This video stuck with me all year! I ordered my seeds last week so i can get my onions started on time. Can't wait for new videos this spring. Sending love from NE Ohio. 💚
I’m in the panhandle of western Nebraska in 5A. This is my first year growing from seeds. I’m getting ready to give mine their haircut. Thank you for the very informative video.
Also for those who want to grow onion seed every year , you can simply save some of your onions after harvesting and replant them in mid October the same year , or just buy onions that you like from the store and plant them in the fall or spring, I've done it both ways and both ways work out great, or simply leave a few onions in the ground and it will flower and produce seed for next season. 😊
I live in Ohio as well and have not had great success groing onions, but with all your helpful tips I'll likely have a much better crop this year. Thank you for these wonderfully thorough videos, Jenna!
Hello neighbor! I'm in Ohio too! It's sometimes difficult to get onions to grow so know that it's not you. I'm not that great at starting them from seed but I do have great success buying onion starts. For the first time last year 2023, I grew onions the size of softballs! It's a lot of hard work and constant maintenance with feeding and watering. Your onions have to be topped off a few times during the growing season. Don't throw the tops away because you can use them in soups and stews and different meals that require chopped onions. The tops can also be dried in your oven on the lowest setting and then scrunched up into pieces. They can be stored in a jar with a lid up to two years or more. I hope you have a good year and can grow some really big onions! Good luck on your journey!
Buckeye here too! I started the Candy and Patterson varieties from seed yesterday. It is my first time trying onions from seed. I had tried them from sets maybe 20 years ago and they didn't do well for me at all. Now, if I let a couple go to seed, will I need to worry about them cross pollinating? Or maybe just let a couple of one variety flower and go to seed this season...that way no worries on that happening? Seed prices do add up, so if I can save seed on my own I'd love to. I'd love to save seed from my tomatoes and peppers too, but I grow several varieties. Happy New Year!
Wow! So much information, it's overwhelming in the best way :) Thank you so much! I live in Arizona, so my growing season looks different but I can still use a ton of what you said.
I planted mine last week. They sprouted yesterday. So exciting! I am in Missouri. First time planting from seeds I always planted bulbs onions. They never have done very well now I know why! Thanks for sharing your knowledge.
Started onion seeds Jan. 15th for the first time. I'm in zone 5a North Central PA. 2 varieties of long day Spanish onions from Renee"s and High Mowing. Looking good so far. Could not wait any longer to get growing. Tired of building bird houses! Have started Kale and . 4 kinds of tomatoes from saved seeds .Starting nevada lettuce, broccoli, peppers etc... I wish Feb. weather would return. We have received more snow in March so far! Enjoyed your video. Don"t worry about the barn.
My great uncle Bernard was a potato farmer - he stored his potatoes and onions in creates he made from pallets - this allowed for good airflow and used materials he had hanging around
I just ordered some seeds to grow in northern California. I have tried growing from bulbs many years ago but they didnt do very well so I am excited to try from seed. I got a bunching onion, Ishikura and Australian Browns. Thanks for the helpful video, the tip about trimming them a few times is genius 👍
Here on the west side of Indy and this video reminded me that I needed to get my stuff ready! I will be starting my onions right behind you! Thanks Jenna!
Thanks for the reminder. I've been focused on growing "cut and come again" batches of lettuce in the Seed Shed, and forgot to start onions for Spring planting.
Hey Jenna how's our favorite ohio 6a grower doing ! ? .... we just got our onion seeds planted here in northeast ohio , looking forward to this years growing season .... also I've got tons of elderberries and blackberries to prune not counting our gooseberries and 4 giant pumpkin plants to tend to plus much much more !!! 🎉😂😅😅 also using a 6 foot by 12 foot dome hut to see if I can get the soil temperature up by April 15 to try to get two of my giant pumpkin plants in earlier this year, and the other two will be planted June 1st .... anyhow have a great growing season this year and hope everyone start saving their own seed. Seed prices have went way up, so maybe you can make videos on saving each type of seed , especially cabbage and all plant that require two seasons to grow seed 😊
Unfortunately, I don't have a ton of expertise on saving seed, but it's something I'm working towards. I do agree that it's become more important than ever and seed prices are getting wild. I save the 'easy' ones, but rarely get the biennials unless we have an unseasonably warm winter. It's happened the last 2 winters, but I think this one has been too cold. Even the plants under my row covers have winter-killed.
Ah, perhaps this is why my kale and lettuce seedlings got so leggy- the heating mat that I'm so used to using when starting flowers and summer veggies. Awesome onions tips too, of course. Thank you!
I'm 6b in SW Missouri. Even though we are only an hour from the Arkansas border, elevation puts us in a cooler growing zone. I am excited about getting my onions started for the year! Yours look amazing! I look forward to gleaning more tips. I lived in Mt. Vernon for my first ten years and had family up around Vermilion.
We are Neighbors, I live just north of Springfield, Mo. Was born and raised in Andover, Ohio. Also have lived in Oberlin and Ashland. Hopefully getting my onions started this week.
Just started mine here in IN! I made the mistake of starting mine the end of February last year; harvested a handful but they were tiny. Hoping for a great ‘23 harvest 💚
I am starting my onions today actually. i live in the high mountains of Montana and we are zone 3. Im grateful for all your wonderful advise on here because trying to grow anything up here is a crazy challenge!!! we have bizarre snowstorms blow through every month of the year and have to compete with deer, elk, moose, bear, and all! hahaha!
