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Why do onions sprout
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Posted by yopper 3-4 (My Page) on Mon, Mar 26, 07 at 15:34
I have onions all the same kind in storage. All where grown the same , all where cured the same and all where stored the same. Why do some sprout and others don't??? Dose any one have a good answer???If you planted the last onion to sprout and saved seed from it could one develope a longer storing onion??
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RE: Why do onions sprout
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| If you planted the last onion to sprout and saved seed from it could one develope a longer storing onion?? ---------- What you describe is selective breeding. I imagine that is how most of the long storage onions have come to be. |
RE: Why do onions sprout
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| One of my family's habits was to store onions upside down to lessen the likelihood of sprouting. Anytime, we took onions from storage, we had to make sure the remaining were upended. Recently, I read that there is scientific evidence explaining why this works for storage onions. Do not recall details. cella jane |
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