant onion bulbs or seedling transplants in late summer with distinct male (male fertile) and female (male sterile) onion lines in the same field.… Read More »Are Onions Male And Female?