@@GrowfullywithJenna LOL! well, the critters are a challenge for sure but if you go look at my recent Short video on here? You'll see what the REAL challenge is!! We just got hit with a blizzard and it drifted over our entire house! We had to dig our way OUT of the doors and then tunnel our way to equipment and animals. Now is 38 below zero windchills to cope with. CRAZY!
Thank you for the reminder. Last year was the first time I grew onions, I think you solved my problem of small onions. I started my seeds to late and planted them to late, SW Ohio. I always look forward to your videos, thank you.
As expensive as everything is any more, growing your own food is like printing money. Great information. I had extra onion seedlings left after planting my peppers, tomatoes, etc. I remembered video that I'd seen (I don't recall who) where he planted rows of onions between his peppers and they thrived there. He had the peppers planted the normal distance apart, then he decided to add a row of onions between them as an experiment. Like I said, they thrived there because they root at different depths, so they're not competing for nutrients or water. I tried that this year, in addition to my raised bed that is strictly onions. I'll find out in a few months how well they're going to do for me. For me, it was not going to cost me anything because I already had the onion seedlings left over. They will either do well, or they won't. The worst thing that could happen is that the peppers steal all of the sunlight and they fail.
I'm right here with you girl! Hamilton Ohio. Thanks for the reminder and the tips. This will be the first time I'm actually doing this from seed so I'm excited! Now I know all the things I've been doing wrong by watching several videos. Happy growing ❄️
Good I'm doing the same as you had really good big onions I do put wood ashes on ground where I put my onions and side dress with compost tea. KC, Missouri.
Thanks for the useful info. I have always direct sowed seeds right into my garden beds in the fall here in the Arizona low desert, Zone 9B. I just pluck out any that come up too close together and spread them out throughout the garden, as I read they are supposed to deter some pests. So I end up with a few rows where I sowed seed, and then just random onions spread throughout the rest of the beds wherever I had a gap to fill, and I harvest in July. After watching this video, I just sowed seeds into a tray for the first time to try it out. Looking forward to seeing how it goes!
5B Upper Michigan. I never really thought about starting onions this early but I think I'll try it. Started them in April last year and was going to start earlier anyway.
Do onions started indoors from seed need to be hardened off prior to outdoor planting? I’ve seen numerous videos about people starting onions from seed, but no one mentions hardening off as would be common for other indoor starts. Thank you and keep up the good work!
This year I will be growing onions from seeds for the first time. I usually grow from onion plants from the nursery but am having a harder time finding the varieties I like. I am in zone 8b Washington State, Western side. Thanks for a great video.
South central WI. I usually start my onions on New Years day, this year I went with the winter solstice, maybe something magical will happen. Walla walla, red globe and yellow of parma, plus I started my carentan leeks. The red onions were a bit slower to germinate but everybody is up and growing. I start my onions in a potting mix of 40% leaf mold, 40% aged compost and 20% aged worm castings (everything that I produced). I use aged compost and castings because it potentially has less nitrogen. The longer the bacteria are active in the compost and worm castings the less nitrogen. I'm not sure if it makes a whole lot of difference. All I feed my seedlings is compost and worm casting extracts. Did this for the 1st time last year and everything did fine. Aiming to be completely sustainable. Good to see a new video!
I'm also in Ohio, zone 6a (O-H) but I've never had luck growing onions. I started them from seed last year, Ailsa Craig, in January but never got those huge onions I see others harvest even though I followed all the advice. I'm going to try one more year and then may call it quits if it doesn't work again. Thanks for the reminder!
Sorry to hear that, Heather- but I'm glad you're giving it another shot! Just out of curiousity, have you tried the onion transplant like Dixondale farm sells dixondalefarms.com/product-category/onion-plants/? I find that these give me very reliable results.
6a as well! East Cleveland! I am doing a raised bed first time and watching this to learn. Great stuff definitely subbed I need all the Ohio outdoor growing advice as possible. I did container outside last year and had decent success and really enjoyed it. I also have an indoor lab so that helps with getting stuff started indoors while waiting for winter to end in June
6a here too. I came across your channel yesterday and I have been soaking these videos up. I am planting onion seeds today for the first time. (EEK, I hope its not too late) I usually do sets. The last couple years they just have done horrible! Thank you for all the time you have put into these videos, I feel like I am taking a crash corse.
Please excuse the extra long comment. Your TH-cam channel is my go to channel whenever I am having a problem with seed germination or anything else to do with gardening. I have never had good luck with growing onion from seed. I grow yellow Granex onions seeds. That I know are fresh because I harvested them from previous onions that went to seed. 10 days from sowing my onion seeds. I place at least 20 onion seeds in a damp paper towel in a Ziploc bag in a sunny window in my house where the temperature is 72° the window gets pretty much full sun most of the day. Generally within 3 to 5 days. These onion seeds germinate. I usually get 100% germination. I will then sow a few hundred onion seeds in flats with humidity covers. In the same window that I test germinated my onion seed.I generally get only 20 to 30 percent germination. I use my homemade potting mix. That consists of Peat moss, perlite, sand from my yard and mature compost, that I screed everything but the perlite through a 3/8” mesh screen. After throughly washing my pots out with soapy water. I then,sterilize this potting mix. By putting it in large pans into a 300°F oven until it reaches 250Degrees Fahrenheit. Before using my homemade potting mix. I add enough boiled and then cooled water to make it moist.In a sterilized 5 gallon bucket and lid. I also sterilize my pots that have drainage holes in them. With a 10% Clorox to 90% water. I always have excellent results using my homemade potting soil with all plants that I grow from seed. After sowing the onion seeds. I placed them in a sunny window and cover the planters with a plastic dome. This sunny window gets sun most of the day. Any onion seeds that do germinate. Produce excellent quality onions. Why am I not getting more than 20% to 30% germination? When the paper towel plastic bag method. I usually get 100% germination.
