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Relatively new gardener here and I am starting everything from seed this year. I am excited to follow along with your videos of what you grow and how you grow them mostly because I am fairly close in Finksburg md. Already learned so much information watching many of your videos!! Thanks
Glad to share and congrats on your first year off seed starting. Youll have fun, Please check out The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden Shop for all your gardening needs: www.therustedgarden.com
Welcome to the fun! I’m 2nd year back to gardening after a long pause, hailing close by in Annandale, VA. I also have greatly enjoyed this channel, Gary’s a great resource.
I tend to have a very large harvest of Walla Walla Sweet Onions and yes I share with friends, family and neighbors but I still have a lot and it's such a nice onion that I freeze the majority of it. Frozen onions are convenient to use.
Renee, I am guessing you diced them before freezing? Do you ever cook them first? I was thinking about caramelizing some before freezing, or dicing with celery and cooking it down before freezing.
Thanks. I hope to be doing a lot of freezing this year. Please Ring the Bell (next to subscribe) to get immediate real-time video notifications & Please check out The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden Shop for all your gardening needs: www.therustedgarden.com
Have fun and good luck with it. Please Ring the Bell (next to subscribe) to get immediate real-time video notifications & Please check out The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden Shop for all your gardening needs: www.therustedgarden.com
Hi Gary, I have been watching your videos for quite some time know. They are very interesting and informative. I just started my onions last week and they are popping up. I live in the Berkshires of Massachusetts and I have had great success with Wala Wala onions. I like to give them at least 12 weeks head start before I plant them outdoors. I usually have to trim them down two or three times before spring. I dry the tops out and grind them up for onion powder. I keep them warm and give them 16 hrs. of light at first until they get established. After that I still give them there light, but I keep them cooler so it slows down there growth just enough so I don't have to harvest onions in my house! Anyway it sure feels good just to watch something growing!! Keep up the good work and congratulations on all of your new progress!!
Thanks. You have a nice system set up. I am going to try the drying tops idea. Please Ring the Bell (next to subscribe) to get immediate real-time video notifications & Please check out The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden Shop for all your gardening needs: www.therustedgarden.com
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Hi Gary! Thanks for the awesome onion tips. I always have the toughest time with onions from seed. One of your older videos inspired me to try again this year. So far, so good.
Thanks so much. Good luck year. They are to expensive. So an extra flat might help. Please Ring the Bell (next to subscribe) to get immediate real-time video notifications & Please check out The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden Shop for all your gardening needs: www.therustedgarden.com
Oh my goodness I'm so glad I saw this. I thought I had missed my opportunity to start onions because I didn't plant them in the fall. I'm going to go start those very soon! Thank you so much for your videos!
Nope you can make lots of transplants now. Good luck. Please check out The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden Shop for all your gardening needs: www.therustedgarden.com
Never knew about the long, intermediate, short day associated with onions. I went back and looked at the packets and I had both intermediate and long day onions. Now I understand why my onions from seed never got big. Thanks
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Yeah good luck. Has to do with how long your day is. Please Ring the Bell (next to subscribe) to get immediate real-time video notifications & Please check out The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden Shop for all your gardening needs: www.therustedgarden.com
Hi Gary I have been following you since last year. I live in Northeast PA. I grew the bulb onions last year and they didnt get at all and now I know why. Thank you! Definetly doing seeds this year. Thanks again for the great advice and videos.
Thanks for following. Glad to help. Took me a while to figure it out. Please Ring the Bell (next to subscribe) to get immediate real-time video notifications & Please check out The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden Shop for all your gardening needs: www.therustedgarden.com
It is confusing. I have to pause each time to get it right. Please check out The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden Shop for all your gardening needs: www.therustedgarden.com
Thank you Gary , I love onions but have bought the bulb onions and they never get very big now I'm stating to understand why. I've only tried growing them twice and each time they were tiny bulbs 🙂 but I still used them. Starting to understand now, thank you ❤️🙂
Thanks. I found I get better onions this way. I'll be going over it again and am starting these later and having them grow a shorter time in the cells. Please Subscribe. It really helps me. Thanks! Please visit The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden Shop (My Shop) for your fabric pots, fall & spring seeds, seed starting supplies, peppermint oil, neem oil, TRG merchandise, and more at www.therustedgarden.com And please support The Rusted Garden by using my Amazon Store Link when shopping for anything on Amazon www.amazon.com/shop/garypilarchiktherustedgarden. As an Amazon Associate I earn from any qualified purchases, not just items I link. You can also find items I use or discuss in videos, by checking out my Amazon Storefront for fertilizer, pest management, shade cloth, seed starting supplies, books and more! Thanks & Cheers!
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I started my onions the last week of February. 18th of March should mark the tenth week. Forgot to trim them until three weeks ago, but they're still going. Started feeding them two weeks ago, they're string level thin. Wondering if I needed to give them more then 9-11 hours under a grow light. It's been an interesting experience so far.
Not sure why they are thin but I would just keep any eye on them. 14 hours under lights is what I do. Please subscribe as it really helps me & please visit The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden Shop for your fabric pots, fall & spring seeds, seed starting supplies, peppermint oil, neem oil, TRG merchandise, and more at www.therustedgarden.com As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualified purchases. Check out my Amazon Storefront for garden lights, seed starting supplies, fertilizer, pest management, books and more! www.amazon.com/shop/garypilarchiktherustedgarden Check out my new gardening PODCAST Gardening Coast2Coast at gardeningcoast2coast.net with CaliKim.
i couldn't' get seed anywhere this year but was able to order a bunch from dixondale. They are doing splendid I can't wait to see them bulb up in spring.
