When do onion sets finish growing?
Ashley Sanchez (8a)
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Peter (6b SE NY)
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Comments (75)Finally, just found and ordered 40 heritage white from Egyptianonions.com, after eating the white multipliers and few of Kelly's potato onions all spring, I have narrowed my selections down to three varieties of perennial onions: heritage sweet white EWO, Kelly's potato onions and a white multiplier. The white multipliers and the heritage EWO are from the Deep South and suit my taste buds, and should provide green onions year round. Kelly's Green mountains will give me storage onions year round, therefore perennial onions that suit my taste buds and no more buying onions from the grocery store. Pretty excited about my plan, Heritage Whites and White Multipliers from Florida for year round green onions and Kelly's potato onions for storage, all well suited to my climate and taste buds. These are Kelly's potato onions from last week. Now putting up seed heads that I will start from seed next year. Hopefully I will wind up with a landrace well suited to my climate....See MoreHow many types of onions do you grow?
Comments (25)"I've ditched the bunching onions. For some reason they just always come along all weeny and small..." Sunnibel, you must have one of the smaller bunching onions, like the variety "Four Seasons". It is very hardy & multiplies like chives, but has very small scallions - only 10" long or so, and about pencil width or smaller. Some of the larger varieties can be seen in the photo below: Onion trials These onions were part of a nine-variety trial of bunching onions (garlic was in the blank spots). Those in the foreground are "Franz" and "Stevenson", heirlooms from an SSE member. They are both very vigorous, and virtually indistinguishable. The clump in the background is "Welsh". Close-up of "Welsh" (note quarter in foreground) The rest of the trial was grown on another site, and unfortunately, no photos were taken. The photos are of first-year plants started early from seed. The second part of the trial was to test for winter hardiness, and the degree of multiplication. Large-stemmed varieties (like "Welsh") had heavy winter kill in my Zone 5 location, and multiplied very little if at all. Smaller-stemmed varieties ("Franz", "Stevenson", "Four Seasons") were much hardier, and had virtually no winter loss. They also multiplied extensively, splitting the first year, and again in the Spring. They form clumps very quickly. The majority of the plants were eaten, given away, or destroyed after the trial. I did keep a few plants, though. The thing is... they were moved, and I can't positively identify the varieties. I have a clump of either "Franz" or "Stevenson". If you would like to try them, PM me through my member page, I'll send some plants when the weather warms....See MoreWhen do you start onion seeds?
Comments (3)Shuffles got me started using seed last year, I grew them in large clay pots and they did well. I started the seed mid-September, pulled and spaced the sets late November, and pulled the bulbs early June just when the rainy season started. We still have tons of bulbs to eat :-) Tom...See MoreWhen do onions start to swell and become onions?
Comments (16)The plants are getting really large now, and a couple of them are starting to bulb. I've stopped feeding them but they are still drinking lots of water. Would it be ok to cut back a bit on the water? Am thinking it might be good to stress them a bit to force bulbing. There's a lot of water stored in the tops. .....Or should I just keep watering them well? Thanks, Ed...See Moredigdirt2
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