Get short-day onion seeds here: lazydogfarm.com/collections/plants-seeds 0:00 Intro 1:15 Where to Find More Onion Videos 2:10 Tip 1 - Day Length Varieties 4:02 Tip 2 - Hybrids 6:11 Tip 3 - Grow Your Own Plants 7:43 Tip 4- Plant at the Right Time 11:28 Our Favorite Onion Varieties 1:28 What Supplies Do You Need? 16:13 Starting Onion Seeds in the Greenhouse
I'm no expert by any means but I thought I'd put in my 2 cents worth. I usually accidently have a few onions that overwinter and go to seed the next year. Since it's so simple I save seeds from them. A couple of flowers wil provide 100s of seed so it doesn't take many. Last year I planted burpee seed and saved seed and the saved seed way outperformed the Burpee in germination. If you have oneor two to bolt on you try saving the seed. Very easy to do.
I found out I could grow onion. Some turned out some didn't. I bought them as starts and they weren't labeled long day. But now I know I can grow from seed! And I need long day variety. Here's to learning! Lol Thanks you guys for helping us sow the land!
I have planted all three varieties short, intermediate and long day in 7b and they all grow just won't get huge. I planted because I'm just renegade gardener and love to experiment. But yes growing onions that are specific for your zone gets the best results. I'm going to start seeds this year as I have never done it before I usually purchase from Dixondale and they do amazing. Thank yall for the great information!!
Wow. Glad your selling the seedsits always a hunt for short day...already got mine going so too late this year... barring any mishaps...but thank you for.selling them...really rucks me off all the stores here only sell long day onions and i never could be a bulbed onion...AND EVERY SINGLE ONION SETS SOLD.WAS THE SAME THING...
did the November planted onions with that extra time to grow help it through the hard temps. Jan and Feb seem to be our coldest months, so a November to December plant may help me out.
sierra blanca white from johnnys zone 11 , couple 3 pounders , getting ready for second round of em. I dump some seeds in a small space in bed and let them grow in the soil then transplant once i feel like they are ready.
Started my onion seeds 10 days ago, and they started germinating 3 days later. I was surprised but I do have them under a grow light in a cool basement. Beets germinated after 2 days and I was really shocked since the previous years it has taken almost two weeks. I love a fall garden!! Great video as always Travis.
Thanks! Great timing since I just received Chianti and Georgia Boy seeds I ordered from you! I see it's time to start them inside. Still hitting 90+ everyday here!
My Chianti and yellow granex seeds germinated in three days with 90 plus degrees . The heat here in South Georgia is still around every year through September and I always plant my seeds outdoors in trays about September 1st . I leave the trays in the full sun and water every day or every other day depending on whether it’s cloudy or sunny
Travis the Chianti never bolt on me either and they store great . Still look perfect in September stored on a big shelf indoors in a spare room . My wife and I love them and like you said they are fairly mild and taste great . I may stop growing the granex types and go with Chianti only . This year I planted the Granex and Chianti on September 14 and left them out in the sun watering daily and they came up in 3-4 days . I was really surprised it happened so fast as it usually take at least 7 days .
I have been following your recommendation for a couple years now. We grew our starts from seed in a 4 x 20 ft raised bed here in North Texas. We put up 32 quart food saver bags of diced onions in the freezer in August. We had harvested and been eating off the harvest for months and I need my racks for starting my fall plant starts, so we diced them and froze what was left.
I got some from neseeds if I had known you were going to have them I would have ordered them from you. I didn't need a thousand of each of the six variety's I ordered. From what I gathered if you are saving seeds you don't want them to bolt the first year anyways. You want to store the bulbs and plant them out and let them bolt the second year. If you save seeds from onions that bolt the first year they will be prone to bolting.
I'm about a week behind, but I did get my seeds planted in the flats yesterday. Now we just wait..... I planted Yellow Granex Hybrid ("Vidalia" type) seeds and we are in zone 8A just south of Atlanta. We have limited space, so we just stick with the good old proven Granex type.
Tried the Botanical Interest Granx PPR onion seed 200 seeds planted 10 days ago only 2 came up. May have buy Trav seeds like the DP sweet and give it a go.
Always purchased our seed "starts" at the local feed store in February (7B), planted them than and we have gotten great onions. So on the fence as to growing from seed. As we only need about 300 onions a year for us. Then how long does the seed store? I see where you just turned six 0 congratulations!
