Onion Sets Organic Spring Shipping

Growing Large Onions From Sets: Plant onion sets in early spring as soon as the soil can be worked and has lost its winter sogginess. Plant sets 3-4" apart in rows about one foot apart. Plant the sets one inch deep. Onions have shallow roots, so water regularly giving them at least an inch per week. With their shallow roots onions cannot compete with weeds for water or nutrients, so pull weeds relentlessly! Late in the summer or fall the tops will fall over by themselves, or for a more uniform harvest you can bend them all over at once and let the tops wilt. Lift the onions carefully and dry in the sun or filtered shade for about ten days, or until the skins are dry and papery. Store onions in a cool, dry, dark room and check often for neck rot or soft spots. Use onions with soft spots immediately and keep the stored onions loosely stored or if possible not touching each other at all.

Growing Salad Onions and Green Onions from Sets: For a good supply of fresh salad onions throughout spring and summer make consecutive plantings every two weeks. Plant sets 3" deep and almost touching in rows about a foot apart. As the plants grow you can carefully harvest every other onion as a young green onion, and leave the remaining onion sets to grow into larger salad onions. The deeper you plant the sets, the more white stalk will be produced, so if you like sliced scallions for stir fry plant some of the sets 4-5" deep. To keep green onions fresh for days after harvest, just set them in a glass of water in the refrigerator and use as you need them.