overwintered onions bolting

[wildside]

help what should i do my overwintered onions are bolting i have lost all my carrots to they bolted dont know were i am going wrong

[Peas'n'Kews]

Its been a very wierd year so far...

Suggest lack of water? My spinnach has bolted at about 4cm high, and some of my salad leaves bolted before they'd germinated (well, slight exageration).

i think the onions may still be edible, there was another thread about this somewhere...

[Shadylane]

Mine have started bolting too, it's the fluctuations in temp and possibly lack of water. Use them up first. As for your carrots, are you sure they're bolting? When did you sow them and what exactly are they doing?

[CaroltheCarrot]

Snip off the flower heads and use these up first, weather this year has been mental so far, dont beat yourself up about it

[Two_Sheds]

When did you sow your carrots? Mine haven't been sown yet (it's been too cold)

[wildside]

When did you sow your carrots? Mine haven't been sown yet (it's been too cold)

i overwintered sowed them about september i thought thats what i was ment to do its my first year growing but the green foilage was about 3 foot high with flowers appearing and hardly and carrots when i pulled them they were rock hard

[wildside]

back to the onions should i pull the lot and store the good ones and use up the bolted ones

[binley100]

Mine have been throwing up flower stalks but I've jut been breaking them off ........not lifted any of them yet tho' ......I'll probably slice and freeze them .

[rustylady]

i overwintered sowed them about september i thought thats what i was ment to do its my first year growing but the green foilage was about 3 foot high with flowers appearing and hardly and carrots when i pulled them they were rock hard

Did you read the instructions on the seed packet about when to sow. It's not usual to overwinter carrots.

[Two_Sheds]

i overwintered sowed them about september

Nope, sorry


Carrots are biennial ~ if you sow them one year, they will bolt (flower and go to seed) in the following year.

Carrots are supposed to be sown March to July (check your packet for precise dates) and harvested the same year

[Two_Sheds]

back to the onions should i pull the lot and store the good ones and use up the bolted ones

All my shallots have now bolted, they're only spring onion size, so that's how I'm using them

[wildside]

cool thanks i will pull them tomorrow then need space as i only grow in my raised beds down one side of my garden

[Vince G]

My onions are going the same way. Not going to overwinter again - spring plantings were fine last year, but I thought I might get bigger onions by overwintering.

[Two_Sheds]

I thought I might get bigger onions by overwintering.

You don't get bigger, you get earlier (by a few weeks)

[Peas'n'Kews]

I overwintered my Early Nantes carrots - quite acceptable to do so - I do keep 'em covered with a wee poly tunnel thought....

Going to harvest them soon!