Recently my wife and I got to transplant our onion plants outside in two of our raised beds.
We are growing two different onion plants this year. Walla Walla is a yellow skinned large sweet onion and Superstar is our large mild white onion. Both are supposed to do well even in the north.
We will be planting various onion sets as well when we plant out the tomatoes and beans. We also have two types of leeks still growing inside under the lights (Carentan and Giant Musselburgh). To round out the Allium family, we have potato onions and several types of garlic that we planted in the fall. The large onion bed is right next to one of the garlic beds.
The garlic is growing very well.
If it weren't for all of these Alliums, the vegetable garden would still be pretty empty. Soon they will be joined by peas lettuce and cabbage. Then later comes the many warm season veggies. I can hardly wait!
Looks great! thanks for sharing the photos.
Posted by: michelle | April 08, 2009 at 01:14 PM
Great looking beds. What I like about my onions and garlic is that they are still alive after all these late freezes! I also love my radishes and lettuce that just take all this cold in stride. Hurray for cold weather crops!
Posted by: David | April 09, 2009 at 09:19 AM
Your onion starts are looking nice & stocky. I just gave mine a trim & some strong fertilizer last night. I am putting them in the cold frame for a week or two and then will plant them out. I have so many things to plant this year I don't even know where they will fit.
Do you plant your set around tomato seeding time for any particular reason? I am trying sets this year and really know nothing about planting them.
Dan
Posted by: Dan | April 09, 2009 at 12:12 PM
*typo - do you plant your onion sets around outdoor tomato planting time for any particular reason?
Posted by: Dan | April 09, 2009 at 12:14 PM
And I've just begun to harvest my onions! Ahh...the differences between the North & the South!
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Posted by: Dennis | April 09, 2009 at 03:37 PM
Dan, we could plant onion sets earlier but it seems to work out better for us to plant them later. I like to tuck onion sets in between all of the tomatoes (and all over the garden, really). Not only do I get to utilize un-used space that way, but the onions seem to deter some of the insect pests. By waiting until the tomatoes are planted, I know what available space I have. Waiting does make the harvest a bit later but we have the potato onions and the onion plants already going by then so we don't notice the later harvest.
Posted by: Marc | April 09, 2009 at 11:12 PM
I am new to the garden game and I am looking to plant veggies to make up a salad.Now which ones need sun/shade.What can I plant beside each other..ect.Any help would be great.
Posted by: spooly | April 11, 2009 at 10:32 AM