Hey Travis. I'm stuck in Midwest Illinois, literally on the line of 6b,6a zone. We love Vidalia onions. ❤️. Sweet low odor, Typical to Illinois. But.. I have had zero results on my onions. And my furry squirrels aren't helping. Lol. Got any advice?
Hey Trav! I like your greenhouse. Can u send a link to where you purchased that? Also, great video! I start my Onion seeds mid-December and plant them out first part of February as I’m in upstate SC. Thanks ❤
Hey Trav thank you for great videos. I bought your Egyptian onions last week and your chicken coop fertilizer. They have arrived. Just wondering about your advice on the onions. I am in zone 9b central Florida and still in well above 90 degrees when do you suggest planting? Again thank you for all the information.
Thanks for this video, I struggle with onions. Does this mean that in Southwestern Ontario (normally intermediate onion zone) I could go grow short day onions in my greenhouse during my winter?
I'm in the same predicament. I'm right on the the Arkansas/Missouri border (I can see the state like from my kitchen window) After repeatedly trying intermediate day, with hit or miss success, I finally just asked my local extension office over the summer. He told me to that I might have better luck with short day. I'm trying that this year. So talk to your extension office and see what they say.
It may not always say, I’ve had better luck with online sources to get that info. Johnnys has a filter that will allow you to select your day length and I know MI Gardner does have info. Hope that helps
I’m in Zone 8b as well and have heard my onion seeds need to be refrigerated for several weeks before planting. Have you heard this and is it really necessary??? Love your videos and adore your family ❤❤❤
I love in the dallas tx area. Real close to the day length change line. Do you think id be fine with ahort day or should i do intermediate? Also is it ok to direct sow onion seeds? Love your videos. My girlfriend and i learn a lot. Thank you gor what you do for us
If your on the line you can get away with either. If you wanted to grow both short day and intermediate, I would go with a short day for fall. With intermediate being a better spring choice. Although either is doable either season. Just have to trial and error to see what works best for you. Although from what I've heard intermediate day onions have an arguably sweeter/better flavor than a short day.
I have found it difficult to get good sized onion seedlings. I took advice (not from Travis) that I could just broadcast them onto a flat growing pan and not worry too much about spacing. I don't think that's true. I think it needs to be a pretty deep pan to allow for significant root growth and I think it's important to space them to get decent-sized seedlings. Also important to thin them and to fertilize them regularly if you give them a haircut when they get 5 or 6 inches tall. Just planting them in a 2-inch deep flat they were so whispy they weren't worth transplanting. Also start them earlier then you think you need to. I think 2 months is a minimum. You'll never have an onion seedling too big to transplant but you will have some too small.
I've had the same issues, and several months ago I sat in on one of those gardening webinars that my state extension office did. I asked them, and was told that in my area Arkansas, 7b that I needed to start my seeds in December/January, instead of the February that I've always done. I'm going to try that for the first time this year. I've also noticed better root development when I started them in deeper pots as well instead of those 72 cell trays. Usually I use either 3.5 in pots or recycle 24 oz sour cream tubs
When they get about 3 inches have you tried spoon feeding them? I noticed the same problem last year. This year after a majority sprouted i started giving them a balance water soluable feeding. Its diluted but they look great this year. I tried it both with seed trays and flat trays. That seems to have done the trick. Good luck.
Get short-day onion seeds here: lazydogfarm.com/collections/plants-seeds
0:00 Intro
1:15 Where to Find More Onion Videos
2:10 Tip 1 - Day Length Varieties
4:02 Tip 2 - Hybrids
6:11 Tip 3 - Grow Your Own Plants
7:43 Tip 4- Plant at the Right Time
11:28 Our Favorite Onion Varieties
1:28 What Supplies Do You Need?
16:13 Starting Onion Seeds in the Greenhouse
I'm no expert by any means but I thought I'd put in my 2 cents worth. I usually accidently have a few onions that overwinter and go to seed the next year. Since it's so simple I save seeds from them. A couple of flowers wil provide 100s of seed so it doesn't take many. Last year I planted burpee seed and saved seed and the saved seed way outperformed the Burpee in germination. If you have oneor two to bolt on you try saving the seed. Very easy to do.
💪🏽 Onion time!
You just reminded me that I need to get my onion seeds ordered ASAP. Thanks!
Gotta LOVE Trav!!! Thanks, again (tx gardener)
Onions are at the top of my list of veggies that I thoroughly enjoy growing.
