What to do when ONIONS BOLT: Growing in the Garden
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- Growing onions is so satisfying. However, you may not know what to do when onions bolt. Seeing flower stalks forming on your growing onions can be disheartening.
A bulb on a top center stalk of your onion means it has begun the process of flowering and making seeds. This is called “bolting” and it is bad news for onion growers.
Introduction 00:00
Why is my onion flowering? 00:27
What is bolting? 00:50
Why do onions bolt? 01:14
What do you do once onions bolt? 01:59
How do I preserve bolted onions? 02:46
Dehydrating bolted onions 03:22
Freeze drying bolted onions 03:37
How do I prevent onions from bolting next season 03:49
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In indonesia, the bolted onion which not bloomed yet called bunga bawang. It taste best to stir-fry them with garlic and some Chili's. Bunga bawang tastes little spicy similar like pepper but have a nice aroma when it stir-fry. I really recommend this!
...and oh! I do grow a scattering of onions throughout some of my vegetable beds, purposely allowing them to bolt -- the scent repels naughty pests and the bees love to visit their snowball blooms!
They are lovely and the bees are welcome visitors.
The bees do LOVE them.
Yes, I love to leave them for the bees.
The bees love them, and I love the bees.
This is what I am trying to achieve.
Me too.
I’m in Tucson. My bulb onions are fine, but all my spring onions bolted. I’ve been pulling them and throwing them on the grill. Delicious!!
Why let the bees and humming birds have food.
Then plant the seeds and try again.
@@thesilentone4024 I left them four plants, I’m saving seeds from them too, but I’m eating the majority of them.
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Another tip: Use the onion flowers. Sprinkle them into salad as herb. They can also be frozen and be used later toget a summer taste in a winter salad. I recommend also using the flower in cooking as a substitute for small cut onion pieces.
I was gonna say. onion flowers are quite tasty.
I had an olde4 friend who had a goat farm making goat cheese. And occasionally, her onions would go to flower. And eh would make special cheeses with the flowers. It was my favorite!
Gosh! It never occurred to me that the flowers could be eaten! What a lovely garnish!
My daughter planted my store bought green onions an they produced flowers! We thought it was so cool
My bolted onion is lovely. I enjoyed watching it burst out of its shell. I did get 5 onions from a half of onion I Put in a flower pot.
A lot of good information in 5 minutes. Glad I saw this. Thanks
Mine are bolting right now. I have left them for the bees. Thanks for this video
That is what I did last year, the bees love them!!
I had some onions that bolted on me years ago. I got back at them by eating their flowers. THEY WERE DELICIOUS!!! Wonderful onion flavor. Great for salads or whatever you are cooking.
You posted this a year ago, I needed it today! Thank you for all the info! 🌺
Went out this morning and 2 onions had started to bolt and then this came up on my timeline. Thank you so much for the explanation and suggestions as to how to use and store these onions. It was exactly what I needed to learn!
Always such timely advice! Thank you!
OMG!! There are "wild" onions everywhere around where I grew up in RI and NO ONE knew what they were because of the bolting you showed. They also smelled like a mix of onion & garlic, but no one knew. They looked very much like the ones in your video. Thank you!
From what I read the wild garlic is more like onion and wild onions are more like garlic, I am not sure what we had, they smelled and tasted like onion.
Excellent video! Good to see you again!
This lady knows her onions!
I'm just learning thank you for that video.
Thanks for watching
The temps have been fluctuating here in Tucson, AZ and my onions are bolting. Didn't know what to do next till I saw your video. Thank you.
Hi, I was only half-way through your concise, informative and well-presented video when I knew I must subscribe. How had I missed your channel until now? I look forward to viewing your other videos. You are a natural teacher with an excellent approach. Thank you!
Awesome, thank you!
You answered all of my questions about onions! Thank you ❤
I actually like to let some of my onions bolt. The buds are used in thai cooking, and have a really delicious mild flavor. You can include a good bit of the stalk too, but harvest it before it starts blooming. I discovered this while volunteering on a farm in Texas that was run by the sweetest man, and his thai wife. She would cook for us everyday, and it was the best food I've had in my entire life. Give it a try guys, you won't regret it! They are great in stir fries, and she used them in thai soups too but I don't know the recipe. I'm sure you can find some good ones online somewhere. 😋👍
I just cooked up a bunch a few nights ago, sautéed in butter and enjoyed them very much.
