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kathyjane
True Blue Farmgirl
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Kathy
Doniphan
MO
USA
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 Posted - Jan 23 2011 : 10:07:38 PM
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Hey Farmgirls, I thought I'd try starting onions from seed this year. Does anyone with experience having suggestions for me?
Kathy Jane
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homsteddinmom
True Blue Farmgirl
441 Posts
Brandee
bullard
tx
USA
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Posted - Jan 24 2011 : 06:30:00 AM
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I tried growing from seed but had no luck. I just buy the starts. I hope you have good luck!
Homesteading Mom in East Texas. Raising chickens, Rabbits and goats here on my farm! |
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Bellepepper
True Blue Farmgirl
1207 Posts
Belle
Coffeyville
KS
USA
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Posted - Jan 24 2011 : 07:02:16 AM
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Kathy, I'm not sure but I think you need to start them in the fall. I always get my onion plants from Dixondale Farms in Carrizo TX. They are shipped to me the middle of March and are ready to plant. So they must have been growing for a while. I know if you leave onions in the ground, they will come up again next year.
I plant my garlic in Oct. They sprout and come up then go dorment (on top anyway) till spring. Then I harvest around July. Onions may be the same.
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Montrose Girl
Farmgirl Legend/Schoolmarm
1360 Posts
Laurie
Montrose
CO
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Posted - Jan 24 2011 : 07:18:20 AM
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I've grown them from seeds with no trouble. They need more water, but I had some nice ones by fall. Give it a go!
Laurie
http://www.inntheorchardbnb.com/ |
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kathyjane
True Blue Farmgirl
66 Posts
Kathy
Doniphan
MO
USA
66 Posts |
Posted - Jan 24 2011 : 11:42:10 AM
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Laurie, When did you start them? Did you start them indoors or direct seed in the garden?
Kathy Jane
Farmgirl #2565 |
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FebruaryViolet
True Blue Farmgirl
4810 Posts
Jonni
Elsmere
Kentucky
USA
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Posted - Jan 24 2011 : 11:46:51 AM
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I'm like Brandee...I had little to no luck from seed and bought all organic from Baker's Creek and Seed Savers. I just buy the sets, too. Works well for me and there are ample bundles for $3.00 or less in our area.
Musings from our family in the Bluegrass http://sweetvioletmae.blogspot.com/ |
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Mary D
Farmgirl at Heart
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Mary
Pittston
Maine
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Posted - Jan 28 2011 : 09:35:14 AM
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| I've started onions from seed and had good luck. I start them indoors in early to mid April for an end of May outdoor planting. (I liev in Maine.) I sow them in a flat filled with seed starting mix and separate them when I transplant. I hill up the transplants to protect them and give them a little support. The seedlings need a consistent level of water to thrive. |
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Montrose Girl
Farmgirl Legend/Schoolmarm
1360 Posts
Laurie
Montrose
CO
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Posted - Jan 29 2011 : 6:38:45 PM
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Straight into the garden. I know some folks start them early in flats and have done that in the past, but last year, I didn't.
http://www.inntheorchardbnb.com/ |
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Ninibini
True Blue Farmgirl
7577 Posts
Nini
Pennsylvania
USA
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Posted - Mar 27 2011 : 8:44:52 PM
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Kathy - last year, I planted both onion sets AND seeds. The onion sets turned into fantastic onions, but the seeds didn't seem to do anything... UNTIL I noticed after the snow melted a couple of weeks ago: there were all these green onion tops out in the garden! I'm not sure, but I'm pretty confident they are from the seeds I planted last year! I'm going to try to plant seeds this year right out in the garden again, like Laurie said, though. I'll also be planting more sets, too, just in case! Good luck with your onions - I can't wait to hear what you choose to do and how it works for you! :) Hugs - Nini
God gave us two hands... one to help ourselves, and one to help others!
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HDA
True Blue Farmgirl
59 Posts
Heidi
Hood River
OR
USA
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Posted - Mar 27 2011 : 9:10:55 PM
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| Kathy-last year I planted seeds straight in the garden in the early spring close together for green onions & had more than I could ever use, they grew beautifully. If that is something you are interested in it seemed really easy. |
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TJinMT
True Blue Farmgirl
211 Posts
TJ
Billings
MT
USA
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Posted - Mar 28 2011 : 4:14:49 PM
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I think I've been ruined forever on onions - I bought a bag of super-sweet ones from Costco. OK I've bought two bags now. All my life I've been allergic to raw onions... if I could taste them it was enough, and I'd end up with a bad headache and nausea. These onions I'm buying are so sweet they usually don't even make me tear up when I'm chopping them, and they haven't upset my stomach or head at all!!
My husband dislikes onions intensely - his mom used them as their main vegetable I think (not trying to be disrespectful), and he's been giving me dirty looks when he can "see" onions in his food lately... but I gah-ron-tee he's not tasting that bitter onion flavor!! Some good stuff there. I wish I could find starts OR seeds for them!!!
~TJ of Green Willow Place
www.MyWesternHome.wordpress.com
"We make a living by what we get, but we build a life by what we give." ~Thomas S. Monson |
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HDA
True Blue Farmgirl
59 Posts
Heidi
Hood River
OR
USA
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Posted - Mar 29 2011 : 12:21:51 AM
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| TJ-how interesting, my husband is allergic to onions too! I have not known anyone else dealing with that problem, maybe I should check out the ones you are talking about! |
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TJinMT
True Blue Farmgirl
211 Posts
TJ
Billings
MT
USA
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Posted - Mar 29 2011 : 07:39:07 AM
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I was really surprised that they were so... nonaggressive!
They're called Oso Sweet onions, from Chile. There's a website, ososweetonions.com - there are red and white ones but I did the white ones, I think they have less of whatever that compound is that gives you the sick headaches, if you GET the sick headaches!
I've never tried the sweet TAMU onions, has anyone else??
~TJ of Green Willow Place
www.MyWesternHome.wordpress.com
"We make a living by what we get, but we build a life by what we give." ~Thomas S. Monson |
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