Onion Bulb Sets

[hangin'witthepeeps]

Okay, so I went wild with fall planting. I still have pepper plants and late tomatoes coming in. I ran out of room to plant my onion bulb (sets). They are "silvermoon" and I know nothing about them. I have raised beds. I was wondering if I could plant them through out the bed in the corners of my squares around my pepper plants and in between the brocolli and cabbage? Would this work? I do not want to mix them in with my garlic or walking onions. Since I'm not sure of the harvesting of the onions and how will I tell them apart? I did put a few in some containers I had. I still have a lot more.

 

[lesa]

That should work out fine... I planted mine throughout the garden for companion planting purposes and wherever I had a little room. The moment you harvest onions is not all that important. Leave them in the ground longer and they will be larger- but you can eat them small, too. Sounds like you've got a great fall garden going!

 

[hangin'witthepeeps]

I think they over winter for spring harvest, I could be totally wrong. I bought them in the spring and we ate them as green onions and they were good. I would really like to harvest them in the spring if that is what I'm supposed to do. I can't find any info on them on the internet other than in the UK which may be a totally different onion and they have different seasons than US right? It's almost fall here, is it fall in the UK too?

 

[lesa]

You are in a different world- I mean zone than I am- but I am sure you could overwinter those onions. That is how I grow garlic. Do you actually get snow? I planted a second group of onions in late July and they are ready to be harvested now- so depending on your conditions you might want to harvest before spring. Either way, with your southern climate, you will have a great crop of onions!

 

[vfem]

You're in my neck of the woods, and here we plant in fall and harvest in early summer. When the tops fall back.

Don't worry about confusing them with garlic, they look totally different!

One thing to note is you don't want the onions to bloom or they won't be good for storage, if that happens just store them in the fridge and eat them within a week or so. If they don't flower just hang and dry them to cure like the garlic.

I planted last year in October... I harvested in early June...

The garlic has gorgeous blooms BTW!

 

[hangin'witthepeeps]

This is my first attempt at garlic and my second attempt at onions. Due to my lack of knowledge, we ate the onions too early, they were okay, but not what we were expecting. Thanks guys for letting me know how to do this. I will plant them throughout the beds and I'm looking forward to harvesting and curing some. This is so neat.