After a DM with someone online the other day, it occurred to me, I often talk about things I do in my garden that I understand, yet others may have NO IDEA what I mean! Let me explain one process: Thinning Onion!
Above top: Back in Early February, I spread these Onion Seed over some trays of soil, under my grow lights.
Below After a few weeks, the seeds have germinated, and the beginnings of Onion are started. In later spring, I transplant these starts to containers out in my yard.
Above After a month outside, the Onion are tiny, only a cm or so in diameter, or less than half inch. BUT, they're jammed together crowding each other.
Below During June and July, as I need onion for cooking, I pull the smallest onions, for use. This leaves more and more room for the others to grow large. As I pull more of the smaller ones, the largers ones will become fully matured, in fall. Eating small onions and using them for cooking is fine. they are miler in flavor, but wonderful to cook with. And the greens are great, too.
Below: Similar, a series of 3 images, of the red Onion I am growing, form tiny overcrowded to space to grow and mature!
I am growing 6 varieties this year, plus Chives.
New to me:
White Pompeii Onion (shown above)
Red Ruby Long (shown above)
Utah Yellow
Varieties I have grown before: White Sweet Spanish
Red Burgundy
Red Beard Bunching
So far, I have been harvesting Ruby Red long, Pompeii White, and Utah Yellow. I will start harvesting Chives and dehydrating them for use during winter. Probably some of the Onion Greens, too. the white Sweet Spanish and Red Burgundy are getting larger, daily, and will make for great storage and use over winter.
Gardening To DO:
- Pick remaining Chard
- WATER, water, water...
- possibly plant tomato seeds for a second growth?
- replant spinach, and arugula
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Oh I need to plant some onions, and soon! I harvested from three onions last season so many seeds. They are just begging me to plant them. Thank you for sharing your knowledge. As you mentioned, some people are not too familiar with all of the lingo and processes. I will take your advice in this post and try it out! Thanks.
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I think the variety level of your onion plants is fantastic.
I enjoyed the white onion and red, so, planting 2 kinds of each is a good thing. The yellow onion is an experiment.
You are a passionate gardener! I am learning as I go. Do you over winter any onions?
I havent yet. Debating whether to try. I grow all in Fabric Grow Bags and we get cold nights and deep snow, so, not sure what my plan is, this coming winter.