Are Onions Worth Growing?...These Ones Are! 

Can I ask... how did you start the seeds? Direct sow or napkin technique? In what type of soil? Thanks 🤗

They can be grown in seedling trays quote easily, just take time to size up. I like to sprinkle at least 10 seeds per cell and then I separate them all out before transplanting

@@X-er_818I did some direct sew in the garden. I am in MA zone 6b. But I was much more successful with a half dozen seeds in little seed trays then just teasing them apart and planting them out in the garden.

Hi from Florida. I've grown Texas Legend from Dixondale Farms for the past 3 years. I was never able to grow onions before that. Their plants are so nice, thick and green. I currently planted this last batch the first week in December and we just had some extremely cold weather here in Central Florida. They made it through but look a little tired. Hopefully with the sunshine now they will start looking good. I just used my last onion from last year. This type lasts me 7 months. Do any of your brands last even longer? The Texas Legend is a very good tasting onion. I tried starting from seed this year the Texas Sweets. Not many of those sadly made it through the frosty days we had. I will try again a little earlier next time so they have a thicker stalk before planting. Looking forward to your updates on the onions you are growing.

@@X-er_818 I do bulk seeding, I’ll dump a pack into a 4”x4” square Rubbermaid container with a few holes in the bottom. I use standard seed starting peat, then when I’m ready to transplant outside I just run the “brick of onions” under sim water and they all just fall apart. Works really good, goodluck

You've clearly never grown zucchini :p

@@christinecorreia5813 I've grown zucchini in the past and stopped because of how prolific they were. After a while I developed a loathing for the taste of zucchini. On the other hand, I do grow and like yellow straight squash. Go figure!

That is an excellent idea. The green top will decompose, feeding/fertilizing the onions what they need to thrive.

Hahaha me too. And garlic! So fun

I never thought about daylight hours in Australia would you be in the intermediate range?

Adelaide where I live has a range from 4 to 10 peak sun hours per day. Need to take in seasons and Weather too. Adelaide has around 2,774 peak sun hours per year. Average of 8 hours per day. Must work, as a few of my cucumbers are almost 600 grams. Yesterday's temp was 42 degrees Celsius in my area.

That is my favorite part. I barely eat the bulbs anymore, just keep replanting them and letting them regrow more onion and garlic greens for me to eat.

Thanks! I wish you the best of luck as well!

That's interesting! I maybe didn't choose the exact right type for my area!

@@jacquesinthegarden It could be! I checked out my local extension site for suggestions of varieties to grow. Stuttgart was supposed to be a good storage onion for our area.

@@jacquesinthegarden I haven't had good experience with sets either, and I am in California as well, just a bit further north from San Diego. Most sets are long day onions, such as Stuttgart, and most seasoned gardeners recommend growing from seeds here. I do like the idea of getting a bundle for a quick start though, so thanks for the recommendation.

Sadly I have seen nurseries selling varieties that are wrong for the region 😞

Get plants not bulbs, Dixondale and Brown are in TX.

If you plant the ones that are shooting, you will get a flower or two out of it, and you could save the seeds for next year. That’s what I did this year and I’m about to start some now indoors to put out in the spring.

@@Gardeningchristine yes I did do that with the harder onions that where shooting, there in there growing slowly.

Almost $9. a bunch. Yikes.

It's a very hyped onion!

It’s been on my list of plants to try for a while now but I still haven’t started them even though I have seeds!

It was most likely the wrong day length variety!

I used to do more mixed plantings but with the long seasons here it can get really messy and hard to keep track of everything. But you are totally right there is tremendous benefit to it.

@@jacquesinthegarden Thanks Jacque for explaining, short, indeterminate and long onions... I didn't understand what that meant, and wondered why the long onions didn't grow and the indeterminate grew very small... I'm in Southern Cal hence I need short onion seeds... I thought I was just bad at growing onions. 😝

You won't be disappointed!

I had to resist the urge to do so but they recommended not bothering basically. I don't see why it would have any harm if it was limited and then transplanted right away but I have been trying to simplify things on my end so I opted not to try

@@jacquesinthegarden I didn't expect an answer so late❤ Thank you, I'll keep that in mind!

I have talked about it before in a compost video but its basically impossible to make enough compost unless you have an entire plot setup for just compost material. I am fortunately able to buy high quality compost in San Diego from San Pasqual Valley Soils for only $20 a cubic yard and I usually order 3-4 yards a year so I spend less than $100 a year on compost!

@@jacquesinthegarden Ah, it's $11 a bag here. Prohibitive. I just need to quit watching videos of people using compost...

@@Josef_R - you can easily make your own compost throughout the year if you have cut grass and fall leaves. I have a lot of trees on my property. But you can even ask neighbors for their bags of leaves too if you have no trees. I just use cut grass from our land and also food scraps from our kitchen to make compost. I tried using compost from the store and it’s not as good as the stuff you make yourself. I made my bins out of 3ft tall 1/2” hardware cloth at 10 ft lengths to give me a 3x3 cylinder. I layer bottom with 2-3” dry leaves, then water, then 2-3” of green material, then water, and keep doing that until I reach the top where I top with dry leaves and water. I turn the pile into another cylinder compost bin after 2-3 weeks if I want to speed up the process (remembering to water again if needed as you go through mixing the layers and turning) or as slow as every month or two if I’m not in a hurry. It makes a lot of compost. Permapasture Farms has an excellent video showing how to make compost in 18 days by turning every other day. All you need is manpower, a tarp, and space. Don’t even need a bin. I use a sifter (my husband made using 2x4s and the hardware cloth) that goes right over our wheelbarrow. I sift the Japanese beetle grubs out and feed them to the birds. They’re helpful with breaking down the compost but you don’t want them in your garden. Compost is the best way to organically garden. It feeds the soil with microbes and gives your plants and soil the organic material it needs. There are gardeners who don’t even use fertilizer because their soil is so healthy from using compost. With how expensive fertilizer is becoming, you’ll want to know how to feed your soil with compost.

I have 3 garlic beds now and this FIRST of the onion beds

Really depends on your zone. Yellow granex are for the southern states. They are short day onions. If you live further north, you’ll need either intermediate or long day. I’m in TN and I have to experiment between short day and intermediate day bc I’m on the border of both.