Oh boy, I get to show off my limited knowledge. The green comes from Chlorophyll. Not green until the light puts it to work. 62 years ago, when I was sleeping in class, I remember the teacher saying some thing about there being both green and red or brown Chlorophyll I bet Goggle would have a lot to say.

My garlic chive root clusters survived the whole winter outside in their original soil & pot. Once I watered them and added a bit of new soil, they started growing again at an insane rate. They have survived 3 frosts and some bad storms since then. They have also self-seeded 3 babies so far! =) I wouldn't worry about the weather for your chives. I'm not sure about onions as this is my first year growing them. Peace - Steve This is a pic of them about 2 weeks ago when they were about 3 weeks old...

Bon, In a recent issue of Texas Gardener magazine, there was an article about Dixondale Farms and it said that DF grows onion plants for Bonnie Plants to sell. So, when a person buys Bonnie Plants'-labeled onions in a store, they may be buying onions raised at DF. (The article didn't say whether or not DF was the exclusive supplier for BP.) When I see BP plants in the big box stores, they often aren't labeled as far as variety goes, but whatever varieties they are, I am sure they'll grow well here if they are from DF. My only real complaint about the onions you buy at big box stores is that they often sit outdoors in the garden centers for weeks and weeks and can be incredibly dry by the time you buy them. So, if buying onion plants locally, it is best to buy them as soon as they arrive at the stores while they still are relatively fresh and green. You can hold them at home in a cool spot (I heel them in using either lava sand or plain sand in a shallow container) like down in the tornado shelter, and have held them that way before for at least 3 weeks before planting them. Growing onions from seed is not at all hard. It is just that they need to be started at a time when I am working on all the other projects that I tend to put off and ignore during the regular garden season, and I'm just not ready to start new gardening projects when I am catching up on all that stuff. I cannot spread myself too thin because when the winter fire season starts, if it is a bad year, there's not enough hours in the day. Dawn

"make sure not to drop cuttings in the pots.".... Nanelle...I don't worry at all about the cuttings dropping into the container and have never had any problem. Maybe galinas can explain why this would cause a problem for the onion seedlings. I do think it would be hard to avoid unless you tipped the container sideways or upside down when giving the haircut and then it might be difficult to get the flattop cut.