In today’s episode, we discuss six tips on how to grow onions and allow them to flourish!
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26 Comments
My biggest problem would be onion maggots, took out all but two of my onions this year. 🙈 I’m screening them in next year to keep the flies off them. Lol!
My neighborhood bunnies pruned the greens on my onions.😢 the onions didn't grow after that.
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But maybe it does depend on which zone people are in. I pruned my onions and they all died. I'm in the equivalent of zone 8b. We did have extreme more rainfall then other summers, but it was painful to watch them die. 😢
Many thanks Luke. I'm forming a new onion plan before Halloween; about the time I should start seeds in zone 9. A watering plan based on last year, doesn't work. Water using the weather, TODAY. LOL
Are onions and banana trees part of the same family?
your pruning sounds like fun! –when i was 14 i worked on a farm thinning carrots for 4 hrs each day. Worse yet i cleaned the horse barn. Hows them apples.
Awesome thanks Luke. Have yet to master a good onion harvest.
My biggest onion tip, start early they are about the first crop you can sow and sets are the first thing that can be planted out.
From Luke to Luke, your channel rocks! 🎸. Thanks for all the info!
Luke you are so Adorable…and Ripped!!! Love your Tips on Onions…really made huge difference in my Yield!! Thank You!
Thank you for this video! I was burying the entire bulbs! Very important lesson learned! I love red onions.
Hi Luke, thanks for solving my onion dilemma. My onions and garlic at harvest were very small and disappointing. When i planted the young sprouts in early Spring i then covered the entire bed with a 2-3 inch layer of cedar shavings. I thought this would help maintain moisture and help the plants. Instead it smothered them giving me marble size garlic and golf ball size onions😢
Trying again in '24.
As a seed seller, you should emphasize that there are some varieties that are just plain BIGGER than other varieties! I had a goal of 250 onions for this year. I've harvested 150 so far and may pull the rest of them before tomorrow's forecast of storms in west Michigan. I think that I have exceeded my goal!
Such great information! Question, Is there a right or wrong time to start sowing the onion seeds? I'm in Southern California, zone 10a.
Please write a book on gardening! Tips an tricks for different crops. LoVE your videos and they have helped me so so much! THANK YOU for all the information you share 🤩
How far apart do you plant the onions? Also, I will harvest some as i need them in the kitchen.
I'm a grateful student. Thanks so much!
Hey, Luke! Another great video! I bought your onion seeds and had great germination! But I have a question…because I blew out my knee, I didn’t get my onion seedlings in the ground until Jun 15. I’m in 5b. They were in cups on the patio where they got good sunlight. And I kept them watered. So basically, by the time they were planted they were almost the size of a start. They are growing but they are understandably slow. How late can I leave them in the ground? Or is there a temp that I should be paying attention to? Thanks!
Our onions sort of layed down sideways, they didn’t really crimp, just tipped over and grew across the ground
Thanks for all your great info, Luke. We planted onions in a raised bed this year. It's a southern exposure, but I think the bushes near it probably shaded them too much. I have to have raised beds on legs because I'm 70 and I can no longer bend to work in our garden. We also probably didn't water them enough. But we're leaving them in and will see what we get. We're in NE Ohio & I'm thinking any that are too small once we start to get cold will be covered with a layer of hay (or straw?) and left for the winter. We'll see what we get then. We have enjoyed eating the onion tops by adding them to soups and stews. AND…we'll try again next year, but in a different, very sunny location.
Several questions;
1) When will more of your onion varieties be back in stock?
2) Can they be started indoors and then transplanted, or do they do better direct sown?
3) How often should they be fertilized with Trifecta and do you just put it in each hole before planting or in the soil around them several times a year?
4) How much of the leaves should be pruned off; enough to leave 2 or 3 inches or should you take off less than that?
??? How about mulching the onions??
The worst mistake I made was intercropping onions too close to other plants. I had them next to my lettuce and the lettuce overgrew and shaded them out, knocking over the onion stems and killing the plants. I'm going to have to give the onions their own separate space next year.
I had green onions at home, and at my farm plot. The ones at home looked normal, but the ones at the farm definitely grew a bulb, at least golf ball to small onion size.
I love pruning, onion greens are delicious 😊 Don't toss them out.