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The most reliable method of propagation for onions is planting onions in the fall, whether you buy specific fall onions or not, but there are a few different ways to plant fall onions. In this article, we’ll explore the pros and cons of different methods of how to plant fall onions. I want to talk…

There are a few questions in the gardening world – ‘When are onions ready for harvest?’ included – that no one ever truly knows the answer to. I can tell you what to look for, and about the signs your onions are ready to harvest. But with so many different ways to plant onions and…

If you’re wondering how to grow bigger, stronger onions, you’re in the right place. After years of trial and error and weighing in the most important factors, I’ve managed to grow onions that I’m proud of, and so can you. You just have to get familiarized with a few tricks – and one of them…

The mystique behind long-day, intermediate and short-day onions is often off-putting to potential onion growers, thanks to the confusion around when and where they work. Because of that, onions are probably the most underappreciated plant in our gardens, overlooked for more sculptural leeks, and faster-growing bunching varieties, but the humble bulbing onion deserves our true…

Growing onions comes with a lot of choices, but the first and most important is whether to grow onions from sets, seeds or seedlings. Growing onions from sets gives you a great head start, but depending on your climate can lead to bolting and early flowering. Similarly, growing onions from seeds is more reliable but…

There are dozens of varieties of bunching onions but, for me, it’s the early cropping spring onion that tops the lot, and growing bunching onions couldn’t be simpler. By their nature, bunching onions need almost no care, to the point that if you forget about them, they will just die back and regrown next year,…