Onion Problems

[Worth1]

Originally Posted by brownrexx

......will poison your soil and the flies will still come. They have a territory of 1 mile.

This was a joke, sort of like the idea we could fight a war with atomic weapons.
To what end would be the result.
The Duel AKA The gingham dog and the calico cat.

Worth

[oakley]

I just ordered another roll of tulle. 54 wide by 40yrds. I5bucks Amazon.
I still have some from a couple years ago but need more. I just keep every new planting of kales and collards and salads covered. Can be connected for a wider bed with a stapler.
The netting for mosquitoes for over sleeping beds work. I just drape that one over my onions and leeks.
DIY sticky traps using yellow and red cups or plates with a layer of petroleum jelly. I use tangle foot i've had for years...lasts forever.

Grow chives as a diversion tactic food source. Grow like weeds. I have a few patches i've just let go. Multiply quickly.

I use the shade frames for keeping salads going all summer but most important to keep new seed from washing out during the heavy spring rain and hail. One is on a newly seeded basil bed right now.

I'd be happy to save some chive seed as i have thousands. They grow fast.

[drew51]

Originally Posted by Worth1

It is up to you but the daylight hours is what makes them bulb up.
If you plant long daylight onions they will need from around 15 to 16 hours of daylight to make them bulb.


Worth

Well you could grow intermediate or mid-day, but I bet it would be hard to find a set of them. I never tried them? Whitewing (a white) and Candy (A yellow) are two I know of. I have to try them sometime, or keep in mind if I have a failure. Not dependant on day length. These can be grown anywhere.

[Jonnyhat]

I was growing Candy, they looked great... harumph.

[Worth1]

Originally Posted by drew51

Well you could grow intermediate or mid-day, but I bet it would be hard to find a set of them. I never tried them? Whitewing (a white) and Candy (A yellow) are two I know of. I have to try them sometime, or keep in mind if I have a failure. Not dependant on day length. These can be grown anywhere.

They actually are dependent on day length and are for the mid latitudes hence intermediate.
But you can get onions north or south depending on when you plant the seeds.
If grown where I live they would just start to bulb up later in the spring but i would still have to plant seeds in the fall.

Worth

[drew51]

Originally Posted by Worth1

They actually are dependent on day length and are for the mid latitudes hence intermediate.


Worth

Info from Parkseed

http://parkseed.com/whitewing-hybrid...p/05196-PK-P1/

Or Bonnie Plants

https://bonnieplants.com/product/candy-onion/

You are correct, although all they need is 12 hours of light. Day Neutral is another term to describe them. Here in our growing season, everyday has at least 12 hours of light. So they are great for starting late. Burpee sells sets of Candy.

[Worth1]

I would just end up with smaller onions.
Right now what I need is swamp and storm proof onions.
I cant believe that one storm flattened and all of my onions.
It was as close to sheets coming down I ever saw.

I might try candy next year.
Worth