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Thank you for this video. I am planning to grow enough onions to last the year, fingers crossed. I also like specialty onions, shallots, cipollino etc and hope to grow a good selection of those too. I will use your method to start them and report back in the fall.
Yeah let me know but you will be surprised how many starts you can grow. Please Ring the Bell (next to subscribe) to get immediate real-time video notifications & Please check out The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden Shop for all your gardening needs: www.therustedgarden.com
Gary, are you going to do any cooking stuff with vegetables you’ve grown again? I remember seeing a few of those and found them helpful and enjoyable. Helps give ideas what to grow and different ways on how to cook it.
Gary, I enjoy your garden videos. Very informative. This year my young onion leaves are curling after transplanting as if someone gave them a perm. There seems to be some deformity right above the bulb. This is with more than one variety. I'm in zone 7a in Virginia growing in a raised bed. Any advice you may offer will be very much appreciated. Thank You, Red
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Have u ever considered watering your seed starting mix with your h2o2 dilution instead of boiling water? Wondering if it would serve the same purpose...
I read about winter sowing onions/leeks outdoors, using covered containers, like empty grocery salad containers with lids. Hoping it works, so that I have more room for other indoor seedlings, but a bit worried they'll be too far behind for a bulb crop. Edit: did a search on your channel, found you've covered winter sowing, watching that next!
I did an experiment last winter where I sowed some onion and leek seed indoors in early February and on the same day, sowed some into a container that I placed outside under an overturned clear plastic bin (Ontario, Canada). While the outside ones germinated later than the indoor ones, by the time both the indoor and outdoor onions and leeks were ready for transplanting into the garden, they were almost the same size and the outdoor vs indoor mature size were pretty much indistinguishable at harvest time. I'll be sowing all of mine for outside germination this year and won't bother with putting any under lights inside. I've built a proper cold frame for this winter instead of the overturned bin although the bin did a great job. Gary's method of sowing onions thickly with no regard to seed spacing is fantastic. You just pull the baby onions apart at trasnplant time, no problem.
@@ctimms417 Thanks for the info! I'll definitely be doing the overseeding, having ordered bunches from Dixondale in the past as well as seeing it here, I'm a bit less worried about how they'll do.
So it works. A tip is to germinate them indoors and put them outside right after that. Thats for a cold frame and flats. Ill be doing that. Please Ring the Bell (next to subscribe) to get immediate real-time video notifications & Please check out The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden Shop for all your gardening needs: www.therustedgarden.com
Hi Gary, what zone do you live in? I'm in zone 5a so I think I might be a couple of weeks behind you. Great channel and thank you for all your hard work
Thanks Gary. With the follow up video will you please show how deep to plant them and what the soil temp or outside temp should be? Or is it more important to have them outside for a specific length of time to get the bulb? I think I planted mine too high last year because I thought they needed to be up high for bulging. Do they wriggle up on their own? Mine were all on the small side and I’ve eaten nearly all so I have to double my planting this year. Thanks.
I will cover a lot of that. Loose soil helps bulb. I plant pretty shallow. Please Ring the Bell (next to subscribe) to get immediate real-time video notifications & Please check out The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden Shop for all your gardening needs: www.therustedgarden.com
You can pull apart gently many vegetables. Leafy greens and kale come to mind. I just need a whole tray full Please visit The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden shop for your fabric pots, fall & spring seeds, seed starting supplies, peppermint oil, neem oil, TRG merchandise and more at www.therustedgarden.com Check out my new gardening PODCAST Gardening Coast2Coast at gardeningcoast2coast.net with CaliKim
I have but usually cut them just before they are going out. GreenStalk Vertical Gardening Towers Use the Discount Code THERUSTEDGARDEN on GreenStalk 'Vertical Tier Systems'. Use this link and enter my code for the discount greenstalkgarden.com/?rstr=therustedgarden
Hi Gary. Love your videos ... so helpful thank you. You don’t seem to use the clear covers during germination of your seeds is there a reason why? I notice some folks do and some don’t. Reasons????
So I tried and experiment and they seem to bring more mold and fungus. You want to top of the mix to dry. There is really no need unless you cant check on them regularly and want to slow evaporation. Just for fun a really old video on mold ua-cam.com/video/1hMecVa56p0/v-deo.html
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When onion seeds sprout do you leave them under grow lights for 72 hours straight like you do with other seedlings? What about asparagus? Neither plant has cotyledons so I'm not sure how to time it.
