Onions can be grown from seeds, sets, and plants (transplants). Growing from seed is difficult for many home gardeners because onion germination rates are often poor. Sets purchased at garden centers are commonly sold as red, white, or yellow onions—the cultivar is very often not listed. G...
Growing your own onions? We have a superb set of articles giving all you need to know about this crop.
Growing Onions indoors is really quite easy. Onions are persistent and those roots just want to grow. See tips forgrowing them in water, and in containers.
Onion sets and I have a really tempestuous relationship. Some rot right away and the majority of them bolt too soon so my onions are small. Again, my issues may be weather related so if you have been successful with onion sets, simply disregard my frustration. If you want to try your h...
Growing Onions From Sets In many regions you may be able to buy onion transplants for immediate planting. An alternative is to plant sets. Sets are part-grown onions that are super-easy to grow and save time sowing. On the downside they don’t store as well as onions grown from seed...
Onions grown from seedrequire the soil to be at least 50°F to germinate, so these should be started indoors about 6 weeks before transplanting to the garden. In colder climates (Zone 5 and colder), many gardeners prefer starting from onion sets to onion seeds because you’ve jumpstarted ...
Do you knowwhen to plant onions? Here in Texas, January is the time forplanting onions.More specifically,planting onion sets. What is anonion set?It is a bundle of onion seedlings that are ready for planting. Youcouldgrow onions from seed in flats. Then, you would have to carefully pull...
Spring onions can be grown from seeds or sets. The bulb that form can be either white or red, depending on the variety. The red varieties are wonderful used in salads. The name “spring onion” comes from the fact that the cold hardy onion is planted in late fall and harvested in the...
The present invention relates to a method for growing onion. More specifically, the method comprise the steps of: (a) making onion dormant; (b) canceling the dormant state of the onion; (c) planting the dormant-canceled onion in a field; (d) dividing the stem and the roots of the ...
In the past year, both Ben Vanheems and I have written about the virtues of growing onions from seed. We left out many small details, which I've been keeping track of in recent weeks as I've been growing onions from seed myself. Please bear in mind that I am an onion maniac, and...