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- Growing Onions, Maximizing Output
- Here’s a time table for starting seeds indoors. Plant Onions
- Good article on growing onions. Plant Onions
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Plant Onions News to Share
Plant Onions News to Share
- Composting *onion* skins? – Soil Forum – GardenWeb
- Food Blog – *onions* – Agriculture and Natural Resources Blogs – 43312
- Natural Enemies For Greenhouse Pests
- Magic mushrooms – Special Veggie
- Some thoughts on composting onions. I’ve never sprouted any onions in my compost…squash yes but not onions. Just in case you’re interested, I’ve got some rotating compost bins at http://www.rotatingcompostbin.org Plant Onions
- Not too early to think about how you’ll store your onion crop. Plant Onions
- Since onions whether seeds or sets, do best when they’re started inside, thought this might help. Plant Onions
- A bit off topic but had to share the size of this mushroom. Plant Onions
Plant Onions News to Share
- Environmental Working Group and Dr. Andrew Weil Announce 2010 Shopper's Guide to Pesticides
- A week’s worth of work
- Anne Mahle: Spring crops up with a bounty of its own – Press Herald
- Planting time – Chesterfield Observer (subscription)
- New way of planting onions, They are up and looking good.
- Is Gardening Really Worth it?
- A list for eating pesticide free food. Glad to see onions on the list…I love onions. Plant Onions
- This farm isn’t too far from me. Maybe it’s not too late for onions. Plant Onions
- Yum…getting hungry and the garden’s just planted. Plant Onions
- Let’s get those kids gardening early!!! Plant Onions
- Since these products aren’t screaming organic which I prefer, I’ll assume they’re not, but he is absolutely right about the soil. For any bulb or root vegetable the soil needs to be loose (crooked carrots anyone?), and what your soil needs will depend on where you live. I do like the idea of planting onions close to get a good harvest of spring onions and mature onions…great conservation of space. Plant Onions
- Oh my! It’s so much fun and last summer I ate out of my garden for the whole summer and even into the fall. The only vegetable I bought were onions which is why I’m trying to grow them now. Given I spent considerably less than $50, I’d say it was a bargain and everything tasted so much better. Plant Onions
How To Plant Onions
Here are some of my favorite resources for how to plant onions.
University of Illinois Extension
University of Minnesota Extension
Yes, I do like those university extensions. Just be aware that they are talking mostly about their own regions and yours may be different.
Plant Onions News to Share
- My Green Thumb: Crop Rotation
- May 7, Mold on seedlings started indoors
- May 7, how is to old for cow manure
- May 11, Figuring out microclimates
May 13, 2010
- Rotate your onions. Good to know Plant Onions
May 13, 2010
- Onions have a very long growing season and to get anything other than green onions, you need to start onion seeds inside very early in the season. This heating pad idea is good as is knowing enough to stop using it once the seeds have germinated. Plant Onions
May 13, 2010
- There is indeed a difference between nutrient value and organic matter value. Plant Onions
May 13, 2010
- With onions there are long day and short day onions. Apparently onions don’t start creating bulbs until there are 14 hours of daylight Plant Onions
When to Plant Onions
In researching when to plant onions I found it depends on several factors.
1. Are you planting onion seeds, sets, bulbs or plants? Seeds take 3-4 months to harvest so unless you’re in a very warm area. Onion sets can take up to 60+.
2. What type of onion you’re planning to grow? You can grow onions for food and they also make beautiful ornamental flowers. Whichever you choose, there are varieties within varieties and each has it’s own particular requirements.
3. Where do you live? Since when to plant your onions depends on when the danger of frost in over and the temperature of the soil. This varies from region to region so be sure to check with an authoritative source.
4. How many hours of sunlight do you have? The are short day and long day varieties of onions.
When in doubt one of the best sources for information on planting and growing onions (or anything else for that matter) is your local state university extension. Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Illinois, Minnesota and Texas are just a few that have agricultural extensions.