The large onion that I was given back in September has been potted up for seed. It had started to throw out some roots at the base so I stripped back an inch or so of the outer flesh as this will rot off anyway. The 'denuded' bulb was then put onto the surface of some general purpose compost in a 12"pot. The foliage has already started to grow away and I hope to get some seed and pips off this onion in October/November next year in order to grow these for the 2010 season! It will spend the winter in my conservatory and go outside (still in the pot) during late Spring and throughout the summer.
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