Onions bolting

Goodne

Hi, this is my first time to grow onions so I am looking for some advice. I thought they were doing fine but some of them are starting to produce a flower. I googled it & found out that they are bolting? What do I do now?

draward

pull the bulbs off, well thats what i do, it stops them going to seed

redser7

Unless they are ready for pulling they must be lacking in something - water, nutrients, drainage is bad. Cut the flowers and see if you can work out what the problem is and fix it. What size are the bulbs?

Goodne

the onions are planted in compost so I guesss they havent enough nutrients. Can I use tomato feed on them or what should I use?

redser7

Not sure about that to be honest. Someone else more experienced could tell you. Might need a more balanced fertiliser than tomato feed. You can get vegetable feeds in any garden centre, should help. You just top dress around the base and rake into the surface and water.

mp22

Goodne wrote: »

the onions are planted in compost so I guesss they havent enough nutrients. Can I use tomato feed on them or what should I use?

I have red onions in the greenhouse tomato feed and plenty of watering, there coming on grand.