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   Message 39,526 of 40,489   
   T to Heron   
   Re: Plant a store bought onion?   
   09 Jun 21 11:00:23   
   
   From: T@invalid.invalid   
      
   On 6/9/21 9:33 AM, Heron wrote:   
   > On 6/9/2021 5:38 AM, songbird wrote:   
   >>> What happens if you plant a store bought onion?   
   >>   
   >>   it might flower if the conditions are right.   
   >    
   > Since the onion contains a LOT of food it will likely flower.   
   > Expect the plant stem to be six feet tall with large round flowers.   
   > They stink. But the bees love them.   
      
   So far I have only been able do grow onions from seeds   
   that I have harvested from green onions I planted the   
   bottoms from that I got from the supermarket.  Those   
   grew.  Every other onion seed I have planted 100% failed.   
      
   I am figuring that farmers grow what does not give them   
   a bad time, so I am after the seeds!   
      
   To add insult, about 5 miles from me are YUGE onion fields that they    
   grow for seeds (sold to commercial farms).   
   Garlic too (my garlic failed again this year).  Get them   
   to tell you what strain they are growing: HAHAHAHAHA.   
   It is TOP SECRET.   
      
   So I am planing what I find at the supermarket, even   
   though I don't know what the strain is.   
      
      
   By any chance would green onions and yellow onions   
   cross pollinate each other?  Should I separate them   
   away from each other if collecting seeds?   
      
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    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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