Seed Onions

Why Store-Bought Shallots Taste Bitter (And Should You Plant Them?)

Why Store-Bought Shallots Taste Bitter (And Should You Plant Them?)

📌 Quick Summary: Planting Grocery Store Shallots 🧅 The Supermarket Hack: Planting grocery store shallots is a great way to save money, as actual shallot “sets” from seed catalogs can be very expensive. 👅 Why Are They Bitter? Extreme chemical bitterness in onions (not just spicy heat) is usually the result of commercial growing conditions, … Read more

Thrips on Seed Onions: Safe Treatments for Growing Greens

📌 Quick Summary (TL;DR): Treating Onion Thrips Without Chemicals ⚠️ The Greenhouse Risk: Onion thrips won’t immediately devour your greenhouse tomatoes or peppers, but they are notorious vectors for viral plant diseases. It’s risky to introduce them into a closed greenhouse environment. 🧅 Sets vs. Multipliers: Tiny store-bought onion sets are usually clean. Large bulbs … Read more