I found an onion in a parking lot, lying on his side. The green sprouts were shooting up, he was in bad shape though. I transported him to my courtyard and put him in a nice little spot. I urinate on him sometimes . His green sprouts have gotten longer since that day I planted him. What will the onion do? I don't understand how they grow.
probably cuz u pissed on him. i would wanna thrive if someone came and took a piss on me whenever he felt like it lol
Was this a full-sized onion ? Because the ones you plant out are called 'sets', really tiny bulbs. What happens with full-grown onions that have been stored over winter, is that around now they start putting out green shoots, and also start using up their stored food [the bit we eat] so they get really thin. I'm not sure what'd happen if you planted one of these out, because I always compost any that get to this stage. So it'd be kind of interesting to find out what they will do in this situation. You're a pioneer, kid, stick with it...
Not really sure what will happen but you should use water instead of pee. Piss has alot of toxins in it, generally not good for plants. Try using water next time.
My dad was living in an abandoned house and with no running water he'd just piss in cups and pots and was such a pack rat that he wouldn't dump it outside until it got smelling horrible. Well he'd dump it in the same spot every time and after a little while the grass that was subjected to piss grew extremely thick and was a healthy looking dark green while the rest of the yard looked dried out and straggly. I'll put some water on my onion today, no more urine I guess.
Urine is high in nitrogen, controversial method that probably works for plants. Some plants need more nitrogen than others, like for instance, corn, likes a lot of nitrogen. I agree with earlier post, onions are done when they bulb, but don't know what happens when an already bulbed onion, sprouting, is planted ... never tried that. Good for you, anyway, for the interest in it and let us know what happens. You are in the north, anyway, which is good for long-day onions. Northern gardeners grow long-day onions; Which are really good onions. Onions actually respond to the length of daylight, to know when to start bulbing. If you want to grow onions from seed, you need to know, generally, how long your days are. Basically, northerners grow long-day onions, southerners grow short-day onions, and there's an intermediate onion for people in the middle, like me. On the other hand, I haven't yet grown a good onion from seed (sigh!). YET. I'm just spouting what I've read.
