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Post by daylilydude on Jan 28, 2012 7:24:38 GMT -5
Here is the funny part... the hardware store where I got the sets from had 3 huge bins, one for each color yellow, white and red, not one had the actual name of the onion, just the color , so I hunted the owner down and ask if he knew, his answer was, and I quote "nope" , but it just so happens that I know a few fellow gardeners here and they highly recommended them as they grow them every year, so I ask the price and was told $1.75 a pound, and I ask if I could get a mixed pound and it was alright with him, so onions are getting planted today !
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Post by Deleted on Jan 28, 2012 9:45:27 GMT -5
So I have to assume these are the small bulb sets you see at any box store. I am curious how many starts are in a pound? Seems to me like that would be alot. I bought from Dixondale Farms this year for the first time very pricey but shipping was included in the price per bundle on their site. I can say they say 60 starts per bundle and I planted sixty and you can not even tell I used any. I think maybe 300 per bundle LOL I have so many lil plants to figure out what to do with.
Good luck with the planting and growing. Not a surprise to me they do not know what they carry. The box I saw at Home Depot actually had a name and day length on the box label this year. To top it off they had the right day length onion for my area for a change. Now that was a shock to me.
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Post by redneckplanter on Jan 28, 2012 12:37:42 GMT -5
get er done dobber.smiles
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Post by paquebot on Jan 28, 2012 13:11:19 GMT -5
The set onions are usually Ebenezer for yellow or white, Stuttgarter for yellow, and Wethersfield for red.
Martin
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Post by woo on Jan 28, 2012 19:52:51 GMT -5
Here is one of onion planting way.
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Post by littleminnie on Jan 28, 2012 20:31:41 GMT -5
That is how I am doing mine this year- through plastic. I really have high hopes on a great season due to lack of weeds. When I had a small garden everything was planted through weed blocker fabric. Yes the onion sets are usually those varieties. It makes me wonder why some are for sets and some for plants. You never see those as plants and there are many plants you don't see as sets. BTW I am going to use a jab style planter.
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Post by paquebot on Jan 29, 2012 3:06:53 GMT -5
Onion varieties are quite varied in their growth habits. They are one of few things which are specific to certain areas despite being able to grow almost anywhere. The set types are able to halt their growth at a certain size and then continue growing in size after a period of dormancy. Plant types do not have that factor and any dormant period usually causes them to go to seed. Therefore one never finds sets for most of the common varieties.
Martin
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Post by daylilydude on Jan 29, 2012 18:33:52 GMT -5
I really didn't count them, but here is a pic of the pound I got! Plenty, I think for my small garden!
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Post by paquebot on Jan 30, 2012 16:44:43 GMT -5
Those really shouldn't be sold in the South. They'll grow there but won't make near the size that they would in the North.
Martin
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Post by izitmidnight on Jan 30, 2012 17:33:07 GMT -5
Just finished planting my onion slips today.
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