How To Plant Pregnant Onion Babies

However it has grown leaves close to three feet long. 4 pot size pregnant onion plant This plant grows little babies on its side that can be replanted.

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Although seeds may develop the plant is so easy and quick to propagate from baby bulbs that I doubt youll care to save the seeds.

How to plant pregnant onion babies. If you receive a baby pregnant onion press the bulb slightly into well draining potting mix in a small pot. Step 3 Give the plant good light -- even full sun if you can -- if grown as a houseplant. Right now I want to repot her in my new mix or if someone has a better idea please let me know.

Tammy put your PG onion on top of the soil or about the bottom third under. My great uncle runt as they called him lol had this plant in his backyard. Keep all these outside in the Summer in say morning light.

Some of the leaves are curly and some straight. Cant think of the proper name right now. And it is weird enough to make oddity hunters happy.

Place the babies between two paper towels place the babies in the container and wet the paper towels and cover with the lid. The bulb sits above ground and the babies fall out through the skin. Dont remove one until it has fully emerged from the side of the mother bulb.

Plant may vary in size and shape from pictured and will ship bare root no pot and no soil. The drapey leaves are displayed well if they can hang over a table or window edge or spill from a hanging basket. The plant grows new bulbs along the sides of the original bulb but my plant has never produced a baby.

I havent ever seen one in plant shops. They grow pretty fast once started and you will probably have babies within a year. As youve learned from caring for the original pregnant onion likes to be watered regularly although it can stand being dry for a couple of days.

Choose an indoor spot with reasonable amount of light or an outdoor location in warm weather with a moderate amount of sun. Then what does a pregnant onion plant look like. Its not a showy flower but the long stems make a dramatic statement.

The Pregnant Onion originates from South Africa where it can get quite large and grow leaves 10 feet long. I have a pregnant onion Ornithogalum caudatum or Ornithogalum longibracteatum Ive had her about 5 years sometimes she gives babies sometimes not. After the roots take over those can be removed.

Once the bulb reaches a certain size it begins to produce bulbils that grow off the main bulb hence the pregnant part of its common name. Of course in the process all these little baby onions will be falling off like marbles. Plant the pregnant onion outdoors in nutrient-sparse soil rather than rich soil.

My question is how deep should she be. Each one can be carefully snapped off and planted to form a new plant. Its the coolest plant i have ever seen.

Some sources maintain the Pregnant Onion can also be grown outside naming Southern California as a good example for growing outdoors. They land on the ground and start growing. Just pay attention which end is up--and which is down.

Easy grower dont let soil fully dry. It multiplies like crazy cause it keeps having babies. If it needs help standing up that way use tothpicks around it if its tiny or chopsticks if it is larger.

When it has a lot of babies. Its pointing to the area where the plant pops out baby onions. This plant came from union sc where my some of my relatives used to live.

Here is the amazon store. The flowers arent beautiful but they are interesting also. Check the babies every couple days and add water to the paper towels dont drown them with water just make sure the paper towels stay moist.

Has anyone ever seen one of these plants before. If planting as a houseplant use an all-purpose soil mix. Pregnant onion is easy and does well when neglected.

Pregnant onion flowers are white and green held in a cluster at the end of a long curvy stem. If playback doesnt begin. You can plant a bunch of them in a 4 or 6 shallow pot and let them all root.

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