Grow BIG Onions With This One Simple Tip!
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- Опубліковано 3 чер 2024
- Our onions are growing larger, but we can get them to be even bigger yet by doing one simple thing! In today's episode I will discuss what we do (our one simple step) to ensure bigger onions! Enjoy and happy gardening.
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Well, I see where I screwed up. I pruned mine before it rained and the weight of the water collecting in the tubulars caused all of my onions to crimp. Make sure it doesn’t rain for a few days before you prune.
I was not expecting the “whip your hair back n forth, whip your hair back n forth” 😂😂
The tops are also great as green onion substitutes. I cut mine into thin slices and freeze them on cookie sheets. Once frozen I pop 'em into a big freezer bag. Instant garnish for miso, any Asian dish, soups, rice dishes, anything really ,o.k. maybe not ice cream, but whatever floats yer boat eh?
Great resource, don't miss out!
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My friend did that last year, but kept the tops, dehydrated them, and they are great in soups, dressings, etc., love this!
Thank you!
I take the leafs chop them up and use in baked potatoes instead of green onions.
I’m so glad I came across this. I have 500 onions and they started falling over. We have moved to a new location and this year my greens are falling over like yours. I thought it was some sort of diseases in the new soil. So, I pruned them all back pretty heavy like you did. I figured I was hurting them, but wanted to do what I could to save them because I know bending means bad news. I’m relieved to know I did the right thing! Praise The Most High!
Does this work with garlic too?
This is the best video on onions I have ever seen. Thank you, I did not know that you could prune onions. I can’t wait to try it as I just planted for this spring.
I'll attest to dehydrating the tops! I just snipped them like chives and dried them on a cloth-lined rack. Great in soups or you can rehydrate and use in stir-fry.
Blessings! 💜
I chop mine up and freeze them. I have bags of them and use them in soups.
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Great tip now I'll be able to make better soup but however the top is where the seeds are
@@asimhusain8087 you won't get seeds until it flowers. That stalk is more woody than the rest. I may try leaving 1 or 2 for seed next year.
We planted around 500 onions! I do a lot of canning with onions every year. I did this to my onions in 2 of my 8 beds. They did close up but it took about a week. You also shouldn't do this if it's going to storm or rain that week. Your onions will get water inside the leaves. A few of mine didn't do well after I had done just what you are doing. Make sure you are feeding your onions every few weeks and watering them everyday whenever it is extremely hot out. Or water them every other day because onions need a lot of water to grow! I grew softball size onions this year for the very first time and I started mine from onion starts not sets! I also ordered a pack of Walla Walla onion seeds from you and they are still growing. I also did four different kinds of soils in my garden beds. Six are raised beds and and the others are in my garden. The beds in my garden are in the ground and the onions did much much better there.
What do you feed your onions?
When you say extremely hot what temperature are you talking about?
LOL! I was actually pruning my onions to encourage bigger bulbs! I was sneaking out there to snip the outer greens for cooking during the growing season, and I thought I was hurting the bulb development. Good to know that I don't have to sneak anymore!
Me too. We were inadvertently helping the bulb the entire time lol
Same here!😂
Okay NOW YOU CAN MAKE A SALAD AND THE ONIONS WILL GREEN UP AGAIN AND YES YOU CAN KEEP REPEATING THE PROCESS TIME AND TIME AGAIN AND IF YOU PLANT A LOT YOU CAN USE SOME OOF THE ONIONS IN ALL YOUR COOKING ENJOY!!!!!
Awesome tip! Makes so much sense. I’m a pretty new gardener, 3-4 years, but going on 2nd year growing onions. I have been devouring gardening content but never heard this and I love it. Thanks!!
Lol..."whip your hair back and forth" 😂😂
Had no idea about this. Lost about half my onions now. I started with 72 red, 65 white, 40 yellow. Next year will be different. As always thanks for the info
Then I would dehydrate and powder those green stalks. Great for all kinds of uses. My favorite being green onion dip.
I will definitely try this next year. Most of my onions are harvested this year. I'm going to add this note to my gardening notebook so that I remember it for next year. Thanks. Luke!
Need to follow your example of keeping a garden notebook!
@@utubemouse Best thing you can do!
I keep a notebook, too. Best thing I started for keeping information.
