Who plants onions in Fall and who plants onions in Spring? Well, it depends on where you live. What kind of onions do you plant? Well, it depends on where you live. Can you grow onions in containers?? YES!!
I’ll break down how to grow onions to a simple formula in this video. Plus because onions take a while to produce, and in the meantime take up valuable garden real estate, you can interplant to save space in a small space garden.
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00:21 – Last year’s huge onion harvest
00:35 – Past failures
00:54 – Most IMPORTANT thing about growing onions
01:38 – What TYPE of onion grows in YOUR area?
02:45 – Onions from seed, onions from transplants or onion sets?
03:13 – How to grow onions from seed
03:58 – How to grow onoions from transplants
04:28 – Onion growing requirements
05:07 – How to plant onions in containers
06:00 – How to plant onions in raised beds
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Crazy!
My daughter gets really nice onions. She grows from sets
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I can only imagine the size of the burger you’d need to put a slice of that onion!!
I use seeds, I refuse to buy and onion to plant an onion. I might as well go to the store and buy onions. Sets have never worked well for me either. I'm in Southern NM on the border with Mexico. We have a pretty long growing season but with temps in the triple digits for over 45 days of that season. Our winters aren't as bad as the North of course but we do freeze regularly and get down in to the twenties and teens at times.
Never got anything out of sets. In a long day area. Sets are hugh sellers here, I think eternal optimists buy them.
We have always purchased onion transplants form out local seed store. We have also had pretty good results. This year we are going to try and start our onions from seed in the house. So wish us luck!
All alliums (the onion family of 600-920 species)- onions, egyptian (walking) onions, green onions, garlic, shallots, scallions, leeks, chives … wild ramps (onions), wild ransoms (garlic) … flower lilies (day lilies, tiger lilies et al) … (yawn).
All have the same categorical needs for sunlight, grow zone, and growth requirements. Ever wonder why you can't grow onions and flower lilies in your zone – wrong species for your grow zone ! Something that the seed companies or retailers have in common – they don't know, or they won't tell you. Same as mis-selling yams as sweet potatoes.
Main bulb onion categories : red (purple), yellow, white, and sweet. Some are mentioned as Spanish red, yellow, and whites. Smaller pearl onions, spring onions, and cocktail onions are just harvested young white onions.
Short day (southern grow Zones 7 – 11, latitude 25 – 35 degrees North). Plant in Fall, grow through Winter, harvest in late Spring.
Intermediate (day neutral) (grow Zones 4 – 9, latitude 32 – 42 degrees North). Grow in any moderate temperature zone, sunlight hours not a factor). Plant in early Spring in northern colder regions. Plant in Fall in southern warmer regions.
Long day (northern grow Zones 3 – 5, latitude 37 – 47 degrees North). Plant in (post-frost) early Spring as soon as the ground is workable. Harvest in mid- to late- summer. Bulbing is triggered after the summer equinox (June 21) in most northern regions.
Search out the many onion (et al) grower-supplier websites for all of the many different varieties that can grow in your area. 100s to know and understand.
Hey this is Cam from Idaho what is a good thing to use on aphids and spider mites at least that's what I think it is
October to July !! I have garden commitment issues to let something grow that long before harvesting LoL 🤣🤣 so I plant bunching onions & I even get those from my local nursery as starts! … but your last onion harvest was beautiful !! 👩🏻🌾💚
Last year I put a bunch of yellow onions in an old recycling bin. They did fantastic! Not quite as big as yours, but pretty decent size for my first attempt.
Sets are great for feeding the neighborhood pests. Never seen one grow to harvest. Ive finally bought short season seeds and im going to get them started this week. Also i have a constant supply of green onions from the Egyptian Walking onions my sis in law shared with me 15 years ago. Love them! Thanks for the timely post!
Those would make some great onion rings!
I thought Texas Grano was long day??
I try from seeds but they are not very big, I'm in Zone 8a and had the short day seeds
I grew a long day onion variety called Ailsa Craig by seed (zone 5b) and I was real pleased with the results this year until I saw your massive onions. Now I have to go back and listen to the rest of this video. 🤗
Lovely onions. Just an FYI, you decide to plant clover, remember, that deer love clover and will travel a long way to get clover. Hunters use clover, soy beans, and, corn fields to attract deer. So, if you have deer living close by, be aware of them coming into your garden. Also, deer can jump pretty high fences.
I tried direct sowing seeds in my raised bed last year. Didnt work. I will try growing seeds in the trays first this time. I am in pa zone 6 so i will have to wait. Hope it works. Has anybody tried walking onions? Was just wondering what they were like.