72 hours is fine for any plant really but I mostly do it for tomatoes. The onions in video grew without 72 hours on. Please check out The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden Shop for all your gardening needs: www.therustedgarden.com
Hi Gary, When it a good time to fertilize your oinion starts? Or do you just do it, when they go into the ground, like in your other oinion vid? Thanks:)
First feeding can be 10-14 days after germination with a very dilute water soluble. Please visit The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden Shop (My Shop) for your fabric pots, fall & spring seeds, seed starting supplies, peppermint oil, neem oil, TRG merchandise, and more at www.therustedgarden.com The Rusted Garden 'Scan & Grow' Collection (My Seed and Garden Shop) Just scan the QR code and watch a planting video: www.therustedgarden.com/search?type=product&q=qr Plus support The Rusted Garden by subscribing and using my Amazon Store Front link when shopping for anything on Amazon www.amazon.com/shop/garypilarchiktherustedgarden. As an Amazon Associate I earn from any qualified purchases, not just items I link. You can also find items I use or discuss in videos, by checking out my Amazon Storefront for cameras, fertilizer, pest management, shade cloth, seed starting supplies, books and more! Earn 15% by becoming a Rusted Garden Seed & Garden Shop Affiliate. Some people are using it for their social media followings and some people are using it for a fund raiser for schools and sport teams. To sign up... use this link to our shop and click the MORE tab on the green bar and select TRG Affiliate Program www.therustedgarden.com/ Or use this link to go directly to our TRG Affiliate Program sign up the-rusted-garden.goaffpro.com/create-account
Thanks Gary for the informative videos. My favourite gardener by far. Great info in a short time frame. One question. We are in zone 3-4 in Saskatchewan, Canada. We seeded our onions for the first time about three weeks ago. They came up after 5-7 days. The stems are now 3-4 inches tall however they are bent over. What can we do to stand them up? Fertilizer? Not enough water? Top or bottom watering?
Thanks so much. That is normal. You can give them a light feeding. They will straighten up when ready. Please check out The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden Shop for all your gardening needs at www.therustedgarden.com & Please Ring the Bell (next to subscribe) to get immediate real-time video notifications. Thanks!
So since starter mix has no fertilizer and you won’t up pot them, the liquid feed every 7-10 days or so should make them stay healthy for the 10 weeks before setting out? This would work for other starts too?
Low water soluble every 2 weeks is plenty. Yep you can do this for all seed starts. First dose 2-4 weeks after germination and every 2 weeks there after is a fine rule of thumb. Please check out The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden Shop for all your gardening needs: www.therustedgarden.com
@@THERUSTEDGARDEN awesome! Thank you Gary! I’ve learned so much from you last few years. The reason I asked is because I want to try starting my starts in bigger containers so as not to up pot them into nutrient rich potting mix( no time this year) but then got confused since starting mix doesn’t have nutrients. Last year I fed with liquid fert like you said but my peppers and eggplants were so slow growing and turning a bit yellow. In hindsight, I started them in small 6 cell so maybe that’s why they couldn’t continue to grow. And since they didn’t grow I thought they weren’t ready to be up potted LOL. Which came first the chicken or the egg haha thanks again!
Gary, probably a dumb question, but are you going to put a clear plastic cover over that tray until they germinate, then keep under your lights until going outside? I have never started onions by seed so think I will give this a try.
Not dumb and I dont use them. I found they only breed fungus and mold better. Please Ring the Bell (next to subscribe) to get immediate real-time video notifications & Please check out The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden Shop for all your gardening needs: www.therustedgarden.com
No cold but dang. I do have annoying congesting lol. TMI. Please check out The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden Shop for all your gardening needs: www.therustedgarden.com
@@THERUSTEDGARDEN I hear ya. Congestion is very annoying. I find that steam shower helps... that and acupuncture (yes, I've personally tried it and it actually worked). Anyways, I hope you get rid of it soon. Best!
Enjoying your videos..question? will you recommend a dehydrator to purchase for this years garden veggies..Thank you for your hard work sharing your videos...Craigh
My husband bought me a STX Dehydra 1200-XLS after I burned up a Nesco. Used it for two harvests and works great. No plastic. Dehydrated loads of pears, cantaloupe, onions, peppers, bananas, potatoes, sweet potatoes and eggs.
So I dont use one but when I got products I use and like I do mention them. Please Ring the Bell (next to subscribe) to get immediate real-time video notifications & Please check out The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden Shop for all your gardening needs: www.therustedgarden.com
Any water soluble. And yes feed about 10 days after germination The Rusted Garden 'Scan & Grow' Collection (My Seed and Garden Shop): www.therustedgarden.com/search?type=product&q=qr Please visit The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden Shop (My Shop) for your fabric pots, fall & spring seeds, seed starting supplies, peppermint oil, neem oil, TRG merchandise, and more at www.therustedgarden.com Plus support The Rusted Garden by subscribing and using my Amazon Store Front link when shopping for anything on Amazon www.amazon.com/shop/garypilarchiktherustedgarden. As an Amazon Associate I earn from any qualified purchases, not just items I link. You can also find items I use or discuss in videos, by checking out my Amazon Storefront for cameras, fertilizer, pest management, shade cloth, seed starting supplies, books and more! Earn 15% by becoming a Rusted Garden Seed & Garden Shop Affiliate. Some people are using it for their social media followings and some people are using it for a fund raiser for schools and sport teams. To sign up... use this link to our shop and click the MORE tab on the green bar and select TRG Affiliate Program www.therustedgarden.com/ Or use this link to go directly to our TRG Affiliate Program sign up the-rusted-garden.goaffpro.com/create-account
Grow lights work. You dont need a heat mat. Put them out during the day and bring them in at night, with freezing nights works. Please visit The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden shop for your fabric pots, fall & spring seeds, seed starting supplies, peppermint oil, neem oil, TRG merchandise and more at www.therustedgarden.com Check out my new gardening PODCAST Gardening Coast2Coast at gardeningcoast2coast.net with CaliKim
Hello there and thanks again for all of your knowledge! How do shallots work into all of this? I received a packet for Xmas, and I admit I’m at a bit of a loss
Glad to share So I havent grown them but if they are seeds, follow this. Some time shallots are like garlic bulb cloves and you have to plant them outdoors. Just follow my garlic videos. Please Ring the Bell (next to subscribe) to get immediate real-time video notifications & Please check out The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden Shop for all your gardening needs: www.therustedgarden.com
Two items: (1) any pro/con thoughts on using smaller sub-trays in a solid bottom flat instead of a full flat? That would allow bottom watering and easy portions when planting. (2) what is the life expectancy of dormant fungus gnat eggs? I have some very dry and old potting soil to rehydrate, so do I need to treat with boiling water as you recommend?
