Grow BIG Onions With This One Simple Tip!
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- čas přidán 9. 06. 2024
- Our onions are growing larger, but we can get them to be even bigger yet by doing one simple thing! In today's episode I will discuss what we do (our one simple step) to ensure bigger onions! Enjoy and happy gardening.
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Well, I see where I screwed up. I pruned mine before it rained and the weight of the water collecting in the tubulars caused all of my onions to crimp. Make sure it doesn’t rain for a few days before you prune.
The tops are also great as green onion substitutes. I cut mine into thin slices and freeze them on cookie sheets. Once frozen I pop 'em into a big freezer bag. Instant garnish for miso, any Asian dish, soups, rice dishes, anything really ,o.k. maybe not ice cream, but whatever floats yer boat eh?
Great resource, don't miss out!
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My friend did that last year, but kept the tops, dehydrated them, and they are great in soups, dressings, etc., love this!
Thank you!
LOL! I was actually pruning my onions to encourage bigger bulbs! I was sneaking out there to snip the outer greens for cooking during the growing season, and I thought I was hurting the bulb development. Good to know that I don't have to sneak anymore!
Me too. We were inadvertently helping the bulb the entire time lol
Same here!😂
Okay NOW YOU CAN MAKE A SALAD AND THE ONIONS WILL GREEN UP AGAIN AND YES YOU CAN KEEP REPEATING THE PROCESS TIME AND TIME AGAIN AND IF YOU PLANT A LOT YOU CAN USE SOME OOF THE ONIONS IN ALL YOUR COOKING ENJOY!!!!!
I've been following this method for a few years now, but here are some things I have learned. One, cutting that leaf can make the onion more prone to disease, and sometimes snails can hide in the open space. Second, a commenter on CZcams said that if onion leaves are falling over (in less windy conditions) it is because they are underwatered. This is the first year I have been testing that theory, in addition to pinching folded leaves as well. Overall there are less folded leaves with constant watering AND less disease, and they're not done quite yet but they are looking bigger than normal.
I’m so glad I came across this. I have 500 onions and they started falling over. We have moved to a new location and this year my greens are falling over like yours. I thought it was some sort of diseases in the new soil. So, I pruned them all back pretty heavy like you did. I figured I was hurting them, but wanted to do what I could to save them because I know bending means bad news. I’m relieved to know I did the right thing! Praise The Most High!
This is the best video on onions I have ever seen. Thank you, I did not know that you could prune onions. I can’t wait to try it as I just planted for this spring.
We planted around 500 onions! I do a lot of canning with onions every year. I did this to my onions in 2 of my 8 beds. They did close up but it took about a week. You also shouldn't do this if it's going to storm or rain that week. Your onions will get water inside the leaves. A few of mine didn't do well after I had done just what you are doing. Make sure you are feeding your onions every few weeks and watering them everyday whenever it is extremely hot out. Or water them every other day because onions need a lot of water to grow! I grew softball size onions this year for the very first time and I started mine from onion starts not sets! I also ordered a pack of Walla Walla onion seeds from you and they are still growing. I also did four different kinds of soils in my garden beds. Six are raised beds and and the others are in my garden. The beds in my garden are in the ground and the onions did much much better there.
What do you feed your onions?
When you say extremely hot what temperature are you talking about?
@@marlenepopos12 Don't ever let the soil dry out
I'll attest to dehydrating the tops! I just snipped them like chives and dried them on a cloth-lined rack. Great in soups or you can rehydrate and use in stir-fry.
Blessings! 💜
I chop mine up and freeze them. I have bags of them and use them in soups.
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Great tip now I'll be able to make better soup but however the top is where the seeds are
@@asimhusain8087 you won't get seeds until it flowers. That stalk is more woody than the rest. I may try leaving 1 or 2 for seed next year.
I was not expecting the “whip your hair back n forth, whip your hair back n forth” 😂😂
Awesome tip! Makes so much sense. I’m a pretty new gardener, 3-4 years, but going on 2nd year growing onions. I have been devouring gardening content but never heard this and I love it. Thanks!!
All i can say is AWSOME TIP !!!!!!
This is brilliant! My tops never stand up. This will absolutely help. Thanks Luke!
