Spring Onions Flowering

[Shelle]

Hi all :)

Hoping I can get some advice on what I should do now that my spring onions are flowering.

Is it ok to leave them go as they are, or should I be collecting the seeds myself to replant?

Cheers,
Shelle

[MKG]

Hmmmm. Are spring onions in Australia a different thing to spring onions in the UK?

Mike

[Shelle]

I am not sure Mike.

I searched on Flickr and found some pics that look like the ones in my garden: http://www.flickr.com/photos/maleny_steve/3310667562/

Shelle

[MKG]

The reason I asked, Shelle, is that spring onions, as far as I'm concerned at least, are nothing more or less than onions grown to be picked at an immature stage - so if they're flowering, they're not immature. Does that make sense?

That photo looks like quite a mature onion to me.

How big are the bottom bits (I hesitate to call them bulbs if they really are spring onions)?

Mike

[Shelle]

I will pull one up tonight after work and have a look ...

Yep makes sense!
They are pretty old! I had them in a pot and then as the rainy season came I put them in the ground and, not going outside much, forgot about them, now they are what they are!

Shelle

[MuddyWitch]

They are onions and you have Spring right now so...

Seriously, I'd try saving the seed; what have you got to loose? If the plants are flowering, Mike is right, they are mature and probably not worth eating.

MW