My onions are flowering......Is this a good or BAD thing?

[lackaDAISYcal]

Never grown onions before, and noticed this evening that a few of them have flowers just sprouting at the top of the green bits? I can't remeber whether my Dad ever had flowers on his onions, but thought with veg that if they flower it is a sign that they are bolting/going to seed.

does this mean I should pull them before they flower completely?

help appreciated from more knowledgeable gardening types

TIA

Bad. They are bolting.

Get them up now.

I was talking to my dad the other day, and his tip is to plant your onions in the autumn for the following year - he has never had any which have bolted when he's done that.

thanks v much

Is it the same for potatos? Mine aer just starting to flower.

DH has just asked "Can't we just nip the flower out?"

no claricebeansmum...you need flowers on potatoes to get the actual potatoes. Spuds will be a good size after the flowers have died off!

I can do potatoes.....just not onions...or courgettes!

Some potatoes should flower first - some it doesnt matter.

The onions - pull the flower heads off if they dont seem big enough. The onion's leaves should start to die off when they are ready.

Whats up with your courgettes?

OK - so I wait for my flowers to die THEN I can eat them.......

Clarice - try digging a plant up and seeing what's there

thanks VVV . We pulled one up and it is just a fat red spring onion. i feel really sorry for it

courgettes were brought on from seed, were doing well, then transferred to our pvc covered greenhouse where I think they got too wet. They are now just withered things. Any flowers just fall off as soon as they look like they are going to open and the leaves are all yellow. I have them in the garden now, and have been feeding them, but they haven't really bounced back, although they aren't as sickly as they were. The leaves are only about 3-4cm across at the most. Our neighbours are huge and thriving and am very jealous. He is on holiday at the moment and I'm seriously considering sabotage

lol clarice, you have to cook them first ...or are you going a little bit Hugh and taking the camping stove down there with you?