#1 that is fine. #2 I dont know but they can last a long long time. Several years old, might be fine but I just dont know. Please Ring the Bell (next to subscribe) to get immediate real-time video notifications & Please check out The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden Shop for all your gardening needs: www.therustedgarden.com
I have tried the boiling water method to sterilize the seed starting mix to avoid fungus gnats. It has reduced the nmber of fungus gnats, but they have still managed to come in small numbers. Is there any way to organically eradicate them?
Not really. They are a pain. But you could look at my video a few back on using hydrogen peroxide. In theory it should kill larva. Please check out The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden Shop for all your gardening needs: www.therustedgarden.com
You can start now with light feeds every other week. Please Ring the Bell (next to subscribe) to get immediate real-time video notifications & Please check out The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden Shop for all your gardening needs: www.therustedgarden.com
Quick question! Do you have to fertilize them at any point during this process? Also what does a light feeding look like? My seedlings are 2 week old so far. Wasn't sure! Thank you for your video!
Light feeding is generally like 1/4 strength any water soluble fertilizer. You just want low and steady. You can feed like 10-14 days after germination and maybe 1x a week. Please visit The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden shop for your fabric pots, fall & spring seeds, seed starting supplies, peppermint oil, neem oil, TRG merchandise and more at www.therustedgarden.com Check out my new gardening PODCAST Gardening Coast2Coast at gardeningcoast2coast.net with CaliKim
My onions just popped up!😍I have them in a tray nxt to celery. Celery has not germinated YET. Can I leave the light on over the onions for awhile? As celery needs light and I want the light to hit them asap. Will it harm the onions? If I don't give them a break from the light for about a week? Should I separate them and only do 16 on 8 off now?
Thats exciting. It wont harm them Please Ring the Bell (next to subscribe) to get immediate real-time video notifications & Please check out The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden Shop for all your gardening needs: www.therustedgarden.com
Well in theory and of them but roots will tangle and its a pain. Leeks for sure. Please check out The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden Shop for all your gardening needs: www.therustedgarden.com
In this video there are no holes. I just fill a corner over the soil and saturate. I have a never video using foil trays from last month. That sets up a drainage pan and I like that better Please visit The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden shop for your fabric pots, fall & spring seeds, seed starting supplies, peppermint oil, neem oil, TRG merchandise and more at www.therustedgarden.com Check out my new gardening PODCAST Gardening Coast2Coast at gardeningcoast2coast.net with CaliKim
Thank you for your video! Have had troubles with forming a bulb forever on onions. I even loosened the soil with a pencil around the onion bottom. You said that it depends on how much Sun the onions get. I live in Texas and it is very sunny and humid here. Do you recommend planting the seedlings in a half shaded area or in full sun? I will check out your website for seeds.
It is the length of sun over the day. 8-10, 10-12, and 12-14. Look up onion zones and it will tell you where you sit. Buy onion that match that. Please Ring the Bell (next to subscribe) to get immediate real-time video notifications & Please check out The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden Shop for all your gardening needs: www.therustedgarden.com
Gary, great video on onion seeds, but of course I just ordered those miniature onions you mentioned that would not bulb up...but they must at least, or they wouldn't sell them, would they? How can I make them work out despite this 2nd year tendency to flower?
So, it think it comes down to actually sunlight hours. There are short, mid and long day onions. You just never know the variety. So not much, but you will get lots of greens and some stem which you can eat. It also can work out you, get lots of bulbs. I just dont like the random factor. Please Ring the Bell (next to subscribe) to get immediate real-time video notifications & Please check out The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden Shop for all your gardening needs: www.therustedgarden.com
Right. Let them grow about 2 weeks. The dont need the food till growing. Please Ring the Bell (next to subscribe) to get immediate real-time video notifications & Please check out The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden Shop for all your gardening needs: www.therustedgarden.com
Hey Gary, does that tray have drainage? Can I get away with doing this with a tray that does not have drainage if I'm careful not to overwater? Thanks! Love the video
It doesnt. So yes just be careful. Please Ring the Bell (next to subscribe) to get immediate real-time video notifications & Please check out The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden Shop for all your gardening needs: www.therustedgarden.com
This one doesnt. Onions I worry less about over saturating. But typically holes or good. I just did a new video with foil trays and use holes. Please visit The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden shop for your fabric pots, fall & spring seeds, seed starting supplies, peppermint oil, neem oil, TRG merchandise and more at www.therustedgarden.com Check out my new gardening PODCAST Gardening Coast2Coast at gardeningcoast2coast.net with CaliKim
Helpful video Gary, thanks! Just curious if you plant your onions after the last frost date or before? I've heard that they can go in a few weeks before your last frost date but I've only tried to grow them once with no success so they're a new one for me
The go out before frost is gone. They can handle it. Please check out The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden Shop for all your gardening needs: www.therustedgarden.com
My onions are really tall..I started them new year's weekend. Do you recommend cutting down? been trying to look through your old videos to find out but haven't seen anything yet. Thanks!
