onions

[BERRYHILL]

Hello, this is our first year to grow onions, they are bulbing now, the bulbs are showing, are we supposed to keep dirt up around them, will they sun scald? Thanks Loretta

[garden5]

No, not at all. You want the onion bulbs sitting on the soil's surface. It will sometimes look like a row of baseballs in your garden . Sometime people will even loosen up the dirt a little bit around the onion if it is very crusty. Your onions should do fine.

[jal_ut]

Hi BERRYHILL,
Welcome to the forum. When posing questions, it is helpful to know where you are located in the world. Every garden has its own microclimate. What works here in High and Dry Utah may not work for you wherever you are.

If you want to, you can edit your personal stats and add your location and hardiness zone to your siggy line.

Especially in the case of onions, which are day length sensitive, for bulbing, it helps to know your North latitude. garden5 steered you right on the onions. The bulbs should form about half in the ground and half out.

[rkunsaw]

Hi Berryhill, Onions are one of the easiest things to grow.Don't plant them too deep,just below the surface.Fertilize when you plant them and again once a month or so.Keep them watered.The bulbs don't start getting big until the end of the season.When half of the onions fall over,push the other half over.This is when the bulbs really start growing. In a couple of weeks they should be ready.
Larry