Starting My 2024 Onion Seeds

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Sowing My 2024 Onion Seeds

Here in New England, we plant LONG DAY ONIONS.
The farther NORTH you are, the longer DAYLIGHT HOURS you have. We have longer days compared to the Equator... SURE< it is hotter there, but, our days are longer, during Summer.

Onion Bulbs take their sizing cues from Daylight Length hours. Sure, right NOW, it's a cold, February day, but never better time to get some Onion Seed Sown! I am planting
• Red Wethersfield
• Red Burgundy
• Sweet Utah Yellow
• Pompeii White, and some
• Red Beard Bunching Onion.

Planting now, gives me a head start for stronger, healthier Onion, come time to transplant them outside, to the Garden, after my last frost days.

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Onion seeds are TINY TINY TINY. So, A BIG part of onion planting success, is making sure my seed starter soil is finely sifted.

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Only a week or so, after sowing seeds!

When it comes to onion, I follow a process called OVERSEED. That is, I put LOTS of seed into the trays. Reason is simple, ONIONS are easy to tease apart, and plant individually, later. the onion root is one simple straight root and doesn't get tangled, so, come spring when I go outside, it is easy to pull them apart, and plant with proper spacing for decent sized onion bulbs.

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This video is a look at HOW I sow my ONION indoors!



Most of you know, I prefer to grow my own food, locally. It's healthier for my family, and for the planet. I know what goes into my foods, and what chemicals are NOT in my food. Also, It cuts down on carbon emissions, less trucking, planes, trains, and boats, to get fresh foods to my table.

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I don’t know onions have different kinds, I just think onions are the same. Now I know what they’re called and how to make them also. Your video has been helpful as well.

Cool getting onions going. I like watching your progress because you are a few weeks ahead of us. I left some onion and shallots in the ground last year and let them go to seed. I'm curious to see what becomes of that. No loss if its nothing lol I got them from another gardener that grows lots and stored them then gave them to us because they were sprouting 🙄

the thing with onion is, they are biannual!
First year, the seed grows into an onion. They grow, go dormant, the greenery dies, then, they Overwinter, and then, that second year, they can go to seed. You must have some onion sets from the friend. Usually thats the only way to get seed (second year onion)
SAVE those seeds. Thats some cool onoon to try and plant for the future!

This is quite interesting to know that onions can even be grown indoors.
This quite insightful for me

I’m just wondering if they don’t attract mosquitoes

The growth of your onion plants is really inspiring.
I never grew onions, but now reading your blog, I feel it won't be that difficult.👍🏼

they are actually fairly easy to grow.