You can cut 1/3 off. Please Ring the Bell (next to subscribe) to get immediate real-time video notifications & Please check out The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden Shop for all your gardening needs: www.therustedgarden.com
I do. You dont need a lot. I show the basics as to not overwhelm new gardeners. No fert and water soluble does work. But I will be doing a video on how I personally set up my seed starting mix. WC is part of what I use. Everything in the videos is however without worm castings as they are set up as the videos state. Please check out The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden Shop for all your gardening needs: www.therustedgarden.com
@@THERUSTEDGARDEN thank you and can’t wait for you seed starting mix video! And also can you explain what you add to starting mix to make it a good potting mix? Thanks!
1 seed. makes 1 onion Please subscribe as it really helps me & please visit The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden Shop for your fabric pots, fall & spring seeds, seed starting supplies, peppermint oil, neem oil, TRG merchandise, and more at www.therustedgarden.com As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualified purchases. Check out my Amazon Storefront for garden lights, seed starting supplies, fertilizer, pest management, books and more! www.amazon.com/shop/garypilarchiktherustedgarden Check out my new gardening PODCAST Gardening Coast2Coast at gardeningcoast2coast.net with CaliKim.
For sure. Please visit The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden shop for your fabric pots, fall & spring seeds, seed starting supplies, peppermint oil, neem oil, TRG merchandise and more at www.therustedgarden.com Check out my new gardening PODCAST Gardening Coast2Coast at gardeningcoast2coast.net with CaliKim
Hello Gary. I watched your video on how to re-use container mix. Question, can seed starting mix be re-used? And can potting mix in the transplants be re-used?
Yep you could re-use it. You will have extra from this flat set up. Please check out The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden Shop for all your gardening needs: www.therustedgarden.com
So onion dont get really bad root shock when pulling them apart. They also have tough wire like roots. I think too much damage would occur with the greens and twining roots. Please Ring the Bell (next to subscribe) to get immediate real-time video notifications & Please check out The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden Shop for all your gardening needs: www.therustedgarden.com
Hi Gary, quick question on something unrelated to onions, I sent you this over Instagram but I thought I should post it here too. Is UV important when germinating seeds indoors? I bought a light with the right kelvin/lumens specs that you recommend but the manufacturer says its 'non UV'. I live in the UK so I'm finding it difficult to find the right LED lights for cheap. Thanks for taking the time!
Nope on the UV. Ultra violet is different general speaking. You just want a daylight kelvin rating 5000K or better. Lumens I now say 3000 lumen or more but I grew with 2100 lumens. Good luck. Please Ring the Bell (next to subscribe) to get immediate real-time video notifications & Please check out The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden Shop for all your gardening needs: www.therustedgarden.com
No holes so just keep an eye on watering. But onions are forgiving. Please Ring the Bell (next to subscribe) to get immediate real-time video notifications & Please check out The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden Shop for all your gardening needs: www.therustedgarden.com
A quick question, im not sure if i started them too early or if theyre getting too close to my grow lights but theyre getting very tall. too tall for the grow space I have. would it damage them if I cut a couple inches off the top as theres still a month and a half until my last frost date? Thank you!
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No drainage. So you do have to keep an eye on it. Please check out The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden Shop for all your gardening needs: www.therustedgarden.com
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Relatively new gardener here and I am starting everything from seed this year. I am excited to follow along with your videos of what you grow and how you grow them mostly because I am fairly close in Finksburg md. Already learned so much information watching many of your videos!! Thanks
Glad to share and congrats on your first year off seed starting. Youll have fun,
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Welcome to the fun! I’m 2nd year back to gardening after a long pause, hailing close by in Annandale, VA. I also have greatly enjoyed this channel, Gary’s a great resource.
Definitely 👍 this video gave me more courage to start my onion seeds. Thanks, Gary for spot -on infos like always!
Glad to share and give it a try.
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I tend to have a very large harvest of Walla Walla Sweet Onions and yes I share with friends, family and neighbors but I still have a lot and it's such a nice onion that I freeze the majority of it. Frozen onions are convenient to use.
Renee, I am guessing you diced them before freezing? Do you ever cook them first? I was thinking about caramelizing some before freezing, or dicing with celery and cooking it down before freezing.
Thanks. I hope to be doing a lot of freezing this year.
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I have a seedling business and you have been a godsend!! Learning so much! Thank you🍅
Have fun and good luck with it.
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Hi Gary,
I have been watching your videos for quite some time know. They are very interesting and informative. I just started my onions last week and they are popping up. I live in the Berkshires of Massachusetts and I have had great success with Wala Wala onions. I like to give them at least 12 weeks head start before I plant them outdoors. I usually have to trim them down two or three times before spring. I dry the tops out and grind them up for onion powder. I keep them warm and give them 16 hrs. of light at first until they get established. After that I still give them there light, but I keep them cooler so it slows down there growth just enough so I don't have to harvest onions in my house! Anyway it sure feels good just to watch something growing!! Keep up the good work and congratulations on all of your new progress!!
Thanks. You have a nice system set up. I am going to try the drying tops idea.
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Enjoying videos....I watch again and again...
Thanks so much
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Great onion tips! I really want to start growing all kinds of root veg. Onions, potatoes, garlic, beets, carrots, my favs. Thank you!
Glad to help.