My gut instinct is that the combo of the sunny window & the humidity cover is making the temperature inside the seed starting flat too high for ideal onion germination. Remember that that dome is acting as a mini greenhouse and amplifying the effects of the heat from the sun- so while it may be 72F in your home, it's likely much warmer inside the humidity cover. Since onions don't have to have full light to germinate- I would recommend moving the trays out of direct sunlight until the seeds germinate and see if that yields better results. Otherwise it sounds like you're doing everything right!
Perfect timing Jenna. I'll be sowing my onions this weekend in zone 6a New Hampshire. This year I'm growing yellow of Parma, Barolo and purple haze red onions and white sweet spanish. I typically like to transplant in the first week of April.
I grew Yellow of Parma last year. It’s a good onion, and stores well. It did seem to have a tendency to “double“ for me. About a third of them actually split inside. They’re still perfectly good and usable, but you can’t make onion rings or anything with them.
As advised I planted in planters January 18 and thanks for the heads-up I'm also starting the starting bulbs in my planters as soon as greenhouse has in stock until they are 4 inches above ground then planted on top ground only burying roots
I just sowed some Purplette onions a few days ago (along with some lettuce for my grow room) and will get my leeks started in a week or so once i get the seeds. Northern IL, 5a.
BIG THANKS for early heads up.I have my best crops (as of yet and you might teach me better) .My best results are putting the onion sets into my wife's flower planter in our sunroom and like them about 4 tall with roots a little longer so I can plant bulbs at surface buried the roots and they standing the next day. I'm going to listen to your teaching and order some seeds today and your advice is usually spot on. Thanks Gardener Lady
Gardener Scott said he would be doing some shows with other TH-cam University Teachers and I asked him to address you as a guest and 2 others viewers back me up .If he calls you join in and make us happy. You are the best for anyone that garden clay base soil and that's a large group. Thanks for teaching us 3 and many
Been doing seeds last 3 yrs. Same zone. Springs ain't been the same. Going to raised bed for early crops. Cool rain till June then hot and dry. Onions didn't make it. Good vid.
I'm going to try trimming, that's a great idea. I grow Walla Walla onions in north east Oregon. About 80 miles south of Walla Walla Washington. Needless to say that they grow well here also.
Im growing onions for the first time ever this year outdoor. Im in New Mexico. I had success with corn, squash, jalapenos, and pumpkins. I want to add onions, garlic, and some other herbs to that. The video helped me alot. Thank you.
@@GrowfullywithJenna Hey Jenna! I'm a bit stressed and wondered if I could get your 2 cents on a situation with my onions. I'm a fellow Ohioan and started some long day varieties from seed down in my basement under really great grow lights. I don't have a timer and was very inconsistent with how many hours of light they received. It probably averaged 12-16 hours per day depending on when I would remember to turn them off at night. I recently came across a guy giving onion growing advice and he mentioned that you must be watchful of the duration of time you expose your onion seedlings to light or your onions will begin to bulb and you won't get a good bulb for that growing season. EEEK, I never once considered this! Do you think there is truth to this? I pulled up a few sacrificial onions plants from their cells to inspect but didn't see signs of bulbing. Would you suspect I my little onion plants are doomed? I am trying to determine if I should pick up some starts at the store or if I may still have a chance of my young plants bulbing this season. UGH! Any knowledge/thoughts you can send my way would be so very valued!
I'm in Hot Springs, Montana. Our growing season here is alittle different then the rest of the state, we tend to warm up earlier in the spring which is nice. We are in a plains, lots of sage brush and Russian olives. This will be my first time growing onions from seed. So wish me luck. and thanks for great videos, they make me feel like all things are possible. lol
I saw this yesterday and felt you did this for me. 😀 However I actually did start my onions about 5 or 6 days ago. I'm thinking after watching your video that I should put them deeper in the soil. I basically sprinkled seed starting mix over them but I can see many seeds still sitting on top. I was thinking that I heard that onion seeds like light to germinate. Since you didn't say that I don't think that is correct. I was out digging in the garden today. Yes, January 7 and the ground isn't frozen. It's kind of crazy. I worry about my garlic. Anyway, watching this made me smile. I'm going with you were thinking of me when you sent this reminder, so thank you.
@@GrowfullywithJenna You made my day! 😀 I have plenty of onions up about a half inch or so. I didn't go crazy with the seeds because there is only so many onions I can eat or store or give away. I threw away 4 butternut squash today, or what was left of them after the mice feasted on them. I still have 7 or 8 left. Anyway, thanks for the smile.
I'm in 6A too, but in Rhode Island. Just planted my onion seeds yesterday on Jan. 18th. Ditto on just about everything you said - long day obviously given my latitude, and I also prefer cells to the broadcast method, although that works ok as well. I also do the trimming. One thing you did not address in this video (maybe you did in the others) is sweet vs. storage onions. Most sweet varieties do not store all that long. I like the Patterson variety for storage, although I did start some Walla Wallas this year also.
I've talked about the different types a bit in other videos, but I generally grow a mix of everything every year. Like you- I prefer Patterson for long storage. Candy is my go-to for fresh eating.
