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7:08 pm
February 6, 2011
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I have only a couple of my onions that have a flower head starting on them. Do they all do this? Do I leave it on? Thanks! I don't think I've ever had them before.
8:21 pm
February 10, 2009
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You should remove them from most so they feed the bulb more than the flowers, but if you've never had any bloom before, and you have plenty of onions planed, I'd leave a few and enjoy the flowers. I think they're quite beautiful!
9:05 pm
May 5, 2011
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I pinch mine. Like Buckeye Girl said, they drain energy from the bulb. Once they've tried to make a scape, they don't keep as long in storage either…so use those up first (you'll know which ones they are, because the bulb will look like two smaller bulbs joined together.)
I recently learned somewhere out there on the web that the smaller onion sets are less likely to go to bloom. All these years I've been picking the largest, nicest sets out of the bin…that explains a lot, LOL. 
9:43 pm
February 6, 2011
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Thanks! That's kinda what I thought. Since it's only two of many, I think I'll let it flower and enjoy.
11:34 am
June 1, 2011
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Or you could try making onion blossum vinegar, like chive blossum vinegar. I always make chive blossum vinegar as I love it on salads. (A grocery bag of chive blossums was always a welcome trade for shoeing from a former resident of Croatia who always had the best gardens! He had a tiny place, but managed to fit in veggies, flowers, chickens, rabbits (for eating!) and even a horse! We'd shoe then meander through his gardens–he never knew it but I so enjoyed his place I'da shod his horse for free just for the tours!) Hadn't thought to do onion blossums as we never get onion blossums, but I bet it would be good!
11:36 am
June 1, 2011
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Journey11 said:
I recently learned somewhere out there on the web that the smaller onion sets are less likely to go to bloom. All these years I've been picking the largest, nicest sets out of the bin…that explains a lot, LOL.
This was true in our market garden. Small sets, no blooms. Larger sets, onions go soft in storage.
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