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Hi Gary! Thanks for the awesome onion tips. I always have the toughest time with onions from seed. One of your older videos inspired me to try again this year. So far, so good.
Thanks so much. Good luck year. They are to expensive. So an extra flat might help.
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Oh my goodness I'm so glad I saw this. I thought I had missed my opportunity to start onions because I didn't plant them in the fall. I'm going to go start those very soon!
Thank you so much for your videos!
Nope you can make lots of transplants now. Good luck.
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Never knew about the long, intermediate, short day associated with onions. I went back and looked at the packets and I had both intermediate and long day onions. Now I understand why my onions from seed never got big. Thanks
Yep. See what fits your zone
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Thanks so much for the info. I'm used to planting the plants, and new to seed starting them. I plan to start leeks and green onions this weekend.
Ill be get leeks started too.
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Awesome! Thank you for sharing!
From New Brunswick, Canada.
Glad to share. Cheers
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I was not aware of onion zones until this video. Great information.
I am so confused about long day and short day. It seems like locations closer to the equator would get longer days of sun. Can someone explain this?
Yeah good luck. Has to do with how long your day is.
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Hi Gary I have been following you since last year. I live in Northeast PA. I grew the bulb onions last year and they didnt get at all and now I know why. Thank you! Definetly doing seeds this year. Thanks again for the great advice and videos.
Thanks for following. Glad to help. Took me a while to figure it out.
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Thank You for calling them bunches! A lot of places call there bunches sets which is so incorrect and are totally different!
It is confusing. I have to pause each time to get it right.
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Thank you Gary , I love onions but have bought the bulb onions and they never get very big now I'm stating to understand why. I've only tried growing them twice and each time they were tiny bulbs 🙂 but I still used them. Starting to understand now, thank you ❤️🙂
Thanks. I found I get better onions this way. I'll be going over it again and am starting these later and having them grow a shorter time in the cells.
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Thanks…. Starting mine tomorrow…
Good luck
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I started my onions the last week of February. 18th of March should mark the tenth week. Forgot to trim them until three weeks ago, but they're still going. Started feeding them two weeks ago, they're string level thin. Wondering if I needed to give them more then 9-11 hours under a grow light. It's been an interesting experience so far.
Not sure why they are thin but I would just keep any eye on them. 14 hours under lights is what I do.
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@@THERUSTEDGARDEN Yeah I think I didn't give them enough light, that's probably the main reason.
i couldn't' get seed anywhere this year but was able to order a bunch from dixondale. They are doing splendid I can't wait to see them bulb up in spring.
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Thank you for this video. I am planning to grow enough onions to last the year, fingers crossed. I also like specialty onions, shallots, cipollino etc and hope to grow a good selection of those too. I will use your method to start them and report back in the fall.
Yeah let me know but you will be surprised how many starts you can grow.
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Gary, are you going to do any cooking stuff with vegetables you’ve grown again? I remember seeing a few of those and found them helpful and enjoyable. Helps give ideas what to grow and different ways on how to cook it.
Working on it. I need a chef.
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Gary,
I enjoy your garden videos. Very informative.
This year my young onion leaves are curling after transplanting as if someone gave them a perm.
There seems to be some deformity right above the bulb. This is with more than one variety.
I'm in zone 7a in Virginia growing in a raised bed. Any advice you may offer will be very much appreciated.
Thank You,
Red
Hmmm, sorry I dont know what that is.
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I separate my onion starts in water. I don't have as much torn roots doing this way.
Thats a great tip
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Nice information thank you so much! I planted some walla walla onion yesterday!
I really like them
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@@THERUSTEDGARDEN Will do thanks again!
Have u ever considered watering your seed starting mix with your h2o2 dilution instead of boiling water? Wondering if it would serve the same purpose...
thank you Gary, take care
Glad to share.
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I read about winter sowing onions/leeks outdoors, using covered containers, like empty grocery salad containers with lids. Hoping it works, so that I have more room for other indoor seedlings, but a bit worried they'll be too far behind for a bulb crop. Edit: did a search on your channel, found you've covered winter sowing, watching that next!
I did an experiment last winter where I sowed some onion and leek seed indoors in early February and on the same day, sowed some into a container that I placed outside under an overturned clear plastic bin (Ontario, Canada). While the outside ones germinated later than the indoor ones, by the time both the indoor and outdoor onions and leeks were ready for transplanting into the garden, they were almost the same size and the outdoor vs indoor mature size were pretty much indistinguishable at harvest time. I'll be sowing all of mine for outside germination this year and won't bother with putting any under lights inside. I've built a proper cold frame for this winter instead of the overturned bin although the bin did a great job. Gary's method of sowing onions thickly with no regard to seed spacing is fantastic. You just pull the baby onions apart at trasnplant time, no problem.
@@ctimms417 Thanks for the info! I'll definitely be doing the overseeding, having ordered bunches from Dixondale in the past as well as seeing it here, I'm a bit less worried about how they'll do.
So it works. A tip is to germinate them indoors and put them outside right after that. Thats for a cold frame and flats. Ill be doing that.
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Hi Gary, what zone do you live in? I'm in zone 5a so I think I might be a couple of weeks behind you. Great channel and thank you for all your hard work
I am in Maryland Zone 7
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Thanks very helpful info . I will try it.