Thank you for making this video!
I have been hesitant about planting any veggies at all when the weather has been fluctuating so much lately. I guess we all have to learn to respond as we plant.
Thank you again!
Never hesitate. Any failure is a lesson on how to succeed.
Here in California I always have at least 10% of my onions bolt in the spring/summer. Right now we’re at the end of a heat wave (96° today!) and on Monday it will be a high of 60°… so I’m guessing I’ll start seeing some lovely allium flowers soon. I just leave the ones that bolt because I like the flowers and so do the pollinators!
Yes the same happened to us here in coastal Georgia and the weather has been fluctuating so much. Thank you so much for sharing
So frustrating, sorry you had it happen too!
Thank you for this information. I am in Dallas TX and we had some warm weather early this year and then went back to lower normal temps. I noticed today I have one onion that has bolted so far. Now I know what my options are. Thank you for sharing!
Perfect timing! Thank you so much!
Awesome video. Thus happened to me this year and now I know why. Thank you so much. 💕
Thank you Angela for this video I get my onions from Dixondale from Texas this year I plant The second week of January and now they’re bolting and they’re falling and I didn’t know what to do thank you so much it was a very helpful video I live here in Arizona in Tonopah and I believe it’s because of the heat
Perfect timing. Thank you
This video couldn’t have come at a better time. I was wondering why they were bolting so early. Thanks!
Improvised Climate change response
Lol same here. Was 90° last week this week 60. You could say my onions were confused
Bryan S must be in California:)
@@toneenorman2135 sadly yes!
Bryan S I love this beautiful state. I am heartbroken at the decline it has gone through,in the last 20 years…more than just the drought, and temperature fluctuations. The “ good ol days” were really something around here..the music scene, and beautiful,astonishing nature….sigh….a life worth bringing back,if possible…
Very informative I've been gardening for years and never realized this
This is just my third year of gardening. This happen to me last year and I had no clue what it was. Thought it was a mutant onion 😂. Somehow your channel has been flying under my radar for the past 2 years of my TH-cam gardening education. I subbed immediately after watching your wonderful, informative, and cheerful video. Looking forward to learning more with you. Thank you.
Never realized why onions would bolt and when you snip it off that doesn't mean the onion bulb starts growing again. I always used sets in the past, now I will seed! Thanks for the info!!
The seed slips can be thined when planting. The larger slips lead to larger onions, the smaller slips work well for barrel planting for green onions. Also planting more varieties can leave you with a stronger crop. We plant several and the weather is the uncontrollable variable. Frosty spring leaves us with a strong crop, however a warm spring causes some varieties to bolt prematurely. Thanks for the video.
You answered a question I had for a long time, thanks very much!
Thanks. Quite helpful. I just completed sewing 100 white onion sets. Sets from Canada. I'm in the Mid-Atlantic. I should have watched this video a week ago.
Well this is the info I needed! Thanks again Angela!
Thank you for this video. This is exactly what my onions are doing and I didn't know why it what to do! I guess I will be freezing onions for the next few days.
Thank you. You saved my first ever homegrown onion!!! It started blotting today. I knew to harvest when the stem was soft. But mine wasn't. Thanks to you, I harvested it just now and will eat it tomorrow!!
I live in Houston and am witnessing bolting like I have never seen before. Strange weather this year for sure. Thanks for the info!
Thank you Angela, well done.
Hi I am from South Africa, thank you very much for your helping me to decide what to do with my onions. I am new at planting veggies
Perfect timing, my onions here in Texas are bolting like crazy right now.
I used to plant onions using the dried looking bulb type and almost always got bolted onions. I then would buy onion plants and didn't get hardly any bolted ones. Now this year I have started onions from seed indoors. They are out in the garden now and are looking great.
I never had much interest in gardening - but recently: I'm really enjoying these kind of videos.
Thank you for sharing ❤️
You answered a myriad of questions regarding onions. Thanks. Subscribed too.
