Bulb onions
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From the KNF library
The library defines the growth periods but says nothing about bulb onions.
Drake describes the crossover period as the "puberty period between vegetation and fruiting, when things are flowering." (Office Hours Ep. 54, 18:05) Another talk puts it this way: the changeover period is flowering into small fruits, and the cumulative period comes after that. (Office Hours Ep. 65, 35:02) The KNF Demystified guide calls it the point where a plant recognizes it is about to flower and makes that transition. (KNF Demystified, p. 5)
Drake also says leaf inputs do not all go on at the start and fruit inputs at the end. You oscillate between the two. (Office Hours Ep. 65, 57:00)
The library gives no timing for bulb onions. It does not say whether they stay in leaf growth. Drake would need to see your crop to say where it sits.
Sources
- 35:02 Office Hours Ep. 65 (Feb 2023) — Nutrient Cycle, Changeover Period, and OHN Extractions · “The changeover period is flowering into small fruits, small nuts, before then the cumulative period is after that.”
- 57:00 Office Hours Ep. 65 (Feb 2023) — Nutrient Cycle, Changeover Period, and OHN Extractions · “You actually kind of oscillate between the leaf and the fruit.”
- 18:05 Office Hours Ep. 54 (Oct 2022) — Water-Soluble Phosphoric Acid, Chitin, Bare-Root Tree Planting · “Apply it during the crossover period, so that puberty period between vegetation and fruiting, when things are flowering”
- p. 5 KNF Demystified · “recognizing that it is about to flower and making that transition”