Great video! I am about to plant some onion seeds in a moment. I don’t think I have ever grown onions from seed. I hope they grow well. I have to learn more about the different types as far as short, intermediate, and long day varieties. Be well.
Hey Jenna, zone 4 here, definitely going to start my seeds early this year. didnt have a single onion last year! second try is the charm!! :) best from minnesota.
Winter sowing is great as long proper crops & the spring doesn't go up & down. I did 148 jugs last year 90% success rate. Mainly annual Flowers. Herbs, Cole crops, did do tomatoes and peppers to experiment but we got warm then cold then boom summer so they didn't work exactly as anticipated.
Any seed that needs cold stratification is perfect for WS. My bells of Ireland were stunning & lavender/rosemary. Now for it to get cold enough steady enough to start. Good luck post your updates please and share with us all.
I'd love to hear how the winter sowing turns out. I sowed some last year in my winter sowing experiment, but I think it must have been old seed, as nothing germinated.
@@GrowfullywithJenna I’ve always purchased starts from a local nursery in the past so seeds at all is new to me. I got my onion seeds from MIgardener so I’m hopeful for good germination. I’ll keep this updated.
Watching from the UK. We have different varieties here but the methods are the same ! Traditional to sow onion seeds onBoxing Day(26 th December) here, so I’ve sown mine in seed trays in my greenhouse.
I've never grown onions from seeds. Always started with Starts but have had them bolt on me. I am going to start seeds this year. You just showed me a mistake I was making by trimming as they grew outside. Excited and nervous to try this.
Im super glad that you cut right to the subject ,offer good details in each sentence and dint waste words needlessly. Well done. Professional
Thanks! I try to do just that!
This video stuck with me all year! I ordered my seeds last week so i can get my onions started on time. Can't wait for new videos this spring. Sending love from NE Ohio. 💚
I’m in the panhandle of western Nebraska in 5A. This is my first year growing from seeds. I’m getting ready to give mine their haircut. Thank you for the very informative video.
I'm so glad to hear you're growing from seed this year- best wishes!
Hi Jenna, you was enjoy planting onion seeds with this watering can. Thank you for planting onion seed, Jenna! Have you a lovely day! ❤
I agree with William: get right to the point. Started my onion seeds 3 weeks ago in my grow tent in PA. Good video.
Also for those who want to grow onion seed every year , you can simply save some of your onions after harvesting and replant them in mid October the same year , or just buy onions that you like from the store and plant them in the fall or spring, I've done it both ways and both ways work out great, or simply leave a few onions in the ground and it will flower and produce seed for next season. 😊
I love that the holidays are still in the rearview mirror and we're 'talking onions'!
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Growing in 7a! My onions will benefit from these tips!
I live in Ohio as well and have not had great success groing onions, but with all your helpful tips I'll likely have a much better crop this year. Thank you for these wonderfully thorough videos, Jenna!
Best of luck!!
Hello neighbor! I'm in Ohio too! It's sometimes difficult to get onions to grow so know that it's not you. I'm not that great at starting them from seed but I do have great success buying onion starts. For the first time last year 2023, I grew onions the size of softballs! It's a lot of hard work and constant maintenance with feeding and watering. Your onions have to be topped off a few times during the growing season. Don't throw the tops away because you can use them in soups and stews and different meals that require chopped onions. The tops can also be dried in your oven on the lowest setting and then scrunched up into pieces. They can be stored in a jar with a lid up to two years or more. I hope you have a good year and can grow some really big onions! Good luck on your journey!
I am in Ohio and getting ready to plant my onions seeds now. I let some overwinter and go to see last season and have a bunch of seeds this year.
Buckeye here too! I started the Candy and Patterson varieties from seed yesterday. It is my first time trying onions from seed. I had tried them from sets maybe 20 years ago and they didn't do well for me at all. Now, if I let a couple go to seed, will I need to worry about them cross pollinating? Or maybe just let a couple of one variety flower and go to seed this season...that way no worries on that happening? Seed prices do add up, so if I can save seed on my own I'd love to. I'd love to save seed from my tomatoes and peppers too, but I grow several varieties. Happy New Year!
Wow! So much information, it's overwhelming in the best way :) Thank you so much! I live in Arizona, so my growing season looks different but I can still use a ton of what you said.
I planted mine last week. They sprouted yesterday. So exciting! I am in Missouri. First time planting from seeds I always planted bulbs onions. They never have done very well now I know why! Thanks for sharing your knowledge.
Hooray! I'm glad to hear you've got yours planted- best wishes for a great harvest!
Growing in 5b Denver. Thank you for your pleasant, but not excessively chatty videos!
You're welcome!
Im in Central Ohio. I will say I am impressed. I can never get my onions to grow anywhere near as large as you. great channel. keep up the great work
Thank you!
Patterson for me zone 6 b. I plant in a tin and gently tease them apart. Ty - I love your videos
Started onion seeds Jan. 15th for the first time. I'm in zone 5a North Central PA. 2 varieties of long day Spanish onions from Renee"s and High Mowing. Looking good so far. Could not wait any longer to get growing. Tired of building bird houses! Have started Kale and . 4 kinds of tomatoes from saved seeds .Starting nevada lettuce, broccoli, peppers etc... I wish Feb. weather would return. We have received more snow in March so far! Enjoyed your video. Don"t worry about the barn.
