Onions Only

We've been having lots of rain, but this morning there was a break, so I thinned the bulb onions and fertilized them. I dug out the extras with a table fork, and transplanted some to fill in bare spots along the rows. I've spaced the red onions 2" apart, and the yellows 4" apart. The rain should continue this afternoon and give them all another good soaking. If everything matures, I could have as many as 200 onions this summer, and then the trick will be to store them properly. One way is braid the onions together and hang them in a cool, dark place.



The oldest planting of green onions are now forming flower buds. They look like little minerets. The flowers are bee pollinated, and they say bees will cross pollinate them if any other onions are flowering within 2 miles. I just want green onions, so the weirdness of any crossed onion seeds doesn't matter. It would be a big deal though if a commercial farmer was trying to grow a pure strain.