Put mine out this past weekend, but I think I may have put them too deep. I would say they are 2-3 inches deep. I have read today online about just putting so they are barely covered with the point sticking up. I had luck with them last year, but my goal this year (planting a month earlier) was to actually get nice size onions.
Should I go out there clean my trench out and start over?
Remove some soil out of the trench?
Leave them alone and wait until next year to try for a better crop?
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Not sure I understand the question. Are you asking, should I keep the bulbs covered as they are growing. The answer is No. Onions bulbs grow mostly on the surface. Small onions, scallions, bunching etc.. are kept covered for more blanched stem.What about the onion bulbs? Should I completely cover those?
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Thank you. Last year was probably my best onion year. It was also my first year starting from seed. Copra onions - long storage typebtrowe1 wrote:Double Dog,
Wow those are some really nice looking onions in that picture, they look to be about baseball size, Hopefully some day I can get some that look like that..
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Just so we are all on the same page, these are onion sets. They are little dry bulbs.I don't mean to rephrase this question but my onion sets(the ones with the green sprout on top) I planted half of the bulb. What about the onion bulbs? Should I completely cover those?
[img]https://donce.lofthouse.com/jamaica/onion_sets.JPG[/img]
These are little onion plants.
[img]https://donce.lofthouse.com/jamaica/onion_plants.jpg[/img]
Either one can be planted for large onions or green onions. Plant them deeper for green onions if you want a lot of white stem.
When planting the sets (bulbs) to go for large onions, I just barely cover them.
When planting the small plants for large onions, I put about 1.5 inches of the stem in the ground and the roots deeper.
Like Eric says, they heave themselves. Most of the bulb forms above ground.
[img]https://donce.lofthouse.com/jamaica/garden_7_24_2011_2.jpg[/img]
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