In our area and latitude, late January to early February is the ideal time to start sowing seeds indoors for onion ...

Plant sets in March or April: poke a small hole for the onion bulb to sit in (my husband uses his finger to make the hole), ...

Last week, I got an e-mail from Tony, a regular Smart Harvest reader. Tony wanted to know how to grow big bulb onions. Growing big bulbs starts with good site selection. Ensure the planting site ...

Alternatively you could grow your onions from baby bulbs known as 'sets' instead. Onion sets are produced by growing onions from seed very close together. The immature bulbs produced are not large ...

In fact, it’s more than just “prime” time — it’s a critical time, because if you set your onion transplants out too late, ...

Like other onions, green onions can be toxic to pets when eaten in large quantities. Plant green onions from seed outdoors in ...

Plants grown from sets often begin blooming in mid-summer and stubbornly refuse to stop. Once that happens, onion bulbs don't ...

[Kibata Kihu, Standard] Onions are a hardy, cool season crop closely related to garlic, leeks and chives. They are easy to grow, have many varieties, and have a long storage life. Although most ...

Onions have been grown around the world for 5,000 years for culinary and medicinal use and winter is a good time to start ...

I read with interest last week’s article that featured the onions. For years, I wrestled with trying to grow big onions, and then I learned that starting with plants that you grow from seed ...

Gareth Griffin said he had tried for more than 12 years to grow such a large onion Guernsey gardener Gareth Griffin's onion is believed to have broken the world record for size It weighs 8.9kg (19 ...