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A Beginner’s Guide to Growing Bunching Onions

My favorite bunching onions are early cropping spring varieties, growing these easily-maintained crops couldn’t be simpler. By their very nature, bunching onions require minimal care: even if neglected for any length of time they’ll simply return next season with even larger crops. Here is a beginner’s guide to growing bunching onions.  Slug-resistant vegetables benefit greatly […]

Long-Day, Intermediate-Day, And Short-Day Onions Explained

Long-Day, Intermediate-Day, And Short-Day Onions Explained

Long-day, intermediate-day, and short-day onions may seem intimidating for beginner growers due to the many variables at work in timing and placement. Unfortunately, this means onions tend to go underappreciated in our gardens due to this confusion, often overlooked for more ornamental leeks or faster-growing bunching varieties. Nevertheless, they deserve our full consideration as bulbs […]