Me too. And I hate to eat them!
@@cblair8501I put them in everything!
I found out I could grow onion. Some turned out some didn't. I bought them as starts and they weren't labeled long day. But now I know I can grow from seed! And I need long day variety. Here's to learning! Lol Thanks you guys for helping us sow the land!
So much great information. I know feel like I understand growing onions now!!
It’s finally time!!!!
I have planted all three varieties short, intermediate and long day in 7b and they all grow just won't get huge. I planted because I'm just renegade gardener and love to experiment. But yes growing onions that are specific for your zone gets the best results. I'm going to start seeds this year as I have never done it before I usually purchase from Dixondale and they do amazing. Thank yall for the great information!!
Since I started planting seed my onions have done much better.
Wow. Glad your selling the seedsits always a hunt for short day...already got mine going so too late this year... barring any mishaps...but thank you for.selling them...really rucks me off all the stores here only sell long day onions and i never could be a bulbed onion...AND EVERY SINGLE ONION SETS SOLD.WAS THE SAME THING...
I love your channel so much! You provide so much good information!
Thank you so much!
did the November planted onions with that extra time to grow help it through the hard temps. Jan and Feb seem to be our coldest months, so a November to December plant may help me out.
sierra blanca white from johnnys zone 11 , couple 3 pounders , getting ready for second round of em. I dump some seeds in a small space in bed and let them grow in the soil then transplant once i feel like they are ready.
Might have to try that one next year. Thanks for the recommendation.
Started my onion seeds 10 days ago, and they started germinating 3 days later. I was surprised but I do have them under a grow light in a cool basement. Beets germinated after 2 days and I was really shocked since the previous years it has taken almost two weeks. I love a fall garden!! Great video as always Travis.
Mine started popping in 3 days as well. A pleasant surprise.
Thanks! Great timing since I just received Chianti and Georgia Boy seeds I ordered from you! I see it's time to start them inside. Still hitting 90+ everyday here!
My Chianti and yellow granex seeds germinated in three days with 90 plus degrees . The heat here in South Georgia is still around every year through September and I always plant my seeds outdoors in trays about September 1st . I leave the trays in the full sun and water every day or every other day depending on whether it’s cloudy or sunny
Travis the Chianti never bolt on me either and they store great . Still look perfect in September stored on a big shelf indoors in a spare room . My wife and I love them and like you said they are fairly mild and taste great . I may stop growing the granex types and go with Chianti only . This year I planted the Granex and Chianti on September 14 and left them out in the sun watering daily and they came up in 3-4 days . I was really surprised it happened so fast as it usually take at least 7 days .
I have been following your recommendation for a couple years now. We grew our starts from seed in a 4 x 20 ft raised bed here in North Texas. We put up 32 quart food saver bags of diced onions in the freezer in August. We had harvested and been eating off the harvest for months and I need my racks for starting my fall plant starts, so we diced them and froze what was left.
I love onions.
Have you tried Sturon onions, its a Japanese variety, it grows really well in the UK, with your extra heat I bet they would be huge for you
Haven't tried those, but was able to get my hands on some world record onion seeds from the UK. We'll be planting those on an upcoming video.
I got some from neseeds if I had known you were going to have them I would have ordered them from you. I didn't need a thousand of each of the six variety's I ordered. From what I gathered if you are saving seeds you don't want them to bolt the first year anyways. You want to store the bulbs and plant them out and let them bolt the second year. If you save seeds from onions that bolt the first year they will be prone to bolting.
Loving Onions❤
Just ordered my seeds from your site. Going to give this a try .
Hope you enjoy
I'm about a week behind, but I did get my seeds planted in the flats yesterday. Now we just wait..... I planted Yellow Granex Hybrid ("Vidalia" type) seeds and we are in zone 8A just south of Atlanta. We have limited space, so we just stick with the good old proven Granex type.
Tried the Botanical Interest Granx PPR onion seed 200 seeds planted 10 days ago only 2 came up. May have buy Trav seeds like the DP sweet and give it a go.
Gonna order some. Thanks!
Always purchased our seed "starts" at the local feed store in February (7B), planted them than and we have gotten great onions. So on the fence as to growing from seed. As we only need about 300 onions a year for us. Then how long does the seed store? I see where you just turned six 0 congratulations!
Onion seed doesn't have spectacular storage, but my experience is that the seeds usually hold their germ rate pretty well for a couple years.
