Onions from seed| Then ten onions planted a year later to grow more seeds| Charles Dowding

Onions from seed| Then ten onions planted a year later to grow more seeds| Charles Dowding
Where do seeds come from? Onions are biennial, so it takes a year and a half.
They grow to a bulb in the first year. That's the bit we eat
Towards the end of winter, shoots appear, and growth begins again. This time not to increase bulb size, but to make a flowering stem.
I show you the results of doing this deliberately, with several onions planted in March. Each onion makes 4 to 7 stems, with flowering bulbs on top of every stem.

Onions are amazing, they're one of my favourite vegetables. Such great flavour and so easy to store, for 8 to 9 months of food from one harvest.
I would not call them easy to grow but if you get it right, this will happen. Especially when growing from seed, and multisown.
You also should find that homesaved seed, germinates faster in February under cover. See oy guide to growing them
https://www.charlesdowding.co.uk/product/pln_onion-and-salad-onion-growing-guide-41fw0qh4

Learn more in my Growing guide about onions.
Learn also about No-Dig in my book

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