Glad to share
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Thanks Gary. With the follow up video will you please show how deep to plant them and what the soil temp or outside temp should be? Or is it more important to have them outside for a specific length of time to get the bulb? I think I planted mine too high last year because I thought they needed to be up high for bulging. Do they wriggle up on their own? Mine were all on the small side and I’ve eaten nearly all so I have to double my planting this year. Thanks.
I will cover a lot of that. Loose soil helps bulb. I plant pretty shallow.
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Thank you for all your videos. I am curious what other vegetables other than leeks you can use this large tray method to start seeds?
You can pull apart gently many vegetables. Leafy greens and kale come to mind. I just need a whole tray full
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Great info!
Thanks
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Gary, do you ever cut the tops off while they're indoors growing?
I have but usually cut them just before they are going out.
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Hi Gary. Love your videos ... so helpful thank you. You don’t seem to use the clear covers during germination of your seeds is there a reason why? I notice some folks do and some don’t. Reasons????
So I tried and experiment and they seem to bring more mold and fungus. You want to top of the mix to dry. There is really no need unless you cant check on them regularly and want to slow evaporation. Just for fun a really old video on mold ua-cam.com/video/1hMecVa56p0/v-deo.html
Thank you!
Yep
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Hey Gary, how often do you apply the diluted fertilizer to the onion transplants before they go into the ground? Thx!
It varies but every 7-10 days with diluted fertilizer
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When onion seeds sprout do you leave them under grow lights for 72 hours straight like you do with other seedlings? What about asparagus? Neither plant has cotyledons so I'm not sure how to time it.
72 hours is fine for any plant really but I mostly do it for tomatoes. The onions in video grew without 72 hours on.
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Hi Gary,
When it a good time to fertilize your oinion starts?
Or do you just do it, when they go into the ground, like in your other oinion vid?
Thanks:)
First feeding can be 10-14 days after germination with a very dilute water soluble.
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Thanks Gary for the informative videos. My favourite gardener by far. Great info in a short time frame.
One question. We are in zone 3-4 in Saskatchewan, Canada. We seeded our onions for the first time about three weeks ago. They came up after 5-7 days. The stems are now 3-4 inches tall however they are bent over. What can we do to stand them up? Fertilizer? Not enough water? Top or bottom watering?
Thanks so much. That is normal. You can give them a light feeding. They will straighten up when ready.
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So since starter mix has no fertilizer and you won’t up pot them, the liquid feed every 7-10 days or so should make them stay healthy for the 10 weeks before setting out? This would work for other starts too?
Low water soluble every 2 weeks is plenty. Yep you can do this for all seed starts. First dose 2-4 weeks after germination and every 2 weeks there after is a fine rule of thumb.
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@@THERUSTEDGARDEN awesome! Thank you Gary! I’ve learned so much from you last few years. The reason I asked is because I want to try starting my starts in bigger containers so as not to up pot them into nutrient rich potting mix( no time this year) but then got confused since starting mix doesn’t have nutrients. Last year I fed with liquid fert like you said but my peppers and eggplants were so slow growing and turning a bit yellow. In hindsight, I started them in small 6 cell so maybe that’s why they couldn’t continue to grow. And since they didn’t grow I thought they weren’t ready to be up potted LOL. Which came first the chicken or the egg haha thanks again!
Gary, probably a dumb question, but are you going to put a clear plastic cover over that tray until they germinate, then keep under your lights until going outside? I have never started onions by seed so think I will give this a try.
Not dumb and I dont use them. I found they only breed fungus and mold better.
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Uh oh... are you getting a cold Gary? You sound a little congested and tired. Stay healthy!
No cold but dang. I do have annoying congesting lol. TMI.
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Anyways, I hope you get rid of it soon. Best!
Enjoying your videos..question? will you recommend a dehydrator to purchase for this years garden veggies..Thank you for your hard work sharing your videos...Craigh
My husband bought me a STX Dehydra 1200-XLS after I burned up a Nesco. Used it for two harvests and works great. No plastic. Dehydrated loads of pears, cantaloupe, onions, peppers, bananas, potatoes, sweet potatoes and eggs.
So I dont use one but when I got products I use and like I do mention them.
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Do you need to fertilize after the come up and before they go outside?
And what is the best fertilizer to use
Any water soluble. And yes feed about 10 days after germination
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So after you sow the seeds, what do you do with the flat? Is it placed on a heated mat?And/or under growlights?
Grow lights work. You dont need a heat mat. Put them out during the day and bring them in at night, with freezing nights works.
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Hello there and thanks again for all of your knowledge! How do shallots work into all of this? I received a packet for Xmas, and I admit I’m at a bit of a loss
Glad to share So I havent grown them but if they are seeds, follow this. Some time shallots are like garlic bulb cloves and you have to plant them outdoors. Just follow my garlic videos.
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Two items: (1) any pro/con thoughts on using smaller sub-trays in a solid bottom flat instead of a full flat? That would allow bottom watering and easy portions when planting. (2) what is the life expectancy of dormant fungus gnat eggs? I have some very dry and old potting soil to rehydrate, so do I need to treat with boiling water as you recommend?
#1 that is fine. #2 I dont know but they can last a long long time. Several years old, might be fine but I just dont know.
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I have tried the boiling water method to sterilize the seed starting mix to avoid fungus gnats. It has reduced the nmber of fungus gnats, but they have still managed to come in small numbers. Is there any way to organically eradicate them?
Not really. They are a pain. But you could look at my video a few back on using hydrogen peroxide. In theory it should kill larva.
