OK
the onions have seed tops.
when do you cut the tops to use as seeds?
Not for a few weeks yet.
The flowers need to bloom in their incredible sphere and be pollinated by bees and their friends. Then the petals will fall off and seeds will develop.
Keep watch on the seeds. When a few begin to fall, place a paper bag over the seed sphere and secure it, maybe with a rubber band.
Wait a couple of days, shake any seeds that haven't fallen freely (you want them to be mature) into your bag, collect your bag--careful not to spill the seeds when dealing with the rubber band--and there you have it: tons o' seeds.
Cynthia H.
Sunset Zone 17, USDA Zone 9
The flowers need to bloom in their incredible sphere and be pollinated by bees and their friends. Then the petals will fall off and seeds will develop.
Keep watch on the seeds. When a few begin to fall, place a paper bag over the seed sphere and secure it, maybe with a rubber band.
Wait a couple of days, shake any seeds that haven't fallen freely (you want them to be mature) into your bag, collect your bag--careful not to spill the seeds when dealing with the rubber band--and there you have it: tons o' seeds.
Cynthia H.
Sunset Zone 17, USDA Zone 9
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jal_ut
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The key is to watch closely. When the seed is ripe it will fall out of the head. You have to watch and harvest them before they all fall on the ground. When the bracts that hold the seed open up and you can see the little black seeds, it is time. You can cut the whole head and put in in a box to dry some, then shake the seed out.