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Old March 3, 2014   #20
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Originally Posted by Itoero View Post
Where I live, most people fertilize onions, shallots and garlic with extra potassium, with patentkali. They claim extra nitrogen is no good.

Where does this difference comes from?
I have no idea I got it from what I read on university web sites and a little common since.

The onion needs to grow to put out leaves, every leaf is another layer on the bulb.
Right now some of my stems are 3/4 to 1 inch or 19mm in diameter.
I have no idea what I am doing.

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