My great uncle Bernard was a potato farmer - he stored his potatoes and onions in creates he made from pallets - this allowed for good airflow and used materials he had hanging around
I just ordered some seeds to grow in northern California. I have tried growing from bulbs many years ago but they didnt do very well so I am excited to try from seed. I got a bunching onion, Ishikura and Australian Browns. Thanks for the helpful video, the tip about trimming them a few times is genius 👍
Here on the west side of Indy and this video reminded me that I needed to get my stuff ready! I will be starting my onions right behind you! Thanks Jenna!
Have fun sowing those onion seeds!
Thanks so much. I'm in Minnesota and I fail at onions, but this year I am determined to succeed!
You can do it!
Thanks for the reminder. I've been focused on growing "cut and come again" batches of lettuce in the Seed Shed, and forgot to start onions for Spring planting.
You're welcome!
Glad you put this video up. It remined me I need to start my onions seeds.
Glad it was helpful!
Straight to the point. By far the best onion from seed starting video. Thanks!
Thank you!
Hey Jenna how's our favorite ohio 6a grower doing ! ? .... we just got our onion seeds planted here in northeast ohio , looking forward to this years growing season .... also I've got tons of elderberries and blackberries to prune not counting our gooseberries and 4 giant pumpkin plants to tend to plus much much more !!! 🎉😂😅😅 also using a 6 foot by 12 foot dome hut to see if I can get the soil temperature up by April 15 to try to get two of my giant pumpkin plants in earlier this year, and the other two will be planted June 1st .... anyhow have a great growing season this year and hope everyone start saving their own seed. Seed prices have went way up, so maybe you can make videos on saving each type of seed , especially cabbage and all plant that require two seasons to grow seed 😊
Unfortunately, I don't have a ton of expertise on saving seed, but it's something I'm working towards. I do agree that it's become more important than ever and seed prices are getting wild. I save the 'easy' ones, but rarely get the biennials unless we have an unseasonably warm winter. It's happened the last 2 winters, but I think this one has been too cold. Even the plants under my row covers have winter-killed.
Ah, perhaps this is why my kale and lettuce seedlings got so leggy- the heating mat that I'm so used to using when starting flowers and summer veggies. Awesome onions tips too, of course. Thank you!
I'm 6b in SW Missouri. Even though we are only an hour from the Arkansas border, elevation puts us in a cooler growing zone. I am excited about getting my onions started for the year! Yours look amazing! I look forward to gleaning more tips. I lived in Mt. Vernon for my first ten years and had family up around Vermilion.
We are Neighbors, I live just north of Springfield, Mo. Was born and raised in Andover, Ohio. Also have lived in Oberlin and Ashland. Hopefully getting my onions started this week.
I hope your onions do fantastic this year, April!
Just started mine here in IN! I made the mistake of starting mine the end of February last year; harvested a handful but they were tiny. Hoping for a great ‘23 harvest 💚
I hope you have a great '23 harvest too!
From Indiana too! I started my seeds in March and they did not amount to anything. Each year is a learning process. Sl glad I found this channel!
I am in Alaska. Just starting my seeds for onions and shallots. Thanks for your video was just what I was looking for.
Glad it was helpful!
I mean...I couldn't help but sub. You are a WEALTH of information and bountiful energy!! ❤️❤️❤️👍🏽
Wow, thank you so much!
I was wondering if I should trim my onions and you answered that question, thank you. I will be giving them a hair cut tomorrow.
6b in Ontario. I started onions yesterday. Sweet Spanish. Looking forward to watching them grow.
Nice!!
I am starting my onions today actually. i live in the high mountains of Montana and we are zone 3. Im grateful for all your wonderful advise on here because trying to grow anything up here is a crazy challenge!!! we have bizarre snowstorms blow through every month of the year and have to compete with deer, elk, moose, bear, and all! hahaha!
You’ve certainly got your work cut out for you! I thought dealing with rabbit and deer was tough!
@@GrowfullywithJenna LOL! well, the critters are a challenge for sure but if you go look at my recent Short video on here? You'll see what the REAL challenge is!! We just got hit with a blizzard and it drifted over our entire house! We had to dig our way OUT of the doors and then tunnel our way to equipment and animals. Now is 38 below zero windchills to cope with. CRAZY!
I'm in 6a in Kansas, certainly excited to start the garden flow again!
Me too!
Started mine a couple days ago! SW Ohio 😊. Also started some pansies!
Glad to hear it! And thanks- you reminded me to get some pansy seeds!
Really to the point and I’ve learned a lot - different kinds of onions , steps and tips for strong production growth👌🏽
I'm in zone 6B Maryland and I'm planting mine this week.
Happy sowing!
Awesome! Zone 6a in NY! Will be starting my onion seeds today! Thanks for the reminder!!! ✌💗🌈🐢🌱🌻🐝
Happy sowing!
It is my first time on your channel and I have just subscribed. Thank you so much for sharing. Keep up the good work. All the best on this journey.
Awesome! Thank you!
Thank you for the reminder. Last year was the first time I grew onions, I think you solved my problem of small onions. I started my seeds to late and planted them to late, SW Ohio. I always look forward to your videos, thank you.
You are so welcome!
As expensive as everything is any more, growing your own food is like printing money. Great information. I had extra onion seedlings left after planting my peppers, tomatoes, etc. I remembered video that I'd seen (I don't recall who) where he planted rows of onions between his peppers and they thrived there. He had the peppers planted the normal distance apart, then he decided to add a row of onions between them as an experiment. Like I said, they thrived there because they root at different depths, so they're not competing for nutrients or water. I tried that this year, in addition to my raised bed that is strictly onions. I'll find out in a few months how well they're going to do for me. For me, it was not going to cost me anything because I already had the onion seedlings left over. They will either do well, or they won't. The worst thing that could happen is that the peppers steal all of the sunlight and they fail.
