Being Proactive Against Fungal Disease in Onions
Many growers have been lucky and rarely dealt with disease, but this season is not one of them. One way to maximize your crop’s potential is to be proactive about onion disease prevention. Unfortunately, once disease is discovered, often it may be too late to…
Leeks Vinaigrette
This great onion recipe comes from Dixondale Farms! If you have an onion recipe you’d like us to share, please email it to customerservice@dixondalefarms.com. Making the Leeks Vinaigrette Trim tough, dark greens from leeks; discard. Halve leeks, lengthwise, and cut off root ends, leaving as much…
Signs Your Onions are Ready for Harvest
Leaf Count One way you can tell your onion plants are nearing harvest is to count the number of leaves on your onions. While 13 leaves is a “perfect” onion, some varieties may mature with fewer leaves than that are still perfectly good onions. When…
Proper Time to Harvest
With our customers in the south nearing harvest, we wanted to provide a refresher on when it’s time to harvest. One way you will know your onions are nearing harvest is by keeping track of the number of leaves on your onion plants. While 13 is…
Ideal Size of Your Onion Plants
Every season, many customers contact us regarding plant size. Optimal plant size at the time of transplanting is about that of a pencil, ≈1 cm or slightly less than ½ inch in diameter, which usually translates to the plant having 4 leaves. If an onion…
What to Know About Fall Onions
Planting For Fall Harvest? If you plant onions now, they’ll start bulbing (pushing away the surrounding soil) very soon, even though the onions have not fully developed. This is because bulbing is triggered not by plant size, but by daylength. Spring planting allows time for…
Watering Your Onion Patch
The right amount of moisture is key in your onion patch. When watering your onions, there is a fine line that must not be crossed when it comes to the amount of water your onions need. Onion plants require adequate water to produce high yields,…
The Importance of Nitrogen in Your Onion Crop
All about the soil Your soil is the storage vehicle for the nutrients for your onion crop. Replenishing the soil with these essential nutrients is critical to having success. With all the rain that has fallen across most of the country this spring, your soil…
Reaching Full Onion Bulb Potential
Most Dixondale Farms customers strive to grow the largest onions possible. Providing your plants with enough space to bulb is crucial starting from the day you plant your onions. We recommend planting your onions no more than 1/2 to 1 inch deep and 4 inches apart. These…
Protect Your Onions from a Freeze
Onions can withstand light to heavy frosts and moderate freezes, but hard freezes can result in onion damage. Covering the plants with a protective covering or tarp will greatly reduce freeze damage, especially if temperatures are dropping below 20˚F. We say that onion plants can survive…