Thank you for sharing your experience and information
Hey Travis. I'm stuck in Midwest Illinois, literally on the line of 6b,6a zone. We love Vidalia onions. ❤️. Sweet low odor, Typical to Illinois. But.. I have had zero results on my onions. And my furry squirrels aren't helping. Lol. Got any advice?
Sounds like it's time to have some fried squirrel and gravy.
Hey Trav! I like your greenhouse. Can u send a link to where you purchased that? Also, great video! I start my Onion seeds mid-December and plant them out first part of February as I’m in upstate SC. Thanks ❤
Thanks for that tip . I’m in Spartanburg, way upstate but same zone as you and wanting to start my own this year 👍
Got it from Atlas Greenhouse in Alapaha, GA.
Hey Trav.. been watching you for years. What onions do you recommend for intermediate days? TIA
Hard to make a recommendation because I've never grown an intermediate-day varieties.
Good 👍
Hey Trav thank you for great videos. I bought your Egyptian onions last week and your chicken coop fertilizer. They have arrived. Just wondering about your advice on the onions. I am in zone 9b central Florida and still in well above 90 degrees when do you suggest planting? Again thank you for all the information.
I planted mine when we were still in the 90s and they've done fine. If you've got a way to keep them watered, I'd say go for it.
Thanks for this video, I struggle with onions. Does this mean that in Southwestern Ontario (normally intermediate onion zone) I could go grow short day onions in my greenhouse during my winter?
I think it would be worth a try for a few plants just to see what happens.
I noticed day length maps are different. I am in Greenville NC and some maps say I should go intermediate and others say short day.
I'm in the same predicament. I'm right on the the Arkansas/Missouri border (I can see the state like from my kitchen window) After repeatedly trying intermediate day, with hit or miss success, I finally just asked my local extension office over the summer. He told me to that I might have better luck with short day. I'm trying that this year.
So talk to your extension office and see what they say.
I’m in SW Florida. Does the onion packet say short day on it? How do I know?
It may not always say, I’ve had better luck with online sources to get that info. Johnnys has a filter that will allow you to select your day length and I know MI Gardner does have info. Hope that helps
@@tbirdlouise Thank you!!
I’m in Zone 8b as well and have heard my onion seeds need to be refrigerated for several weeks before planting. Have you heard this and is it really necessary??? Love your videos and adore your family ❤❤❤
I never refrigerate mine .
Not necessary IMO
That's a first for me...but garlic would benefit from it
I love in the dallas tx area. Real close to the day length change line. Do you think id be fine with ahort day or should i do intermediate? Also is it ok to direct sow onion seeds? Love your videos. My girlfriend and i learn a lot. Thank you gor what you do for us
Live lol
If your on the line you can get away with either. If you wanted to grow both short day and intermediate, I would go with a short day for fall. With intermediate being a better spring choice. Although either is doable either season. Just have to trial and error to see what works best for you. Although from what I've heard intermediate day onions have an arguably sweeter/better flavor than a short day.
How are the purple peas doing
I have found it difficult to get good sized onion seedlings. I took advice (not from Travis) that I could just broadcast them onto a flat growing pan and not worry too much about spacing. I don't think that's true. I think it needs to be a pretty deep pan to allow for significant root growth and I think it's important to space them to get decent-sized seedlings. Also important to thin them and to fertilize them regularly if you give them a haircut when they get 5 or 6 inches tall. Just planting them in a 2-inch deep flat they were so whispy they weren't worth transplanting. Also start them earlier then you think you need to. I think 2 months is a minimum. You'll never have an onion seedling too big to transplant but you will have some too small.
I've had the same issues, and several months ago I sat in on one of those gardening webinars that my state extension office did. I asked them, and was told that in my area Arkansas, 7b that I needed to start my seeds in December/January, instead of the February that I've always done. I'm going to try that for the first time this year.
I've also noticed better root development when I started them in deeper pots as well instead of those 72 cell trays. Usually I use either 3.5 in pots or recycle 24 oz sour cream tubs
When they get about 3 inches have you tried spoon feeding them? I noticed the same problem last year. This year after a majority sprouted i started giving them a balance water soluable feeding. Its diluted but they look great this year. I tried it both with seed trays and flat trays. That seems to have done the trick. Good luck.
Do you sell onion seeds for the intermediate zone
We don't currently.
Your short day map is a bit off. I'm in the furthest point in NE Oklahoma and successfully plant short day onions.
I bet you could plant both intermediate and short day.