Or, for those of us that don't have a fancy machine, lol, chop them up and freeze them. They work great in soups, stews, casseroles etc! Thanks for the tip, I did indeed learn something new so I will indeed pass it on to others! Thanks Luke!
Thank you so much for this helpful tip! I did not know to prune my onions. I have many of them in my garden with very long leaves. I know what I'll be doing this week. Thanks Luke!
Good tip. I just fertilized my onions last week, think it’s time for some love. Bone meal on top, light pruning and water. Don’t have much more time, the days are shrinking and so bulbs are growing.. so it’s water, warmth and fingers crossed for some decent onions.
Take your clippings, course dice them and dry. Makes a great addition to soups. If you powder them, add to mashed potatoes while cooking. Yumm.
Thank you, thank you! I know now why my Walla Wallas stopped growing and what to do next year. Love ya, Luke!
This is brilliant! My tops never stand up. This will absolutely help. Thanks Luke!
All i can say is AWSOME TIP !!!!!!
Thanks Luke! I've always been afraid to cut the tops off my onions. I'll be fixing them now!
Always great videos & tons of information!
Same. Off to find my pruners! ✂️
Great tip! I did not know I could do this, but I will from now on. :)
The neck of all my onions fell over early. I believed that they wouldn’t grow much bigger and picked the majority of them. Well those I left in ground continued to grow bigger despite the neck being soft and bent
Was following your tips on onions including pruning then we got 8 plus inches of rain in twelve hours and all my tops were knocked over. Pulled them and put fall gardening stuff in that bed.
We pulled onions that did that one year, dried them and used them for onion sets the following spring.
Great tip! I had no idea!
I grow thousands each year and could not imagine doing this. Water and fertilizer and genetics grow big onions. Avoid letting your soil dry out as it looks yours is. Getting the crop started early or fall planting is also important.
Great advice! Thanks!
New info! Thank you 💚🌞
Thanks, this was right on time Luke!!!
I had no idea. Thanks!
HOLY COW! Thank you So much for the tip on what to do with the onion tops. SO genius to dehydrate them.
Thank U 4 the Super, tip. Happy Gardening.
Thank you for this! I had no idea!
What a beautiful garden! Thank you for the advice!
Thanks for the tip! I have a storm coming in a couple of days so I will anxiously await being able to prune some of mine back!
Love watching your videos …so educational
I always trim back my onions……..great tip! Thx 🇨🇦
Very helpful video! Thank you.
Tks for this great onion gardening tip!
I never knew this, thank you!
Thank you, Luke, for sharing your advice on growing bigger onions.😊
I’m so glad your channel came up in my feed. I needed this information. 👍🏻
Thank you for the tip.
Great information
I found my smallest tops produced the smallest bulbs. My large/strong tops had the biggest bulbs. I didn't trim any. I will for sure do this next year
Great tip. I’ll try it this year.
Great tip about onions!
There is some controversy about pruning onions, some people say don't. I don't prune as heavily as you but I do prune when I plant and later I prune bent blades. I usually cut after the bend though to keep the blade closed.
Hmmm. You cut after the bend so the tip stays closed? That’s thinking outside the box! Coloring outside the lines… Very creative. 👍
@@origmainstmama2455 Aww, thank you.😊
Great video! Straight to the point with useful info
Wow! Thank you.
Oh wow, I never get tired of your great tips, will try this on my next batch of onions
Great tips 👍🏻😃
Thanks for the video.
Please provide 1080i 30 frames per second. The new 60 fps format is a no go unless you have new equipment and a higher data rate.
Thank you so so much!!!
I learned a lot from this video. Thank you for teaching us all this!!!
This I will test,thank you
Thanks a lot for the pruning tip... I had NO idea!
Thanks for sharing. I will try this.
really great tip ........love it
Mine fell over before I knew to cut them off! Next year!
I’ll definitely try this year
Thanks so much!!!
Thank you!
Thanks, you are the man
That is totally Awesome sir! I don't grow as many as you do but this will help with the ones I do grow. Thanks for this very simplistic maintenance tip. I've definitely had this exact issue many times in the past where I get 5 to 7 totally awesome onions and about the same amount that don't come to fruition. Again, thank you!
