onion questions

Posted on January 7, 2006 at 03:31

A weird thing has happened.  Dh ran to the store a few weeks ago to get some onions for me, he brings back a sack of OLD onions from a cheap grocery store close to our house (he didn't want to go to the good one which is further away, just for 2 onions)  So I use what I need, throw some out that are getting yucky and had one sitting on the counter for awhile.  One day I come downstairs and the onion has sprouted out the top!  So we leave it on the mircrowave and every day this onion just keeps growing out of itself.  Today I finally put it in a pot with potting soil and now it's by the window. 

I have never grown onions before, but it's something I plan on doing in my garden this year.  Does anyone know...

how much watering do onions need?

how much sunlight?

And...it looks like there are many sprouts coming out...will I be able to carefully seperate the onion into different sections and from them get many onions when it's warm enough to plant them in the ground?

If anyone can help me I'd appreciate it!  Thanks!