Onion seeds?????

[Strawberry delight]

On the top of my onion leaves there are little tiny bulb looking things on the seed head, are they baby onions?

Could i plant them for next years harvest?

If so when should i take them off?


Heres a piccy;

[quark1]

SD- you can certainly plant those little bulbs which I believe the correct term for is 'bulbil'.

I'd wait a while until they ripen and swell - the plant below might look quite sad during this process - so long as you no longer need the onion below for this year's eating. You'll not likely get a first year crop from the bulbils (2/3yrs) but it will be interesting to see what you get from an original set of sets/seeds.

Some may be seed heads and the goodies will be inside - not easy to tell which are actual bulbils or seed heads - but protect and save and enjoy what happens next year!