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| There is nothing that makes my mouth drool more than the thought of sweet, tender, spring onions! There are many colors and kinds of onions; cooking onions, sweet onions, bunching onions, pickling onions, potato onions, shallots, garlic and leeks–all under the title ONION! Each one is different and has its own unique flavor. Onions can be started from seeds, bulbs or plants, depending on the variety. They can be planted in rows, blocks or along the edge of flower or ornamental gardens.I am not going to deal with all the onions. More information can be obtained in gardening books or catalogs. I may develop this page more later but for now I will stick with a few varieties. I believe a book could be written about growing onions.Onion bulbs can be planted in early spring. Cover with 1 inch of soil and side dress with 1 lb. of 10-10-10 per 20 sq. ft. | Spring Onion Bulbs
(These bulbs are available at stores selling spring seeds and plants. I prefer the white as they tend to be a little sweeter. I plant very thick, scattering the bulbs in a row almost as close together as I can get them. I harvest them as spring onions as soon as the stems are the diameter of a pencil. We eat them too fast to allow them the privilege of growing big and strong! Cooking Onions
These do not make good spring onions but give a head start if you want to grow larger onions.
All onions have about the same sugar content, but pungent onions contain more sulfur compounds, which give them their characteristic bite. The amount of sulfur compound in an onion depends on its genes. Sweet onion varies such as Granex, Sweet Spanish, Texas Sweet, have low sulfur potential but need to have specific environmental conditions to develop their full sweet potential. There has be be a careful balance of heat, daylight hours, soil conditions and moisture. Vidalia Onions pose a different problem as the sulfur content of the soil is very important. Georgians claim that only the soil conditions in Vidalia, Ga. are exact for raising true Vidalias. Long Keepers
These bulbs produce medium size, yellow onions that keep well when hung in a shed for winter eating. |
