Video: How to Grow Onions

It’s time for this week’s video. In it, you’ll learn how to grow onions. They are one of our favorite crops!

I haven’t covered this topic for a while and this year, I’m conducting an experiment. I’m growing onions from seeds, sets (small bulbs) and plant starts that I bought at a garden center. I thought it’d be fun to see how each type performs during the season and what the yields will be at harvest time.

Onions are one of our favorite crops to grow. First of all, they sure make a lot of dishes taste a whole lot better! And we enjoy growing varieties that store a long time so we can use them throughout the winter months.

They aren’t difficult to grow. As a matter of fact, they’re pretty low maintenance! You just plant them and make sure they get watered regularly, and that’s it.

If you would like to learn about choosing the right varieties for your locale, Dixondale Farms is a great resource. Here in Spokane, Wash., we grow long-day onions. That’s because we have so much daylight during the summer months. Be sure to look at Dixondale’s map that shows the regions for each type of onion.

I hope you’ll enjoy the video: