Preparing a Weed Free Onion Patch
Keeping your onion beds weed free is important as weeds compete with onions for nutrients. Below are some tips for preparing your beds in advance to keep you onion patch weed free. Preparing Your Beds in Advance Annual weeds respond to a wide range of…
Onion Plant Size
We received many phone calls and emails with customers asking us about onion plant size. Onion Plant Size is determined by a few factors. Optimal plant size at the time of transplanting is about that of a pencil, ≈1 cm or slightly less than ½…
Kick Start Your Onion Plants After a Long Winter
Many customers ordered their onion plants at their normal shipping times, but still may have them in storage because their ground has been frozen. If the plants have been stored in a cool and dry location, the onion plants will transplant successfully after winter. They…
How to Plant Onion Transplants
Prepare before you plant your onion transplants While the enclosed plants may appear dry, don’t be alarmed; they’re simply dormant. Don’t worry if you can’t plant them immediately, even if the roots and tips begin to dry out. The onions can live off the bulb…
Growing Onions in Containers
Downsizing your garden? Moving to a smaller yard? Want to still enjoy home-grown onions? Growing onions in containers could be your answer! Container gardening differs from conventional gardening a bit. We have summarized and provided the essentials for growing onions in containers below. Container selection…
What Makes Onions Sweet
Ever wondered what makes an onion sweet? Well, it’s basically how much water is in it. Onions contain roughly 90% water. Sweetness in onions is another way of saying that they lack pungency and are relatively mild. Surprisingly, sugars have nothing to do with it. Some pungent onions actually…
Preserving Your Onions in Storage
Ensuring Maximum Storage Potential You’ve spent countless hours in the garden, harvested your onions, and now it’s time to ensure they are stored properly so you can enjoy them as long as possible. Below are some tips for preserving your onion harvest. Storage tips Once the…
Furrow Irrigating Your Onion Beds
Furrow irrigation is sometimes referred to as flood irrigation. This is where we get the term “flood the beds”. Many customers ask us which is the preferred method of irrigating onions, and we usually recommend this method. Read on to learn more about furrow irrigating…
Four Keys to Onion Growing Success
The 4 Keys to Onion Growing Success are Location, Soil Preparation, Water and Protection from the start. Be sure to follow these pillars for healthy, hearty plants! Location Full sun and good soil drainage are essential, so choose a location that gets plenty of direct…
Checkbook Method to Watering Onions
Onion watering, finding the right balance Onions are highly sensitive to underwatering and overwatering. Research has shown that a single episode of moderate water stress any time from the four-leaf stage to the eight-leaf stage can result in reduced bulb single-centeredness. With these facts in…