In our area and latitude, late January to early February is the ideal time to start sowing seeds indoors for onion ...
In fact, it’s more than just “prime” time — it’s a critical time, because if you set your onion transplants out too late, ...
It is a bit more time-consuming than growing from sets, however, in my opinion it is well worth trying and seeing what ...
Once that happens, onion bulbs don't increase much in size. This happens because onions are biennials. They grow foliage and a bulb the first season, then bloom and set seed in their second ...
With spring right around the corner, it's the perfect time to be learning how to plant onions. There are two main ways you ...
Where possible, choose onion sets that have been heat-treated. This means their flower embryos have been killed, so they're less likely to run to seed or bolt. Generally, growing onions from sets ...
Bulb onions are vegetables I consider a must have for the table, are currently available at local outlets as starts and can be planted through early February. Bulb onions (Allium ...
Alternatively you could grow your onions from baby bulbs known as 'sets' instead. Onion sets are produced by growing onions from seed very close together. The immature bulbs produced are not large ...
Plants grown from sets often begin blooming in mid-summer and stubbornly refuse to stop. Once that happens, onion bulbs don't ...