Hope the onions do better this year.

b54red · February 3, 2013

I just set out my onions yesterday and hope it isn't too late this year. Last year was a bust on all my onion varieties except white Bermudas. I set out a variety of yellows and reds and a good number of Bermudas. For the past three or four years the only one that has done good for me has been the Bermudas so if none of the others do anything this year I am going to just stick with them from now on. I started my onion seed in UltrSorb a DE available from Auto Zone and it made separating the seedlings so much easier than in the past when I used potting soil or seed starting mix. I just let it dry out for a day or so and then just held the clump of onion seedlings and shook them and the DE just fell off the roots leaving a nice full root structure intact. It saved me so much time and effort I'll never go back to regular seed starters for onion seed.

February 3, 2013	#1
b54red Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Alabama Posts: 7,068	Hope the onions do better this year. I just set out my onions yesterday and hope it isn't too late this year. Last year was a bust on all my onion varieties except white Bermudas. I set out a variety of yellows and reds and a good number of Bermudas. For the past three or four years the only one that has done good for me has been the Bermudas so if none of the others do anything this year I am going to just stick with them from now on. I started my onion seed in UltrSorb a DE available from Auto Zone and it made separating the seedlings so much easier than in the past when I used potting soil or seed starting mix. I just let it dry out for a day or so and then just held the clump of onion seedlings and shook them and the DE just fell off the roots leaving a nice full root structure intact. It saved me so much time and effort I'll never go back to regular seed starters for onion seed.