Grow amazing alliums and learn how to plant onion bulbs at home. Starting onions from seed is easy; learn how to plant onion seeds and the best cultivars based on your growing zone.

Onions are easy to grow and can be planted from seed, transplants, or small bulbs called “sets.” As they mature, onion plants ...

Generally, growing onions from sets is easier and more reliable than from seed and in cooler, damper areas, the sets should give a better yield of larger bulbs than if grown from seed. However the ...

Last week, I got an e-mail from Tony, a regular Smart Harvest reader. Tony wanted to know how to grow big bulb onions. Growing big bulbs starts with good site selection. Ensure the planting site ...

Every soup and stew starts with alliums like onions and leeks, so having them in the garden makes sense. Here's how to plant them.

There are, however, bunching varieties that produce a true bunching onion or scallion with either small or no bulbs. For dry onions from sets or plants, 100 or more days are required from planting, ...

Give onion plants enough water daily. Onions are heavy feeders and require a good amount of fertiliser to produce the largest bulbs. Before planting, prepare the bed by mixing compost into the soil.

In the spring they will start growing. Did you know that onions are ... Scallions or green onions can be harvested before the onion bulb is fully matured in the spring with the green part still ...

Onion production costs have practically doubled this year thanks to the higher price of Kondo onion bulbs, which are planted ...