Green Mountain Multiplier Onion

SuntannedSwede · June 11, 2017

Hello everybody, a quick question about multiplier onions.

I managed to get my hands on some of Kelly Winterton's Green Mountain Onion seeds this year. I got them late, and sowed them around May 20th. Since they were already two years old, I figured that it would be safer to start them this season rather than wait until next spring.

Right now the seedlings are about two and a half inches high, and I'm planning on saving the bulbs that grow over the summer to plant next year. I guess what my question is, is will these immature bulbs grow to maturity at next planting and produce more 'bulblets'? Or should I forget about it and try to buy seeds earlier for next year?

PhilaGardener · June 11, 2017

I'd try to grow them as large as you can and then replant, like onion sets. They will split into nests in the second year.

SuntannedSwede · June 12, 2017

Thank you- I was worried that I might stunt them or something, I'll stick with it then

June 11, 2017	#1
SuntannedSwede Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2016 Location: Alberta, Canada (Zone 3a) Posts: 87	Green Mountain Multiplier Onion Hello everybody, a quick question about multiplier onions. I managed to get my hands on some of Kelly Winterton's Green Mountain Onion seeds this year. I got them late, and sowed them around May 20th. Since they were already two years old, I figured that it would be safer to start them this season rather than wait until next spring. Right now the seedlings are about two and a half inches high, and I'm planning on saving the bulbs that grow over the summer to plant next year. I guess what my question is, is will these immature bulbs grow to maturity at next planting and produce more 'bulblets'? Or should I forget about it and try to buy seeds earlier for next year?

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June 11, 2017	#2
PhilaGardener Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Near Philadelphia, PA Posts: 1,940	I'd try to grow them as large as you can and then replant, like onion sets. They will split into nests in the second year.

June 12, 2017	#3
SuntannedSwede Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2016 Location: Alberta, Canada (Zone 3a) Posts: 87	Thank you- I was worried that I might stunt them or something, I'll stick with it then