Awesome video, thanks for taking the time to put it together and share it!!!! I live in Memphis and have been looking for methods to propagate and grow onions in our warm climate. A few questions for you... 1) Do you ever plant the onion seeds directly into the ground, and when do you do so? I have not had luck planting them in the spring yet. 2) When growing your onion sets in the bin, how do you care for the onions and what is the process for harvesting the small onions before winter?
@cegli1 Thanks for your comment. In our climate, onions will grow for most of the year. If I was going to plant seed directly in the garden, I would do it in early spring when you would plant cold season plants, i.e. same time as lettuce. If you plant with good spacing and in well composted soil, you can have good sized onions by mid summer / early fall. They will not be the huge ones you see in the store. You need to grow from bulbs to get them that size.
@cegli1 On growing in a bin, I care for it like any other plant. When you want to harvest, fold down the stalk at ground level about 2 weeks before you harvest. I just dump the tray and then seperate from the soil. You need to dry them out some to prevent them from rotting and getting mushy if you are going to transplant in the garden later. Done correctly, they will look like the bulbs in the store, dry and firm. I must be getting lazy as I plant seed to garden these days, if small use 2.
@mywootgarden Thanks! I cut a bunch of seed heads recently and I thought about making a vid of seeding them. I ended up with about 30 - 40 flowers. It should yield about a thousand seeds. Thanks for watching!
@jknacasual wow you you really have to make a vid about that or with some of those componets :D im super in love with onions and the allium family with the garlic and the ugly cousin the leek :) thanks for posting
hey i have an onion set that has already started growing the leafy head and its not yet in to ground because i just picked it from the larger onions. is it still okay to plant them in late august?
@davidbgeez123 Thanks for your comment. I do plant in late Summer and early fall. I typically carry my onions through the winter with my greenhouse (not heated) over them. It jump starts the growth and my family can use the fresh stalks in all of our onion recipes throughout the Winter and early Spring. They will survive even without the greenhouse (depending on your location), but you can increase their growth that way. Cold frames are great too.
Thanks for posting this. U are the first person I have found who told me how to get onion seed from onions. I have put one in the ground and it has been growing for 3 months. I have two flowers come out of it and now know exactly how to get the seed from them!
@havock89 Glad that I can help. The main thing is to wait for the flowers to close and the head will look like a bunch of little balls. Each one should have about 6 or so seeds in it. Thanks for watching!
It would depend on when you want to plant the seeds. I start my onions preseason and put my temp greenhouse over them. If you are looking to plant now, you probably don't need to even dry them, just remove the seeds and shallow plant them. I dried mine because I did not want to plant them right away. We have a long growing season in the south. Cold frames would work great for an all winter crop also. They would suffer outside in the Northeast winter.
Can you please watch my Onion Germination video and tell me if my onion is going to grow? Thanks.
5Language 5 months ago
thanks for your video i am curently trying to dry my seed heads and the bagy tip is the tiket thanks agine
zuseable 7 months ago
Awesome video, thanks for taking the time to put it together and share it!!!! I live in Memphis and have been looking for methods to propagate and grow onions in our warm climate. A few questions for you... 1) Do you ever plant the onion seeds directly into the ground, and when do you do so? I have not had luck planting them in the spring yet. 2) When growing your onion sets in the bin, how do you care for the onions and what is the process for harvesting the small onions before winter?
cegli1 1 year ago
@cegli1 Thanks for your comment. In our climate, onions will grow for most of the year. If I was going to plant seed directly in the garden, I would do it in early spring when you would plant cold season plants, i.e. same time as lettuce. If you plant with good spacing and in well composted soil, you can have good sized onions by mid summer / early fall. They will not be the huge ones you see in the store. You need to grow from bulbs to get them that size.
jknacasual 1 year ago
@cegli1 On growing in a bin, I care for it like any other plant. When you want to harvest, fold down the stalk at ground level about 2 weeks before you harvest. I just dump the tray and then seperate from the soil. You need to dry them out some to prevent them from rotting and getting mushy if you are going to transplant in the garden later. Done correctly, they will look like the bulbs in the store, dry and firm. I must be getting lazy as I plant seed to garden these days, if small use 2.
jknacasual 1 year ago
OMG ! your vid is awesome ill post a RE !!
mywootgarden 1 year ago
@mywootgarden Thanks! I cut a bunch of seed heads recently and I thought about making a vid of seeding them. I ended up with about 30 - 40 flowers. It should yield about a thousand seeds. Thanks for watching!
jknacasual 1 year ago
@jknacasual wow you you really have to make a vid about that or with some of those componets :D im super in love with onions and the allium family with the garlic and the ugly cousin the leek :) thanks for posting
mywootgarden 1 year ago
hey i have an onion set that has already started growing the leafy head and its not yet in to ground because i just picked it from the larger onions. is it still okay to plant them in late august?
davidbgeez123 1 year ago
@davidbgeez123 Thanks for your comment. I do plant in late Summer and early fall. I typically carry my onions through the winter with my greenhouse (not heated) over them. It jump starts the growth and my family can use the fresh stalks in all of our onion recipes throughout the Winter and early Spring. They will survive even without the greenhouse (depending on your location), but you can increase their growth that way. Cold frames are great too.
jknacasual 1 year ago
Thanks for posting this. U are the first person I have found who told me how to get onion seed from onions. I have put one in the ground and it has been growing for 3 months. I have two flowers come out of it and now know exactly how to get the seed from them!
FREE FOOD! lol
havock89 1 year ago
@havock89 Glad that I can help. The main thing is to wait for the flowers to close and the head will look like a bunch of little balls. Each one should have about 6 or so seeds in it. Thanks for watching!
jknacasual 1 year ago
Thanks! WE have an onion flowering now. When do you pick the flower? After it has wilted on the plant?
digdugdiggy 1 year ago
@GulfCoastJaguarundi Roilsoil had a good method too here in the comments. I grow onions year-round. I am saving my Chive pods soon.
jknacasual 1 year ago
Just place the seed pod on a plate, in a cool, dark and dry place for about 2-weeks.
Then, remove the seeds from the pods and place them in the refrigerator in a paper bag.
theroilsoil 2 years ago
It would depend on when you want to plant the seeds. I start my onions preseason and put my temp greenhouse over them. If you are looking to plant now, you probably don't need to even dry them, just remove the seeds and shallow plant them. I dried mine because I did not want to plant them right away. We have a long growing season in the south. Cold frames would work great for an all winter crop also. They would suffer outside in the Northeast winter.
Let me know how it goes! Hope it helps.
jknacasual 2 years ago
i have a huge seed head...can i just dry them as is?..someone ripped the stalk out when my garden was raided...this i want to really learn...thanks
VGMMASSACHUSETTS 2 years ago