Wow! I did not know I can start seedlings this early in NY. Thanks
Yep! Great way to get your gardening fix this time of year!
I have mine germinated in Central IL! 6A. Thanks for the tips.
Thankyou so much for responding. I will definitely try them and see what happens 😊and i will let you know.
Please do!
A little north and east of you, outside Columbus. Giving this a try this year. Thanks for the tips.
Hello neighbor!
I'm right here with you girl! Hamilton Ohio. Thanks for the reminder and the tips. This will be the first time I'm actually doing this from seed so I'm excited! Now I know all the things I've been doing wrong by watching several videos. Happy growing ❄️
Glad to hear you're growing from seed- best of luck!
Very well presented and informative. I also like your farming clothes. Thank You!
As someone in zone 4a I am extremely jealous that you're starting seeds right now
You'll be sowing seeds before you know it!
Good I'm doing the same as you had really good big onions I do put wood ashes on ground where I put my onions and side dress with compost tea. KC, Missouri.
@@pamalajjohnson9576 why wood ash? We have alkaline soil & unless we burn hardwood we do not use the ash except in our bird pens & houses
4b same here. …
Cleveland Ohio here !!! Starting next week😊
Happy sowing!
Midwest City, Oklahoma, I'm starting from seed this year for the first time, wish me luck!!
Best wishes-- you can do it!
Thanks for the useful info. I have always direct sowed seeds right into my garden beds in the fall here in the Arizona low desert, Zone 9B. I just pluck out any that come up too close together and spread them out throughout the garden, as I read they are supposed to deter some pests. So I end up with a few rows where I sowed seed, and then just random onions spread throughout the rest of the beds wherever I had a gap to fill, and I harvest in July. After watching this video, I just sowed seeds into a tray for the first time to try it out. Looking forward to seeing how it goes!
I hope it goes well for you!
I started my onions from seed today!
Hooray!
5B Upper Michigan. I never really thought about starting onions this early but I think I'll try it. Started them in April last year and was going to start earlier anyway.
Hi neighbor to the north! Give it a shot!
Do onions started indoors from seed need to be hardened off prior to outdoor planting? I’ve seen numerous videos about people starting onions from seed, but no one mentions hardening off as would be common for other indoor starts. Thank you and keep up the good work!
Yes they do
thank you for sharing information about onion farming information that is very useful and adds inspiration to my farm
You are most welcome
Hey me too!! New Springfield ohio! I'm trying g to become self sufficient. Your vids help forsure. Thank you much
Great to hear from a fellow Ohioan!
This year I will be growing onions from seeds for the first time. I usually grow from onion plants from the nursery but am having a harder time finding the varieties I like. I am in zone 8b Washington State, Western side. Thanks for a great video.
Best of luck!
South central WI. I usually start my onions on New Years day, this year I went with the winter solstice, maybe something magical will happen. Walla walla, red globe and yellow of parma, plus I started my carentan leeks.
The red onions were a bit slower to germinate but everybody is up and growing.
I start my onions in a potting mix of 40% leaf mold, 40% aged compost and 20% aged worm castings (everything that I produced). I use aged compost and castings because it potentially has less nitrogen. The longer the bacteria are active in the compost and worm castings the less nitrogen. I'm not sure if it makes a whole lot of difference.
All I feed my seedlings is compost and worm casting extracts. Did this for the 1st time last year and everything did fine. Aiming to be completely sustainable.
Good to see a new video!
I hope something magical does happen!
Sounds like an excellent seed starting mix!
Thanks for the reminder to start onion seeds. I'm in 6A, Ct.
You're welcome!
Oh I started mine (zone 6a) on Dec 31! Thanks lady!! 😁
Perfect!
I am in Arkansas, zone 6a. Starting my onions from seed this week! Thanks for the helpful information!
Happy sowing!
I'm also in Ohio, zone 6a (O-H) but I've never had luck growing onions. I started them from seed last year, Ailsa Craig, in January but never got those huge onions I see others harvest even though I followed all the advice. I'm going to try one more year and then may call it quits if it doesn't work again. Thanks for the reminder!
Sorry to hear that, Heather- but I'm glad you're giving it another shot! Just out of curiousity, have you tried the onion transplant like Dixondale farm sells dixondalefarms.com/product-category/onion-plants/? I find that these give me very reliable results.
@@GrowfullywithJenna I’ve tried transplants from my local farm supply store but not Dixon Dale. I might try that. Thanks!
6a as well! East Cleveland! I am doing a raised bed first time and watching this to learn. Great stuff definitely subbed I need all the Ohio outdoor growing advice as possible. I did container outside last year and had decent success and really enjoyed it. I also have an indoor lab so that helps with getting stuff started indoors while waiting for winter to end in June
Great to hear from a fellow Ohioan! Best wishes for a great growing season!
Amazing video, will start my Onions seeds this week..
From zon 7, SWEDEN
Have fun starting those onions seeds!
I'll be starting mine in a few days!! Currently setting up a gutted basement bathroom to a grow room!
Hooray! Have fun with that new grow room!
I APPRECIATE the reminder!!! Thank you!
You are so welcome!
