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I planted some red onion sets about six weeks ago. they have grown nicely so far, except the green shoots have tended to flop over. In a row next to the onions I planted garlic and the green shoots on the garlic are tall and straight. Any explanation for the floppy red onion shoots?
I had the extension service do a soil test before the planting with the following results:
Garden size = 400 sq.ft.
pH =7.5
Phosphorus was extremely high.
Potassium was medium
Magnesium and Calcium were high
They recommended 1.84 lbs fo Muriate of Potash and 4 cups of Ammonium Nitrate. I did as directed. Should I just ignore the limp green shoots on the onions?
Did you plant sets or transplants?Sets are long day types that don't do well in the south .All you get when you plant long day types is lots of long leaves and tiny bulbs.Don't be fooled by packs of onion sets at Home Depot or Wal-Mart they won't grow in the south.I suggest planting Texas 1015 Super Sweet or White Burmuda transplants February.I did and mine were bigger than soft balls.