Thank you. This was a really professional and interesting video.
Thank you for this video! The weather was crazy this year all mine have done the same!
I have wild onions bolting all over my backyard. It smells good when the grass is mowed but ughhh it’s so many. Thanks for the video.
Amazing info! Thank you very much!
Thank you!!! Yes!!! Appreciate you! Take care!! 💖💐🙏🌠🌌
Thank you so much. I adore your videos.
I’ve looked at so many onion videos, and this is by far the best and most understandable yet. Thank you so much!
Thanks for excellent information
Great information and very timely!
Wow, thanks. Yes that happened to me too, last year.
Thank you for this! Very informative!
Same here, west Texas! Mime are just starting to bolt, I maybe have 6-7 of them bolted, but everyday when I go out, it's a few more. It's the weather here too! Thank you:)
I kept seeing more each day too. Frustrating, but good to know there is an explanation for it this year. Thanks for watching!
Very informative, thank you.
I have learned so much from your videos.
I love the planting, the references, as well as the end use.
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I live in southern California and I've been planting with trials and errors. Your experiences has helped my understanding of their needs.
Thank you!!!
very informative, thank you
Very informative video, thank you.
Not many videos for harvesting onion seeds. Thank you for this information.
Thank you for your help🫶🏽
Very good information thank you so much. Did not know they had to be used right away.
Thanks. So bery knowledge
Thank you, thank you, thank you. I have been watching my onions bolting bigger and bigger every day and have been wondering what to do about it and then never get around to actually looking it up. I'm glad I subscribed and you came up instead.
Beautiful
Lovely ! thank you for this information,dear sister
Excellent information thank you so much! A few of my onions have bolted so it’s good to know what to do with them ☺️
Very helpful, thank you.
Thank you this information was perfect timing I have bolted onions and wandering what to do.
Very helpful thank you
Those trellis’ are nice
Excellent vid.
Thanks
Great video!!!! Thank you.
The flower head is edible and makes a great addition to salads!
Thank you so much for your informative video. I have these wildly growing all over my yard . I use the stalks but never knew what the bolts were. I just let them blew with the wind or admire the lovely flower. Now I know. They smell like onion/ garlic. Thanks.
I learned a ton! Thank you
Very informative, thank you!!
Thank you so much! This answered all my questions
Usually 4-6 weeks
Lot of good information
This is hilarious that I didn't see this video sooner, I am in the PHX area and my onions bolted and I had no idea why. Thanks again.
I recently fermented some onion flower stalks along with snow peas. Delicious.
I sprinkle those and garlic flowers on my salads and other things.... good stuff.
You did good!
Just stumbled upon your channel. Thanks for clarifying this.
Thanks for sharing. It was my question. ❤❤❤
Great video, and information. It was interesting too. Kudos!
I am in west central Alabama and all my onions have bolted. Like you, I am blaming the weather this year. Unseasonably warm, followed by cool weather. Tonight we are expecting a late frost--3 weeks after our average last frost date.
Great Info. Thank you for your video. Forney, TX
Thank you! I have transplants some of which have bolted and onion sets that I just planted a month ago (so no bolting). I guess I'll harvest my transplants
great video thank you!! My green onions bolted and I had no idea what was happening!
thank you for sharing
The flower is so beautiful. I loved watching it bloom. I just put half an onion in a flower pot over a year ago. I just noticed the onions yesterday. I loved the leak, or chive? Not sure, but it is tasty. I love it. I have 5 onions.
This is my first year with large onions and it was very helpful. I received these transplants from school. (I'm studying horticulture). I learn something new everyday
Horticulture? Is that the study of that guy in "Welcome Back Kotter"?
@@chasein7019 no idea
You answered all my questions and so thoroughly! We'll presented. Thank you 😊
Amazing. Thank u for the video so helpful :)
Great video thank you
Mandy UK
Great video. Many thanks!
The same thing has been happening here to us here in coastal Georgia the temperatures have been fluctuating so much thanks for Sharon
So many parts of the country had a crazy spring this year. Hello from Arizona!
Good information about Onions. Tq for sharing your knowledge.
Thank you!