winter onions

[glenn57]

hey no problem guys..........i enjoy helping out.

LPS......them guys are just jealous!!!!!!! burp-402.gif burp-402.gif

[glenn57]

When the 16" snow on the ground here melt, sometime around July, I'll plant mine!!!   

snow??????? snow what snow???????????

i'm planning on a campfire sunday afternoon in my backyard!!!!!!!!

[Rebel SS]

Well, big whoop!! I'm planning on farting in the wind in mine!!!!!!     

[glenn57]

Perfume for the neighbor lady? Letting her know your ready!!! sleazy-422.gif

[Rebel SS]

Perfume for the neighbor lady? Letting her know your ready!!! sleazy-422.gif

WHY YOU..............

[Rebel SS]

Look what popped up!!     

[mike89]

I suppose they are from the first batch too!!

[Rebel SS]

Not positive, but I think they're all batch #2. I might have planted the others too deep....they were in kinda tough shape from being bagged in garage all winter. I shoulda opened up the bag to give 'em some air..they got kinda mushy.

[mike89]

good for ya!!

[glenn57]

First picking of winter onions.

[LPS]

I planted about 20 of your onions Glenn.  We weeded last night and could only find 3 that came up.  They are about 3" tall.  Will be fun to see how they do.  I found some of the bulbs that were hollow.  I also found a small light tan caterpillar about an inch long.  Actually two of them.  Wonder what they are???

[Rebel SS]

Well, they're not normal onions...I think they're Smurf scallions!!    

Maybe an onion fly larvae...see the pic..

http://www.no-dig-vegetablegarden.com/onion-pests-and-diseases.html

[glenn57]

I planted about 20 of your onions Glenn.  We weeded last night and could only find 3 that came up.  They are about 3" tall.  Will be fun to see how they do.  I found some of the bulbs that were hollow.  I also found a small light tan caterpillar about an inch long.  Actually two of them.  Wonder what they are???

hmm????? me not understand.....this fall when they reseed we can try again. never had an issue with them growing like weeds!!!!!!!!!

[Rebel SS]

I had a couple hollow ones, too....   Maybe Glenn should issue a recall, but I think he's skirting the issue....
"Oh, mine were fine! Grow like weeds! Hundreds of 'em! Big as cucumbers!"   

[LPS]

I thank you for the ones that made it Glenn.  We are fairly new to gardening so we have a lot to learn also.  I need to google those inch long tan caterpillars that I found in the garden..

[Rebel SS]

I already et most of mine. Six left to pull. 

[glenn57]

 pouty-1023.gif pouty-1023.gif unfortunately I am beginning to see the end of my winter onions!!!!! there starting to form that seed pocket. when that happens there about toast for the year. maybe one more pickin!!!!!!!

[Rebel SS]

I picked a whole bunch at the store today!

[glenn57]

well whoopty doo! I picked a gallon ziplock bag for free!!!!!

[LPS]

Well I am out of winter onions.  No I didn't eat a single one of them.  A few survived the winter and came up in my raised garden.  I pulled the grasses around them and then there were only 3, then down to 2, then only one left and I looked today and it is gone.  It was about 6" high and looking healthy.  I think something took them.  There are no tracks so a critter reached in and swiped them.  Deer?? 

[Rebel SS]

Stoopid skwirrels were munching on mine!!! What don't those rotten rats eat?!

[LPS]

I do have a few squirrels around here. 

[glenn57]

i got tree rats in my yard and never had issues. this fall iffin you guys want we can try round 2!!!!!!!!!!!

[LPS]

I would like to give it another try Glenn.  I will put a little fence up around the onion patch. 

[HD]

Tell ya what.....I have gray squirrels and red squirrels in my yard......the ones that do the MOST destruction in my gardens, are the red.....

But, for some reason....they get lead poisoning and die though.... 

[LPS]

The lead thing in red squirrels must be contagious.  They all die from it up here too.  I don't have many grays so we leave them alone. 

[glenn57]

yea it must be. i dont recall seeing red ones at home but we just doinked 5 up at the cabin last weekend!!!!!

[LPS]

My last winter onion dissapeared Glenn...   Darn!

[glenn57]

My last winter onion dissapeared Glenn...   Darn!

really??????????? i have never had that issue. only disappearing act with then winter onions i ever had was when i got into them.

well, i've been watching the progress of them reseeding, they should be ready to pluck by the campapalooza weekend, if you want i can bring anther bunch up then!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[LPS]

Ok great