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Silverskin Onions Overwintered
Amanda Pope
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in Fruit & veg
Hi all, my silver skin onions went in too late last year to harvest them so I left them in over winter. They now resemble enormous spring onions but haven't really formed a proper bulb and the stalks are thick and I notice that some of them are producing a flower stalk. What should I do? Do I leave them and hope they bulb or are they a write off? I was hoping to pickle them but they are not going to be tiny like the ones you see in the shops.
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Onions are biennial Amanda, growing the bulb in the first year and then flowering and seeding in the second, so I think they are a lost cause, unfortunately.
Oh dear, I have put some new seeds in now so should harvest a crop in late summer, thanks for the advice.
The bees and hoverflies will love you if you just let them flower.
good idea, I will also then have seeds for next year!