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  • From: "Beth Spaugh" <lists AT rhomestead.com>
  • To: "'Market Farming'" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Starting Onions in ground
  • Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2013 23:10:13 -0500

Yup. In fact, last year, not fall before last I decided to start onion seeds in the ground to overwinter for early production.  Had had some downy mildew at the top of the field, but seeded these at the bottom of the hill.  They looked great, but by early June I had downy mildew again.  Not overwintering any above-ground onions (am doing garlic) this winter.  We have a lot of purple blotch, and who know what else.  Thrips, which cause entry for disease.  I still get lots of good, storable onions though.  We also now have leek moth, so am considering growing all onions/leeks under row cover this year.

 

Beth Spaugh

Rehoboth Homestead, Peru NY

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"How we eat determines, to a considerable extent, how the world is used." - Wendell Berry

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From: market-farming-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:market-farming-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Allan Balliett
Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2013 7:00 PM
To: Jay Sleichter; Market Farming
Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Starting Onions in ground

 

Just out of curiosity, anyone else have fungus/blight problems with onion tops by late June? 

 

We are organic and always seem to.

 

I'm wondering if we are unique in this problem (we are near a river and are very humid) if the rest of you spray regularly.

 

Thanks to everyone sharing on this thread.

 

-Allan in WV

 

On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 2:50 PM, Jay Sleichter <jaysleichter AT yahoo.com> wrote:

Chris,

While I haven't started from seed, we do plant Dixondale onion plants (Candy, SuperStar and Red Candy Apple) in one of our movable tunnels every spring.  We also plant half a high tunnel with onions too.  This way we have our risk spread out between inside and eventual outside production. We plant them towards the end of Feburary, but with a new baby due at the end of February/First of March, I am going to move that up to early February.  We move the tunnel off the onions in late March to early April (depending on the weather). Then we transplant in Zucchini and little Cucumbers in the next movable spots. 

We get some really big onions starting in late May to early June and then eventually have them all pulled by early July.

It works for us, but this is with plants and not from seed.

Jay

 

 

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Clay Center, Kansas
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From: Chris Corbin <corbincdc AT gmail.com>
To: market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org
Sent: Thursday, January 3, 2013 11:47 AM
Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Starting Onions in ground

 

Thanks for the information everyone. 

I should have include more specifics. We are farming in central Iowa.  Last year we started the seed in 200 cell flats and we started over 400 flats.  We just purchased a movable high tunnel and I would I would like to do some in ground transplants and onions seem to be a good choice.

Pam we usually start about the same time maybe a week earlier ( feb 1st). 

Should you start earlier or later than usual ( feb 1) with this method?
Are you planting directly into the soil or adding potting soil to the top?
We use row cover in the fall do you do this for the in-ground transplants? 

thanks
Chris Corbin
Tabletopfarm.com 


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