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Onion question
Last year for the first time, I tried planting a bag of red onion
bulbs. They were planted among the rows of peppers and eggplants, which did well. So all these plants were mounded slightly higher than the walking rows in between. All the onions put up a few green leaves and then died back. In the fall, digging in there, there was nary a single sign of any onion ever being there. Advice for this year? Kira |
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Kira Dirlik !! wrote: the walking rows in between. All the onions put up a few green leaves and then died back. In the fall, digging in there, there was nary a single sign of any onion ever being there. Advice for this year? As I understand it, the "long day" varieties of onions common up north won't form bulbs this far south. There are "short day" varieties which will form bulbs here. The short day varieties tend to be sweet onions which aren't good keepers. There are also some "intermediate day" varieties which may form bulbs and be good keepers around here, but they tend to mature in June (same time as the short day varieties) so it can be difficult to cure them properly. -- Steve |
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Steve wrote:
In article , Kira Dirlik !! wrote: the walking rows in between. All the onions put up a few green leaves and then died back. In the fall, digging in there, there was nary a single sign of any onion ever being there. Advice for this year? As I understand it, the "long day" varieties of onions common up north won't form bulbs this far south. There are "short day" varieties which will form bulbs here. The short day varieties tend to be sweet onions which aren't good keepers. There are also some "intermediate day" varieties which may form bulbs and be good keepers around here, but they tend to mature in June (same time as the short day varieties) so it can be difficult to cure them properly. -- Steve I don't know that much about bulbs but the green "leaves" which I harvested was very aromatic - better than store bought |
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On 2005-03-10, Kira Dirlik !! wrote:
Last year for the first time, I tried planting a bag of red onion bulbs. They were planted among the rows of peppers and eggplants, which did well. So all these plants were mounded slightly higher than the walking rows in between. All the onions put up a few green leaves and then died back. In the fall, digging in there, there was nary a single sign of any onion ever being there. Advice for this year? Kira When did you plant the bulbs? If you planted them the same time as the peppers and egg plants, then the problem is you planted them way too late and the May heat got them. You needed to plant onions back in mid-February. By may they will have bolted and died back. Sounds like yours did not have enough growing time to even bolt to seeds. -- Wes Dukes (wdukes.pobox@com) Swap the . and the @ to email me please. is a garbage address. |
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Kira,
Another poster already covered the fact that you may have planted the onion bulbs too late, and the heat got them. However, were the bulbs nice & heavy? If not, they may have been stored improperly, and there simply was not enough of the bulb left to sustain growth. Anne Lurie NE Raleigh "Kira Dirlik" !! wrote in message ... Last year for the first time, I tried planting a bag of red onion bulbs. They were planted among the rows of peppers and eggplants, which did well. So all these plants were mounded slightly higher than the walking rows in between. All the onions put up a few green leaves and then died back. In the fall, digging in there, there was nary a single sign of any onion ever being there. Advice for this year? Kira |
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On Thu, 10 Mar 2005 18:50:20 GMT, "Anne Lurie"
wrote: Kira, Another poster already covered the fact that you may have planted the onion bulbs too late, and the heat got them. However, were the bulbs nice & heavy? If not, they may have been stored improperly, and there simply was not enough of the bulb left to sustain growth. Anne Lurie NE Raleigh They were nice and firm. Got them in bulk at Barnes Seed and Supply in Durham, so I presume they were meant to grow here in this area. But I probably did plant them too late. It must have been after April 15th last year, because the other plants were already in. Oh well, NEXT year (since mid-Feb is long gone) ! Does the same advice go for garlic? Never had success with that either. Thanks. Kira |
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Kira Dirlik wrote:
On Thu, 10 Mar 2005 18:50:20 GMT, "Anne Lurie" wrote: Does the same advice go for garlic? Never had success with that either. Ah, garlic! For that you plant even earlier! Plant in October for an early summer harvest (depending on variety). The advantage there is that you won't have all that much growing over the winter, but the garlic will be establishing itself, growing roots, etc., and be ready to bust forth as the weather warms. Depending how you set it out, you can leave room for lettuce or beets or something to grow in the early spring kind of interplanted among the garlic sprouts. They say softnck garlic is better for the south, but I have had decent luck with the hardneck varieties. Many of those do not keep all that well, though. You have c. 250 varieties to choose from, so have fun! |
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On 2005-03-16, Kira Dirlik !! wrote:
On Thu, 10 Mar 2005 18:50:20 GMT, "Anne Lurie" wrote: Kira, Another poster already covered the fact that you may have planted the onion bulbs too late, and the heat got them. However, were the bulbs nice & heavy? If not, they may have been stored improperly, and there simply was not enough of the bulb left to sustain growth. Anne Lurie NE Raleigh They were nice and firm. Got them in bulk at Barnes Seed and Supply in Durham, so I presume they were meant to grow here in this area. But I probably did plant them too late. It must have been after April 15th last year, because the other plants were already in. Oh well, NEXT year (since mid-Feb is long gone) ! Does the same advice go for garlic? Never had success with that either. Thanks. Kira I think so, but the only year I planted it we were so dry that may have done it in. Never got a clove -- Wes Dukes (wdukes.pobox@com) Swap the . and the @ to email me please. is a garbage address. |
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