Need advice on what to do with these onion seedlings? It's way too cold to plant in Detroit but also they are taking off. Should I repot in bigger containers? Or can I let them go for a while?
Nah, this is what they look like. Brush them with your hands every day, like lightly run your hands across them, to get them stronger, but this is what they look like. Mine get about 6 inches then start putting on a few mm of girth before planting. You’re good.
sheepslinky
Onions have a slow start. Transplant them when they are around the thickness of a pencil and have 3+ leaves.
spaetzlechick
Let them grow. If they get really lanky I give them a hair trim to about 3” tall. Don’t overwater them but start getting them outside gradually on warm days (very slow hardening!). Bring them in at night. You can plant them 4 weeks ahead of last frost.
tlbs101
Keep trimming the tops. Mine are like this also.
When it comes to planting them, keep in mind that the roots are strong and don’t care if they get man-handled, unlike a lot of other plants. You can even bare-root plant them and they’l be fine. Or if two or more are tangled together, they will ‘take’ the rough handling of separating two plants. Just don’t break any roots, or limit the breakage.
4FuckSnakes
That’s how mine look. I’m going to try a snail roll this year though.
Haha thanks for posting this. Because mine look the same and I was like “is this normal” 🤭
Neat_Mortgage3735
Mine are the same size in Kalamazoo. Just waiting for spring. Thank you for posting.
ErieOfOz
This is all good to know as a first time onion grower this year (only second year gardening so i am in the learning stage for sure
PangolinDry9383
Hello fellow Michigander! Are your onions bulb or bunching? I was at Bordine’s today and started to get some red bunching onion seeds. I think I will go back and get them.
Davekinney0u812
This guy is pretty good and started the company MI Gardener and grew up working on an onion farm
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Nah, this is what they look like. Brush them with your hands every day, like lightly run your hands across them, to get them stronger, but this is what they look like. Mine get about 6 inches then start putting on a few mm of girth before planting. You’re good.
Onions have a slow start. Transplant them when they are around the thickness of a pencil and have 3+ leaves.
Let them grow. If they get really lanky I give them a hair trim to about 3” tall. Don’t overwater them but start getting them outside gradually on warm days (very slow hardening!). Bring them in at night. You can plant them 4 weeks ahead of last frost.
Keep trimming the tops. Mine are like this also.
When it comes to planting them, keep in mind that the roots are strong and don’t care if they get man-handled, unlike a lot of other plants. You can even bare-root plant them and they’l be fine. Or if two or more are tangled together, they will ‘take’ the rough handling of separating two plants. Just don’t break any roots, or limit the breakage.
That’s how mine look. I’m going to try a snail roll this year though.
https://preview.redd.it/hy0j57kzfbmg1.jpeg?width=3072&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1437f8f6ba0ab069f1bd3cfcb4dc4807c1afac0b
Trimmed 2 days ago and already much more robust
Haha thanks for posting this. Because mine look the same and I was like “is this normal” 🤭
Mine are the same size in Kalamazoo. Just waiting for spring. Thank you for posting.
This is all good to know as a first time onion grower this year (only second year gardening so i am in the learning stage for sure
Hello fellow Michigander! Are your onions bulb or bunching? I was at Bordine’s today and started to get some red bunching onion seeds. I think I will go back and get them.
This guy is pretty good and started the company MI Gardener and grew up working on an onion farm
https://youtu.be/l3WtWxWClvg?si=tVyyNNVEhbnGjlfH
Just give them a hair cut. You don’t need to repot. They can grow quite a bit more before needing to go out.