Lodging is the process of bending the tops of a bulbing onion plant to the ground after the leaves wither. During lodging the bulbs harden and cure for about three weeks before harvest. Pearl Onions are bred to produce bulbs that are no bigger than a walnut. They are smaller, immature onions. Sets are marble-sized onion bulbs that you use to plant instead of seeds or transplants.
Sets are a dependable way tot grow scallions.
Slice it raw and try a slice on your sandwich or hamburger. Cut it up in chunks and let the pieces slowing cook with a roast in the oven. Dice or chop the onion into small pieces and add to a soup or sprinkle it across a favorite dish as a garnish. When flower buds appear on bulbing onions, pinch or snip them off since blooms divert energy away from the bulb formation. The list goes on and on.