6a here too. I came across your channel yesterday and I have been soaking these videos up. I am planting onion seeds today for the first time. (EEK, I hope its not too late) I usually do sets. The last couple years they just have done horrible! Thank you for all the time you have put into these videos, I feel like I am taking a crash corse.
Best wishes for great onions!
Please excuse the extra long comment.
Your TH-cam channel is my go to channel whenever I am having a problem with seed germination or anything else to do with gardening.
I have never had good luck with growing onion from seed. I grow yellow Granex onions seeds. That I know are fresh because I harvested them from previous onions that went to seed. 10 days from sowing my onion seeds. I place at least 20 onion seeds in a damp paper towel in a Ziploc bag in a sunny window in my house where the temperature is 72° the window gets pretty much full sun most of the day. Generally within 3 to 5 days. These onion seeds germinate. I usually get 100% germination. I will then sow a few hundred onion seeds in flats with humidity covers. In the same window that I test germinated my onion seed.I generally get only 20 to 30 percent germination. I use my homemade potting mix. That consists of Peat moss, perlite, sand from my yard and mature compost, that I screed everything but the perlite through a 3/8” mesh screen. After throughly washing my pots out with soapy water. I then,sterilize this potting mix. By putting it in large pans into a 300°F oven until it reaches 250Degrees Fahrenheit. Before using my homemade potting mix. I add enough boiled and then cooled water to make it moist.In a sterilized 5 gallon bucket and lid. I also sterilize my pots that have drainage holes in them. With a 10% Clorox to 90% water. I always have excellent results using my homemade potting soil with all plants that I grow from seed. After sowing the onion seeds. I placed them in a sunny window and cover the planters with a plastic dome. This sunny window gets sun most of the day. Any onion seeds that do germinate. Produce excellent quality onions. Why am I not getting more than 20% to 30% germination? When the paper towel plastic bag method. I usually get 100% germination.
My gut instinct is that the combo of the sunny window & the humidity cover is making the temperature inside the seed starting flat too high for ideal onion germination. Remember that that dome is acting as a mini greenhouse and amplifying the effects of the heat from the sun- so while it may be 72F in your home, it's likely much warmer inside the humidity cover.
Since onions don't have to have full light to germinate- I would recommend moving the trays out of direct sunlight until the seeds germinate and see if that yields better results. Otherwise it sounds like you're doing everything right!
Belmont County (eastern Ohio) 6a also never started from seeds always sets but doing so today
Yay! Glad you're trying seed this year, David!
Growing in Indiana. Very similar climate to the O. Great video! Gotta get those onions started!
Hi neighbor to the west!
Thank you. I will try this year . Hope you have a great harvest every years
Glad to hear you're going to try it!
Thank you for this video. I have been trying to locate a helpful onion seed planting videos. ❤ I’m planting potato onions this year.
Glad it was helpful!
I just started my onion seeds yesterday! I can’t believe I remembered to do it 😏 (also in zone 6a here)
Nice!!
Lovely too hear from a fellow gardener, my Best Wishes for the New Year 👍❤️
Same to you!
Perfect timing Jenna. I'll be sowing my onions this weekend in zone 6a New Hampshire.
This year I'm growing yellow of Parma, Barolo and purple haze red onions and white sweet spanish. I typically like to transplant in the first week of April.
Nice! I'd love to hear what you think of the Purple Haze onion!
I grew Yellow of Parma last year. It’s a good onion, and stores well. It did seem to have a tendency to “double“ for me. About a third of them actually split inside.
They’re still perfectly good and usable, but you can’t make onion rings or anything with them.
As advised I planted in planters January 18 and thanks for the heads-up
I'm also starting the starting bulbs in my planters as soon as greenhouse has in stock until they are 4 inches above ground then planted on top ground only burying roots
Wonderful!
I just sowed some Purplette onions a few days ago (along with some lettuce for my grow room) and will get my leeks started in a week or so once i get the seeds. Northern IL, 5a.
Wonderful!
In zone 7 DE and getting ready to plant my onions. Thanks for the refresher.
BIG THANKS for early heads up.I have my best crops (as of yet and you might teach me better) .My best results are putting the onion sets into my wife's flower planter in our sunroom and like them about 4 tall with roots a little longer so I can plant bulbs at surface buried the roots and they standing the next day.
I'm going to listen to your teaching and order some seeds today and your advice is usually spot on.
Thanks Gardener Lady
You're most welcome, John!
Gardener Scott said he would be doing some shows with other TH-cam University Teachers and I asked him to address you as a guest and 2 others viewers back me up .If he calls you join in and make us happy. You are the best for anyone that garden clay base soil and that's a large group. Thanks for teaching us 3 and many
Been doing seeds last 3 yrs. Same zone. Springs ain't been the same. Going to raised bed for early crops. Cool rain till June then hot and dry. Onions didn't make it. Good vid.
I agree- the springs have been tricky here too. Never predictable!
Great lady is great work
I'm going to try trimming, that's a great idea. I grow Walla Walla onions in north east Oregon. About 80 miles south of Walla Walla Washington. Needless to say that they grow well here also.
Im growing onions for the first time ever this year outdoor. Im in New Mexico. I had success with corn, squash, jalapenos, and pumpkins. I want to add onions, garlic, and some other herbs to that. The video helped me alot. Thank you.
Best of luck, James- I hope your onions do great this year!
Im sorry about the disaster taking place around you in Ohio recently, i pray your crop survives and you remain healthy and strong.
Thank you. I'm lucky to be on the opposite side of the state, but I worry about all directly effected as well as the downstream effects.
