Many sweet onions are technically day-neutral onions. They begin bulbing when days are about 12 to 14 hours long. ... To ...

Candy onion is a hybrid of the common onion and sweet onion varieties but they are a sweeter alternative to the standard onion. They can be a great option for home gardeners who want something ...

The sweet, short-day onions are best eaten fresh, as they don’t store as well. Soil and Nutrients Onions prefer well-drained, slightly acidic, nutrient-rich soil.

The onion is one of the most important vegetables grown and is popular in our region's home gardens. Onions commonly grown are the mild types, such as White and Yellow Sweet Spanish or the globe ...

Onions tend to grow very well in rich, organic soils with a pH at 6.5-6.8.Lean, acid soils can limit growth. Get your soil tested to make sure the pH is appropriate and key nutrients are available.

Since then, I haven’t bought mail-order onion seedlings (those $15 or $20 bundles of 50 transplants). Instead, for maybe $5 a packet of 100 or so seeds, I can choose from a much wider range of ...

The Collinses grow 500 acres of sweet onions. This year’s Vidalia onion crop started out as seeds of granex yellow onions, planted in fields in September and October.

Overall, growing onions is easy. Just plant baby onions — called sets — in the ground in full sun in April or so and let them grow. It's only when you want to grow big, baseball-sized onions ...