Emilie,

I did buy the mail-order plants one year, and yes they came in February. In
western Maine, we had 5 feet of snow that February. Let me say that was one
expensive bunch of "scallions" LOLOL!

They would be wonderful for folks where the ground is plantable at that
time. I have to make my own onion plants, ready to plant as soon as I can
make a hole in the soil.

Onion sets tend not to make root growth quickly enough here in cold soil,
but my seed started plants, well hardened off on the back porch, will make a
go of it.

Sue


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Breeze ( sue burnham)
"MLEBLANCA" wrote in message
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In article , "Sue"

writes:

I start from seed in February, transplant the grassy sprouts in early
may,
harvest onions in September.

I have tried "sets" as in the tiny bulbs but have better yield starting
from
seed.

Fleemos comment that he had sprouting onions ontop of his fridge meant
to
me that it was a full size onion, not a "set".

Sue

Yes Sue that's right
There are 3 ways to grow onions:
seeds
plants
sets (immature bulbs)
I usually skip the seeds and buy bunches of the small plants
at the nursery in Feb. and have onions by sometime in June.

Walla Wallas Yum!

Fleemo go ahead and plant the sprouted mature onion.
You will get an interesting flower, or at the least, add some
OM to your soil.
Emilie
NorCal