Tips For A Great Onion Crop.......

[luvsdirt]

We ordered from Dixondale this year...big, healthy looking plants! When we visited our local grocery store, they had Dixondale onion plants for sale -and some of the farm supply stores in our area have Dixondale Farms onions as well! Can't wait to see how they do!

 

[bootstrap]

I think I am going to order a few extra bunches and offer them for sale locally to support my habit I will plant them through the geotextile fabric and see how they do.

 

[digitS']

I will admit to something: onion plants from Dixondale in Texas grow larger in my garden than ones I start in my greenhouse. It is true with the Walla Wall Sweets also -- and I'm just a couple hundred miles north of Walla Walla :/!

I don't know which ones these were:


sweet onions with shallots

Altho' it makes life easier and there's a better guarantee of success, you can still grow nice onions from seed and there's more varieties to choose from than what you can get from TX. Just like the article says - choose a variety suited to your area. I can grow Granex just like they grow in Vidalia, Georgia. Problem is, they will bulb-up waaay to early to be of any size.

As far as other tips: remember that you are growing leaves - the "bulbs" are the base of the leaves. They are not roots. Give onions a high nitrogen fertilizer just about like you would use for your lawn grass .

Steve
edited because the 1st time -- I forgot to attach ♪ music ♪ to the pic!

 

[lesa]

Those are beauties, Steve! I need to get up the nerve to try growing them from seed again...Maybe next year!

 

[thedeacon]

Thanks but no thanks. Half the reason for my garden is to have a more organic product. All the fertilizer and chemical spraying sounds like the next Japanese crop.

 

[chills]

again boggybranch thanks for the info.
i tried wintersowing for the first time this year and my onion choices are: Red Burgundy Onion, Spring onion and Evergreen Bunching Onion.
Im excited they are about 3 inches tall, so perfect timing on the onion info!
if i knew i was going to be successful i would of bought more seeds.