My Onions are Bolting
Question:
Some of my onions, which were planted from sets, are starting to form seed heads. Is it better to leave them alone, cut off seed heads and leave or should I just lift and use these onions.
Answer:
The only thing you can do at this stage is to cut off the flower stalk about two inches above the bulbs. When the onion develops use the ones that bolted first as they won’t store as well as the others. To avoid this next year buy heat treated onion sets as they are resistant to bolting.
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