Last year we planted onions. They didn’t really grow. We were late getting the sets in the ground because we were still unpacking or something like that.
This year, we planted onions earlier and they appeared to be growing awesomely. But then the weather had hot then cold/can’t decide what season it is issues. Turns out that when it gets cold, onions think they are going to die and go into survival mode, which means sending up a flower so that the plant can reproduce. This is called bolting. This can happen if it’s too dry also. We’re totally learning all this as we go.
When this happens, the bulb is done growing, so you may as well pull it so it doesn’t rot. We harvested all of the bolting onions yesterday, maybe a third of the total. You can’t store these like a full grown onion, so you have to use them soon. I guess we’re eating everything with onion.
They still look pretty though.
I don’t have a picture of all the ones remaining in the ground, but here’s a partial view, along with one half of the garden. C’mon onions, the salsa will be counting on you!
