Where to get non Monsanto ONION PLANTS from.

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Maybe it's the soil where I was living until last year, but I've always done onions from seed. Put seeds in ground. Water. Wait. Eat onions. It really was not hard.... not even kinda.
 

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grow_my_own said:
Maybe it's the soil where I was living until last year, but I've always done onions from seed. Put seeds in ground. Water. Wait. Eat onions. It really was not hard.... not even kinda.
I have never tried, but have read they are difficult, I'm not taking any chances. I did however purchase seed packets from fedco and will try my hand at them. I will order plants for a back up. If they all end up growing they won't go to waste. My sons love homemade french onion soup. I use LOTS of onions in a year.

I hope it is as easy as put seeds in ground, water, wait and eat onions :idunno That is how my small table onions work but I want the large softball sized ones this year.
 

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Wow, I just ordered my onion plants from dixondale farms and I have to say that was the easiest ordering process I have ever had with ANY seed company. They didn't even charge me shipping and I got 15 dozen plants for under 27.00. Yippee!!
 

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r4eboxer said:
Wow, I just ordered my onion plants from dixondale farms and I have to say that was the easiest ordering process I have ever had with ANY seed company. They didn't even charge me shipping and I got 15 dozen plants for under 27.00. Yippee!!
I know Im late on this post but at Burlin Seeds you can get onion plants at,
50-70 $5.75
100-140 $9.50
150-210 $13.75
200-280 $16.00
250-350 $18.25
300-420 $21.00

They carry Big Daddy, Candy, Copra, Red Candy Apple, Red Zeppelin, and Super Star

There Onion sets run
$2.65 1/2 lb
$3.75 for a lb
28.00 for 10 lbs

They dont do internet sell but there number in 1-877-464-0892


Chris
 

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r4eboxer said:
Wow, I just ordered my onion plants from dixondale farms and I have to say that was the easiest ordering process I have ever had with ANY seed company. They didn't even charge me shipping and I got 15 dozen plants for under 27.00. Yippee!!
I had the same experience as you - placing the order was very easy and I received my order very quickly. Also, when the plants showed up, I found that I received WAY more than 60 plants per "bunch."
 

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Waylon05 said:
r4eboxer said:
Wow, I just ordered my onion plants from dixondale farms and I have to say that was the easiest ordering process I have ever had with ANY seed company. They didn't even charge me shipping and I got 15 dozen plants for under 27.00. Yippee!!
I had the same experience as you - placing the order was very easy and I received my order very quickly. Also, when the plants showed up, I found that I received WAY more than 60 plants per "bunch."
They are a great company, I plan to use them more often. I have to say that my order for seeds from Fedco was a day long affair. But dixondale farms was a breeze! I do like fedco too, the catalog gives a lot of great information, but the ordering process needs some tweeking.
 

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Chickie'sMomaInNH said:
here's something i found that might be of interest on different onion varieties and their background of where/when they were produced.

http://cuke.hort.ncsu.edu/cucurbit/wehner/vegcult/onional.html for the A-L cultivarshttp://cuke.hort.ncsu.edu/cucurbit/wehner/vegcult/onionmz.html for the M-Z cultivars
Wow! I can't believe how many different varieties of onions there are! Thanks for sharing this.
 
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