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My Talon onions are 3” tall. Approximately 3 weeks from seeding. When should I start fertilizing using half strength ?
You can start now with light feeds every other week.
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Quick question! Do you have to fertilize them at any point during this process? Also what does a light feeding look like? My seedlings are 2 week old so far. Wasn't sure! Thank you for your video!
Light feeding is generally like 1/4 strength any water soluble fertilizer. You just want low and steady. You can feed like 10-14 days after germination and maybe 1x a week.
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My onions just popped up!😍I have them in a tray nxt to celery. Celery has not germinated YET. Can I leave the light on over the onions for awhile? As celery needs light and I want the light to hit them asap. Will it harm the onions? If I don't give them a break from the light for about a week? Should I separate them and only do 16 on 8 off now?
Thats exciting. It wont harm them
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Hi Gary thanks for the great video!
❔What other flowers or veggies can be planted in a flat like this?
Well in theory and of them but roots will tangle and its a pain. Leeks for sure.
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So to clarify, there is no drainage here? You’re planting in tray with no holes here, and you gently water from top?
In this video there are no holes. I just fill a corner over the soil and saturate. I have a never video using foil trays from last month. That sets up a drainage pan and I like that better
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Thank you for your video! Have had troubles with forming a bulb forever on onions. I even loosened the soil with a pencil around the onion bottom. You said that it depends on how much Sun the onions get. I live in Texas and it is very sunny and humid here. Do you recommend planting the seedlings in a half shaded area or in full sun? I will check out your website for seeds.
It is the length of sun over the day. 8-10, 10-12, and 12-14. Look up onion zones and it will tell you where you sit. Buy onion that match that.
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Gary, great video on onion seeds, but of course I just ordered those miniature onions you mentioned that would not bulb up...but they must at least, or they wouldn't sell them, would they? How can I make them work out despite this 2nd year tendency to flower?
So, it think it comes down to actually sunlight hours. There are short, mid and long day onions. You just never know the variety. So not much, but you will get lots of greens and some stem which you can eat. It also can work out you, get lots of bulbs. I just dont like the random factor.
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1st time planting from seed. I saw you recommend feeding after 2 weeks. Not initially? Correct?
Right. Let them grow about 2 weeks. The dont need the food till growing.
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Hey Gary, does that tray have drainage? Can I get away with doing this with a tray that does not have drainage if I'm careful not to overwater? Thanks! Love the video
It doesnt. So yes just be careful.
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Hi Gary. Doss that flat you’re using have holes?
This one doesnt. Onions I worry less about over saturating. But typically holes or good. I just did a new video with foil trays and use holes.
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Helpful video Gary, thanks! Just curious if you plant your onions after the last frost date or before? I've heard that they can go in a few weeks before your last frost date but I've only tried to grow them once with no success so they're a new one for me
The go out before frost is gone. They can handle it.
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My onions are really tall..I started them new year's weekend. Do you recommend cutting down? been trying to look through your old videos to find out but haven't seen anything yet. Thanks!
You can cut 1/3 off.
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Gary did you ever try worm castings added to seed starter mix? Not sure if I should do it or not.
I do. You dont need a lot. I show the basics as to not overwhelm new gardeners. No fert and water soluble does work. But I will be doing a video on how I personally set up my seed starting mix. WC is part of what I use. Everything in the videos is however without worm castings as they are set up as the videos state.
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@@THERUSTEDGARDEN thank you and can’t wait for you seed starting mix video! And also can you explain what you add to starting mix to make it a good potting mix? Thanks!
how many onion bulbs from one seed or seedling???
1 seed. makes 1 onion
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Hi I was wondering can you winter sow onions?
For sure.
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Great video! You said onions are biennuals - do you get a harvest first year?
Thanks. Yes first year they bulb and form onion. Next year the flower and seed.
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Hello Gary. I watched your video on how to re-use container mix. Question, can seed starting mix be re-used? And can potting mix in the transplants be re-used?
Yep you could re-use it. You will have extra from this flat set up.
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could this method also work with greens such as lettuce and spinach?
So onion dont get really bad root shock when pulling them apart. They also have tough wire like roots. I think too much damage would occur with the greens and twining roots.
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Hi Gary, quick question on something unrelated to onions, I sent you this over Instagram but I thought I should post it here too. Is UV important when germinating seeds indoors? I bought a light with the right kelvin/lumens specs that you recommend but the manufacturer says its 'non UV'. I live in the UK so I'm finding it difficult to find the right LED lights for cheap. Thanks for taking the time!
Nope on the UV. Ultra violet is different general speaking. You just want a daylight kelvin rating 5000K or better. Lumens I now say 3000 lumen or more but I grew with 2100 lumens. Good luck.
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@@THERUSTEDGARDEN Thanks so much! This was the one factor that was holding me back. Will do :)
Is that flat one with holes or without?
No holes so just keep an eye on watering. But onions are forgiving.
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A quick question, im not sure if i started them too early or if theyre getting too close to my grow lights but theyre getting very tall. too tall for the grow space I have. would it damage them if I cut a couple inches off the top as theres still a month and a half until my last frost date? Thank you!
Onions you can cut.
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Does the flat you are using have drainage?
No drainage. So you do have to keep an eye on it.
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Can you grow shallots using the same technique?
So I never planted them as seeds but you could
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Thank you for another great video! Can onion starts go out in the garden before last frost?
They can. The greenery gets beat up but the roots do fine and send out more.
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