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Post by Deryn Sat Jan 20, 2018 5:39 pm

I have loads of small onions from last year, would I be able to plant them again for this year or would I be better buying fresh sets?
Has anyone tried this before?

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Post by Sean Ph'lib Sun Jan 21, 2018 1:09 pm

My advice would be: pickle 'em, and buy fresh sets for this year. If you plant 'em, they're likely to bolt, and home-pickled onions are delicious.

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Post by Deryn Sun Jan 21, 2018 5:33 pm

Thank you for the advice, thought that might be the case

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Post by Guest Mon Jan 22, 2018 10:20 am

Onion sets are heat treated to kill the flower bud inside the bulb. As Sean said. Delicious pickled or used in Piccalilli pickle.

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Post by Deryn Mon Jan 22, 2018 5:36 pm

Think we will be eating pickled onions until this time next year. Definitely got carried away with the onions last year. Better than running out though.

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