[AlittleSalt]

Wow, what a long day.

The first two pictures are of the onions I started from seed indoor back in October. I don't know which ones are 502s and which are hybrids - they look and smell the same. (My labels faded).

The last two pictures are what I'm curing them on and the end results.

I learned a lot about onions over the past 9 or so months.

Is it cheaper to grow from seed? Yes, a little. If you're ordering onion sets online, growing from seed is WAY cheaper. Growing from seed has you gardening year round. It was nice tending to them in November-January. For me, it meant I was starting pepper and tomato seeds about the time I was planting onions out.

Too much rain is too much rain no matter what.

I also learned that the area I called, "The onion bed" is not a good place for them. When the oaks start leafing out - it makes too much shade. They will be planted in the middle of the main garden where there are no trees.

Possibly use a high N fertilizer to get them started and then go with 10-20-10 or higher P later on. I need to research that a lot more. Using nothing produces onions, but trying for some bigger ones will be challenging.