The 2 Most Important Tips for Growing Big Onions

I'm going to try chicken waste for the soil

In Kenya the weather's really not extreme

Yeah, I tried that "plant in November" and I ordered 1015 onions from Dixondale too. Trouble was that in the last week of December we had a polar vortex and the temp went to 3 degrees and stayed below freezing for 5 days. I covered the onions with plastic but it didn't help. Lost every damn one of them. So much for November planting. I replanted in early February and so far the onions are all alive. And I live in zone 7B.

I watched this video 3 yrs ago. I just got thru watching a video about growing big onions. Interesting how the other fellow says plenty of Nitrogen early and you say Phosphorus and Potassium. I see these things a lot on video's on growing veggies. Two opposite ways to grow and good results both ways.

Thank you
That was thorough and helpful ! 😊

Can they be grown in a bucket? Like a hamper lined with weed block?

we are growing onions from seed this year, exciting stuff. I cant wait to see if they are bigger than the sets tht i have also grown.

Hey Hoss Boss, my wife says to cut the tops off the onions, which will make the bulbs grow bigger. Myth or miracle? Thanx.

In the Appalachians in North Carolina we cannot plant in November or northern Georgia, but if you're at sea level, sure.

Is it good to grow onion in rain season and can i control my onion?

My onions got really "bushy" and was worried. I didn't know that each leaf is a ring. Thank you.

Well you could buy onion sets that will grow into large onions! This would seem like the easy way to go to me.

QUESTIONS: #1 Do you ring your onions? #2 What does ringing the onions mean? #3 How many inches of water do onions need per week?

😢 , fertilizers? Plenty of fertilizers?

I read elsewhere that onions that get sulfur have more of a "bite" in their flavor... But you don't mention using sulfur. Is that an oversight? Or deliberate? If so, what rationale?

Thank u

I enjoyed this video until you showed the fertilizer.😓

What time to plant onion in Houston Texas cause it get very hot here.

You explain things so well, thank you! I failed at my onions last year but hey you learn as you grow.

thanks so much

I just love onions. 😋

Nice hopefully can grow onions this fall

Nice video. I just purchased my onion from you and this will be my first time growing onions. Im growing red and Texas sweet. Im also growing carrots among the onions which i hear is a good companion?
So i want to grow over winter broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, and collards. I live in north Florida short season. Was wondering which variety you sell do you think would be best to grow for the beginner gardener? I want to buy from you this week to get them started in August for late September planting.
Thanks...Ed

You are saying what I always think when I hear some of the videos, then of people following them and going off same method, not knowing if it works in their zone or climate.
So funny.

THANKS!!!!!!!!!!

Simple advice, well presented. Thankyou -- Liked your ideas with the drip tape and fertilizing.
Its always been tough here growing onions. Frost danger not past until april or may. And pretty cool anyway.
We'll keep trying - and keep learning.

I have containerized Spanish onions and my stepson walked up and rip a leaf off and started eating it in front of me. I love that boy but sometimes he's an idiot.

😢Lucky I iv will grow today😅

When do you stop giving them the nitrogen and switch to the bulbing stage fertilizer, and what fertilizer do you use when the onion bulb is growing?

Awsome video

I ordered from dixondale farm and they suggested January for my zone. Central Florida. I just received them a few days ago and I planted today. Does that mean I’m not going to do good with my onions.? Ordered short day onions 🧅 I’m sad just watching this knowing I might have messed up on my planting date, based on their recommendation for my Zone

Half my onions split underneath ? To much water?

I planted some scallions in the garden bed two years ago, I harvested most of the leaves when they were about 10 inches tall, they started growing back, I let them grow all year last year, and now they are about 2 feet tall and as big around as a broom handle. I think I'll let them keep going to see how big they get

What kind of siphoning unit do you use to get fertilize into your drip irrigation?

In California its going to be illegal to grow food in our backyard we have to buy it from the supermarket

I'm watching from Botswana Africa

?What about wild onions that came up last month in my compost. I've never planted onions. I pulled one up and it has a small round yellow bulb. Are they any good?

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Not exactly true the misinformation is killing me the leaves are supplying food to the bulb so by cutting the foliage back you are reducing the food source and will end up with smaller , not always larger bulbs. The plants energies will go into producing more leaf, rather than root y'all gotta stop believing everything a person say

Great info. Only one suggestion. Lose the sunglasses or just focus on the topic for the majority of the video. There really is no need to focus on the speaker.

Water lots of water

Thank you for the great video!

Hey, how deep of a container for onions and leeks? I have Alison Craig (the big one) as well as smaller red onions. I also have leeks, which I wish to place in containers as well. Both the onions and leeks are currently in small pots ready to be transplanted. I live on the west coast of Canada.

I live in the western part of nc. When would I harvest onions planted in Nov. thanks

i got a set just to try it out for the hell of it planted them in a container in May I've got over two dozen good onions I can eat anytime I want to get one..and it's July..i live in Indiana don't know what I'm doing but it must have worked..lmao

This is where you learn the Science of Market Gardening. Straight to the point, jamb packed with info Thanks Hoss

Oh that's great news where to buy that hand hore of yours it looks like it save a lot of time I liked it I am living in KZN SA I have onions in my vegetables garden but 💔😭😭😭😭😭tho mole is eating the at size of tennis ball