"Christina Websell" wrote in message
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"David WE Roberts" wrote in message
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Last year I had an onion start to sprout in the cupboard.

Just for the hell of it I suspended it over a glass of water until some
roots developed then planted it out in the garden.

It didn't do at all well - the top growth died off.

However, this year it is growing again and looking quite healthy.

Now, I am assuming that the onion is just another perennial which stores
energy in bulbs and in the wild propogates via seed.
So it may produce a viable bulb after another season's growth.
Is the bulb large each year, or is the first year (grown from seed) or
second year (grown from sets) the optimum time to harvest?

Alternatively it may flower and be just another Alium in the flower bed
without producing much in the way of food.

This could, of course, turn out to be a way of recycling onions which
have been in the cupboard too long :-)

I too, occasionally have these secret onions, but I never thought of
planting them out - I use the shoots like chives. Let me know how you get
on but my feeling is that you will just get a flower - which is not all
bad, you can save the seed!
Tina

Just noticed a suspiciously flower like stalk growing from the base.
The onion leaves look good and healthy.

Now is the time to decide if I should cut any flowers off before they form.