Thanks, will do that in the morning
Thank you, never seen this befor 😉,good info
Great advice! Another thing that you can do with your green onion tips that you’ve pruned off is to make green onion pesto out of them. Delicious!
Am wanting to plant onions for the first time in the spring. Will keep you helpful tips in mind!
Great video......I learned quite a bit.
Wow what a wonderful tip. Thank you so much for sharing!
"I'm so inspired by your gardening skills! Can't wait to try some of your tips! 🌱🍅
Thanks a lot
Wish I had known this a month ago lol! Thanks for another great video!
Just found your video's, I grew up in Michigan. Now live in high desert, Rocky Mountains, zone 3 😲. Truly a gardener challenge. Never knew about pruning onions. Haven't really grown them often. I noticed yours were all in a bed - planted all in one spot. Do you ever companion plant? My onions and such are all over the garden with other plants that will benefit from them, or visa-versa. Just wondering. Thanks for the good info on pruning!!! PS: my garden is small with high fences - all our lovely deer (Mulie's & Whitetail) and our occasional moose - so companion planting has become a way of life up here on the mountain - EVERY inch of garden is used :)
Thanks.
I add the tops of the onion in soups, salads, and on sandwiches. I would like to get a freeze dryer in the future to save things like that.
Liked and subscribed thank you for the onion info.......
I just topped my onions on Monday 😊 Hoping for big bulbs to come. Eastern Colorado 5b
Instead of pitching those tops or composting them, I save them and make green onion salt. Just put them in a blender or. Inks with sea salt or kosher salt. The spread it thinly on a cookie sheet. Preheat oven at 175 then turn off. Place pan on top shelf and leave oven light on and leave 24 ish hours. It will be a thin brick. Back into the blender and then voila! Onion salt and yummy!
Love this idea. Do you have a rough ratio of salt to onion leaves?
@@irenevanos6996I prob have it written down at home somewhere (at work) but I think it is like 1cup salt to two cups onion tops. I do the same thing with herbs and make yummy herb salts too. You can add more or less to taste. After they have sat in the oven (keep on top shelf and light on after you turn off the oven) for 24 hrs, break it up and put in your food processor or ninja again. If it is damp then put it back into the oven and bring it back up to 175 and turn off again. You can adjust the salt to taste before you put it back into the oven the second time. I also do not use iodized table salt. I use coarse kosher salt, sea salt, Himalayan salt or redmonds salt. Hope you love it!
@sharonjennings1282 fantastic! Thanks for the reply. I needed that bit if extra information on the drying instructions as well. Thanks again!! 😊
Thank you! You answered my question of weather I could prune them.
Great tip...thanku
Onion pruning is on my to do list for fall gardening in Houston community garden.
Thank you so much
Thank you so much! I’m trying onions for the first time so this is super helpful!
This is super helpful! Thank you!
grew onions for the first time this year, and yes they were quite small. will try this tip next year for sure. dry those tops with herbs and dried tomatopells, grind up and use as seasoning
This worked well last year for me. This year I didn't have as much time. I did however plant them a little closer together. The plants seemed to do a good job of supporting each other and the size was decent. Except for the ones on the edge that didn't have as much support and fell over sooner.
You can make pesto with the onion tops as well.
Thx
I was just wondering what I could do to get bigger onions. Thanks for the tip!
Thank you so much for that reminder about cutting the onion tops. Last night l went out in the garden and started cutting them and received a basket full. I am going to make green onion powder with them.😀
I was finally growing onions that were going to be able to be stored. The beds are new and the bind weed had a great time🤦♀️ I tried to weed it but I couldn’t win the battle and pulled the onions and everything else and covered the bed. At least I got three quart size bags in the freezer 😢😭🙌🏻
Love the tip! I have saved some onion seeds for the first time. Hopeing to have an epic harevst. This tip will help with that. Grow Bigger!!
Definitely going to try this next year. I just. harvested the rest of my onions yesterday. Looks like this is another video that I'm going to have to save on a playlist!
Thanks I was just wondering what to do about my onions and this helped immensely.
God bless you.
Thanks for the information I just started going Onions this year
I need to see you do a video cooking some of your produce... I'd certainly love to see that! I enjoy planting and cooking my own produce