onion sets

Black Currants Refusing to Fruit (But Red Currants Are Fine?)

📌 Quick Diary Summary: Mid-Summer Check-In 🧅 Seeds vs. Sets: If you can’t get out to your garden early in the spring, starting onions from seed might be a waste of time. Planting onion sets (small bulbs) is much more reliable for weekend gardeners. 🐦 Mischievous Birds: Wagtails and other small birds often pull up … Read more

Starting Spring Garlic Indoors as Transplants

Starting Spring Garlic Indoors

📌 Quick Summary (TL;DR): Spring Garlic Transplants What is Spring Garlic? In cooler climates, this usually refers to softneck garlic varieties. Unlike fall-planted hardnecks, they don’t produce scapes, have a milder flavor, and boast a much longer storage life. The Transplant Hack: If your garden soil is too cold or soggy in early spring, you … Read more

Planting Fall Onion Sets for an Early Summer Harvest

📌 Editor’s Note: Growing Context & Varieties 🌍 Climate Context: The author of this article is gardening in Belarus, which is roughly equivalent to USDA Zone 4 or 5 (similar to the US Upper Midwest or New England). Fall-planting onions is a great strategy in cold climates to get an early jump on the season. … Read more

Overwintering Onions: Choosing the Right Set Size & Avoiding Bolting

📌 Quick Summary (TL;DR): Fall Planting Onion Sets 🧅 Size Matters for Fall Planting: A great discussion on planting overwintering onion sets (севок). Pro Tip: For fall planting, it’s always best to use the absolute smallest onion sets (under 1 cm / 0.4 inches in diameter). Larger sets are much more likely to bolt (go … Read more

How to Grow Huge Onions from Sets: Planting & Care Guide

Author: Pomidoroved | Originally published: May 3, 2013 📌 Quick Summary (TL;DR) Choosing Sets: Bigger is NOT better. Buy small onion sets (about 1 cm / 3/8 inch). Large sets are prone to bolting (going to seed) instead of forming a bulb. Storage: Store your sets in a dry, warm place (like a shoebox on … Read more