Onions came up from last year ... question

[mike in pa]

Question: What's the deal with onions coming up from last year? Will they produce well??

I know certain items will "reseed". We've all had tomatoes, lettuce, etc. come up from previous years. Sometimes though hybrids will grow but not produce the same. I don't even know if these are hybrids or not.

I had garlic, bulb onion and seed onion in the same area last year. This is onion growing in straight line in bunches of 10-20. I have a lot of "wild" onion in the area but that's not this. Whats your take on this? Should I take all of the time to separate and transplant? Will it grow bulbs or good greens? What's it from?

Thanks a lot.
mike

[mike in pa]

Thanks. I'm so glad I tried this site!

[BrianSkilton]

Give it some time man, people will post to ya sooner or later . My onions always come up from the last year, I let them grow. They taste just the same. However if you did plant garlic in the same spot, I'm not sure what to tell you.

[rainbowgardener]

Jeez... you were getting impatient because no one answered in a few hours? I haunt this site way more than I should, and still I can't do that. I don't really know the answers to your questions except that I do know that onions and garlic both readily over-winter and will still be the same as they were.

[Timlin]

Yes let them grow and enjoy! I have onions I leave in the garden every year and we have lovely greens early in the spring from those. (carrots will overwinter and be juicy and lovely sometimes too)