Best gardening channel I have found. I love that we are in the same zone. Thank you for the wealth of information you share!
Wow, thank you so much, Gina!
@@GrowfullywithJenna Hey Jenna! I'm a bit stressed and wondered if I could get your 2 cents on a situation with my onions. I'm a fellow Ohioan and started some long day varieties from seed down in my basement under really great grow lights. I don't have a timer and was very inconsistent with how many hours of light they received. It probably averaged 12-16 hours per day depending on when I would remember to turn them off at night. I recently came across a guy giving onion growing advice and he mentioned that you must be watchful of the duration of time you expose your onion seedlings to light or your onions will begin to bulb and you won't get a good bulb for that growing season. EEEK, I never once considered this! Do you think there is truth to this? I pulled up a few sacrificial onions plants from their cells to inspect but didn't see signs of bulbing. Would you suspect I my little onion plants are doomed? I am trying to determine if I should pick up some starts at the store or if I may still have a chance of my young plants bulbing this season. UGH! Any knowledge/thoughts you can send my way would be so very valued!
I'm in Hot Springs, Montana. Our growing season here is alittle different then the rest of the state, we tend to warm up earlier in the spring which is nice. We are in a plains, lots of sage brush and Russian olives. This will be my first time growing onions from seed. So wish me luck. and thanks for great videos, they make me feel like all things are possible. lol
Best of luck, Carol!
I saw this yesterday and felt you did this for me. 😀 However I actually did start my onions about 5 or 6 days ago. I'm thinking after watching your video that I should put them deeper in the soil. I basically sprinkled seed starting mix over them but I can see many seeds still sitting on top. I was thinking that I heard that onion seeds like light to germinate. Since you didn't say that I don't think that is correct.
I was out digging in the garden today. Yes, January 7 and the ground isn't frozen. It's kind of crazy. I worry about my garlic.
Anyway, watching this made me smile. I'm going with you were thinking of me when you sent this reminder, so thank you.
I was thinking of you 😄.
I've always sown mine at about 1/4" and they germinate well- I've not heard that they need light to germ.
@@GrowfullywithJenna You made my day! 😀
I have plenty of onions up about a half inch or so. I didn't go crazy with the seeds because there is only so many onions I can eat or store or give away.
I threw away 4 butternut squash today, or what was left of them after the mice feasted on them. I still have 7 or 8 left.
Anyway, thanks for the smile.
Super helpful, just about to start my onion seeds...I'm so excited!
Glad it was helpful!
Planted my onions last year per your recommendation and they did great. Thanks.
I'm so glad to hear that!
I'm in 6A too, but in Rhode Island. Just planted my onion seeds yesterday on Jan. 18th. Ditto on just about everything you said - long day obviously given my latitude, and I also prefer cells to the broadcast method, although that works ok as well. I also do the trimming. One thing you did not address in this video (maybe you did in the others) is sweet vs. storage onions. Most sweet varieties do not store all that long. I like the Patterson variety for storage, although I did start some Walla Wallas this year also.
I've talked about the different types a bit in other videos, but I generally grow a mix of everything every year. Like you- I prefer Patterson for long storage. Candy is my go-to for fresh eating.
Great video! I am about to plant some onion seeds in a moment. I don’t think I have ever grown onions from seed. I hope they grow well. I have to learn more about the different types as far as short, intermediate, and long day varieties. Be well.
Best of luck!
I started the first two dozen on Monday! Doing more tomorrow :)
Nice!!
It’s always a great pleasure to see growth 👍❤️
It is indeed!
Thank you for the notification! All onion seeds started indoors -72 cells.
Wonderful!
I will be winter sowing next week in NW Oregon 🤞
Have fun!
Hey Jenna, zone 4 here, definitely going to start my seeds early this year. didnt have a single onion last year! second try is the charm!! :) best from minnesota.
Second try IS the charm! Best of luck!
Excellent video! You packed so much info into this video from start to finish of onion starting
Thank you!
I’m in 6b and I’m experimenting with winter sowing the seeds outdoors. I plan to do have a back up and do some indoors as well, jic.
Winter sowing is great as long proper crops & the spring doesn't go up & down. I did 148 jugs last year 90% success rate. Mainly annual Flowers. Herbs, Cole crops, did do tomatoes and peppers to experiment but we got warm then cold then boom summer so they didn't work exactly as anticipated.
Any seed that needs cold stratification is perfect for WS. My bells of Ireland were stunning & lavender/rosemary. Now for it to get cold enough steady enough to start. Good luck post your updates please and share with us all.
I'd love to hear how the winter sowing turns out. I sowed some last year in my winter sowing experiment, but I think it must have been old seed, as nothing germinated.
@@GrowfullywithJenna I’ve always purchased starts from a local nursery in the past so seeds at all is new to me. I got my onion seeds from MIgardener so I’m hopeful for good germination. I’ll keep this updated.
Watching from the UK. We have different varieties here but the methods are the same ! Traditional to sow onion seeds onBoxing Day(26 th December) here, so I’ve sown mine in seed trays in my greenhouse.
I like that tradition! I may have to borrow that 😄
I've never grown onions from seeds. Always started with Starts but have had them bolt on me. I am going to start seeds this year. You just showed me a mistake I was making by trimming as they grew outside. Excited and nervous to try this.
Good luck!
Clear & good information thank you. I live in Chino Valley, Arizona Zone 7 (north central)
I find that inner planting onion with other plants deters harmful insects. The odor confuses the insects.
Thanks for watching!