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Planting onions from small bulbs or "sets" is not the best way to grow large onions for storage. Plants grown from sets often begin blooming in mid-summer and stubbornly refuse to stop. Once that ...

Onions take 16 to 24 weeks to grow, depending on whether you start from sets or seeds and which type of onion you plant based on your region. You’ll know they’re ready to harvest when the leaves ...

Considered one of the oldest cultivated plants, onions are thought to have originated in Central Asia. They have been cultivated for 5,000 years, but were likely consumed long before that because, ...

Onions are a cold-season crop, easy to grow because of their hardiness. I recommend using onion sets, which can be planted without worry of frost damage and have a higher success rate than direct seed ...

Like humans who have similar traits to our relatives, so does the plant genus, Allium, part of the Amaryllidaceae family. The Allium genus is made up of edibles (onion, garlic, leeks, chives) and ...

One of the easiest members of the onion family to grow, shallots mature faster and require less space than their counterparts ...

As our fall planting season winds down, we end with the onion family. This week we will be planting scallions, chives, and two varieties of onions. Earlier in the fall we planted onions and leeks.

Onions have been cultivated for over 5,000 years, and they have been used, not only for food, but for medicine for various illnesses and joint problems. Ancient Greek soldiers and athletes believed ...