This is my first year planting sweet onions (Walla walla). I planted what looked to me like small scallions that had some dried outer leaves, but green inner leaves. They looked a little worse than the ones I sometimes forget about in the back of my produce drawer, but most definitely alive. I planted them so that their green leaves were poking out of the soil, but the white bottom part was under the dirt.
Since I planted them, most of the green leaves have fallen over, and many are starting to yellow and wilt. The onion sets I planted at the same time (yellow/red) are starting to send up happy little leaves the next row over, so I know it isn't the soil or something. I'm wondering, are the sweet onions are just rotting in the soil, or are they going to send up fresh new leaves? We've had plenty of moisture, so the ground is damp (not soggy), has plenty of compost, and is otherwise good for growing. We've had lots of wind, a little snow, and some cool temperatures since they were planted, but nothing that is supposed to be outside of their tolerance level.
Since I've not done onions before I'm not sure how or when to know if the crop is a failure. Any thoughts?
Since I planted them, most of the green leaves have fallen over, and many are starting to yellow and wilt. The onion sets I planted at the same time (yellow/red) are starting to send up happy little leaves the next row over, so I know it isn't the soil or something. I'm wondering, are the sweet onions are just rotting in the soil, or are they going to send up fresh new leaves? We've had plenty of moisture, so the ground is damp (not soggy), has plenty of compost, and is otherwise good for growing. We've had lots of wind, a little snow, and some cool temperatures since they were planted, but nothing that is supposed to be outside of their tolerance level.
Since I've not done onions before I'm not sure how or when to know if the crop is a failure. Any thoughts?
