ONIONS
Short day onions are the best. You can plant them from seed on October 15 (sometimes they are called 10/15 onions). Examples are Granex and Texas Grano, and Sweet Spanish onions.
Day neutral onions are also fine. Most of these are hybrid as far as I know.
If you plant onions from seed you should let them grow in their original soil until about 6” tall then transplant them to a wider spacing, say 6” apart.
You can buy onion plants (like green onions) from Dixon Dale Farms, mail order.
For the big onions you need a lot of sunlight in the winter, and water them heavily in the warm weather.
Bulb onions are usually harvested about June 1 in Mesa, I believe.
Wait until almost all of the tops have fallen over then pull them up, using a digging fork if necessary and then let them dry out on a table on the back porch before storing them in a cool place with plenty of air flow.
Short day onions tend to be poor keepers.
Day neutral hybrids tend to be much better keepers.
Seed catalogs, and the Dixon Dale Farms onion plant catalog, fully describe each onion by name, size, flavor, and keeping ability.
Onions do not like competition from other plants, nor do they like shade.
Buy ONLY (only) from a catalog, not a local store because the local stores could care less about whether you get a bulb or not (strange but true), and be sure to buy SHORT DAY or DAY NEUTRAL ONIONS or ANY ONION GUARANTEED TO MAKE A GOOD BULB IN SOUTHERN AREAS!!!
Short day onions are the best. You can plant them from seed on October 15 (sometimes they are called 10/15 onions). Examples are Granex and Texas Grano, and Sweet Spanish onions.
Day neutral onions are also fine. Most of these are hybrid as far as I know.
If you plant onions from seed you should let them grow in their original soil until about 6” tall then transplant them to a wider spacing, say 6” apart.
You can buy onion plants (like green onions) from Dixon Dale Farms, mail order.
For the big onions you need a lot of sunlight in the winter, and water them heavily in the warm weather.
Bulb onions are usually harvested about June 1 in Mesa, I believe.
Wait until almost all of the tops have fallen over then pull them up, using a digging fork if necessary and then let them dry out on a table on the back porch before storing them in a cool place with plenty of air flow.
Short day onions tend to be poor keepers.
Day neutral hybrids tend to be much better keepers.
Seed catalogs, and the Dixon Dale Farms onion plant catalog, fully describe each onion by name, size, flavor, and keeping ability.
Onions do not like competition from other plants, nor do they like shade.
Buy ONLY (only) from a catalog, not a local store because the local stores could care less about whether you get a bulb or not (strange but true), and be sure to buy SHORT DAY or DAY NEUTRAL ONIONS or ANY ONION GUARANTEED TO MAKE A GOOD BULB IN SOUTHERN AREAS!!!
"If you can turn off the water to the area, it is really nice to knock down the tops of the onions when most of them are down and then let them wither in place."
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