I will definitely try this next year. Most of my onions are harvested this year. I'm going to add this note to my gardening notebook so that I remember it for next year. Thanks. Luke!
Need to follow your example of keeping a garden notebook!
@@utubemouse Best thing you can do!
I keep a notebook, too. Best thing I started for keeping information.
Love watching your videos …so educational
Oh wow, I never get tired of your great tips, will try this on my next batch of onions
Thank you so much for this helpful tip! I did not know to prune my onions. I have many of them in my garden with very long leaves. I know what I'll be doing this week. Thanks Luke!
Thank you, Luke, for sharing your advice on growing bigger onions.😊
Am wanting to plant onions for the first time in the spring. Will keep you helpful tips in mind!
Thanks Luke! I've always been afraid to cut the tops off my onions. I'll be fixing them now!
Always great videos & tons of information!
Same. Off to find my pruners! ✂️
I take the leafs chop them up and use in baked potatoes instead of green onions.
Thanks, this was right on time Luke!!!
Thank U 4 the Super, tip. Happy Gardening.
I learned a lot from this video. Thank you for teaching us all this!!!
HOLY COW! Thank you So much for the tip on what to do with the onion tops. SO genius to dehydrate them.
What a beautiful garden! Thank you for the advice!
Thanks for sharing. I will try this.
Thank you, thank you! I know now why my Walla Wallas stopped growing and what to do next year. Love ya, Luke!
Very helpful video! Thank you.
Thank you so much! I’m trying onions for the first time so this is super helpful!
Thank you for the tip.
I’m so glad your channel came up in my feed. I needed this information. 👍🏻
Tks for this great onion gardening tip!
Good tip. I just fertilized my onions last week, think it’s time for some love. Bone meal on top, light pruning and water. Don’t have much more time, the days are shrinking and so bulbs are growing.. so it’s water, warmth and fingers crossed for some decent onions.
Thanks, will do that in the morning
Thank you for this! I had no idea!
I’ll definitely try this year
Great tip. I’ll try it this year.
Wow what a wonderful tip. Thank you so much for sharing!
Great tip...thanku
Great advice! Thanks!
Great tip! I had no idea!
Thank you!
New info! Thank you 💚🌞
Great tip! I did not know I could do this, but I will from now on. :)
Great video! Straight to the point with useful info
Thanks I was just wondering what to do about my onions and this helped immensely.
God bless you.
I always trim back my onions……..great tip! Thx 🇨🇦
Wow! Thank you.
Then I would dehydrate and powder those green stalks. Great for all kinds of uses. My favorite being green onion dip.
I had no idea. Thanks!
Great tip about onions!
really great tip ........love it
Thanks a lot for the pruning tip... I had NO idea!
I never knew this, thank you!
This I will test,thank you
Thank you! You answered my question of weather I could prune them.
Definitely going to try this next year. I just. harvested the rest of my onions yesterday. Looks like this is another video that I'm going to have to save on a playlist!
"I'm so inspired by your gardening skills! Can't wait to try some of your tips! 🌱🍅
Thank you so much
Thanks so much!!!
I mostly grow onions for the green tops. They are my favourite parts. I will try these tips for the actual onions. I wasn’t sure how to tell when they were ready before your video. Thank you. 😊
Thank you so so much!!!
Does this work with garlic too?
I just topped my onions on Monday 😊 Hoping for big bulbs to come. Eastern Colorado 5b
Great video......I learned quite a bit.
Had no idea about this. Lost about half my onions now. I started with 72 red, 65 white, 40 yellow. Next year will be different. As always thanks for the info
That is totally Awesome sir! I don't grow as many as you do but this will help with the ones I do grow. Thanks for this very simplistic maintenance tip. I've definitely had this exact issue many times in the past where I get 5 to 7 totally awesome onions and about the same amount that don't come to fruition. Again, thank you!
Thanks, you are the man
Looking forward to making use of this great information Next Year! In the meantime, I am enjoying my harvested “little” onions! 😉😁
Thanks for the information I just started going Onions this year
Onion pruning is on my to do list for fall gardening in Houston community garden.
Thanks for the tip! I have a storm coming in a couple of days so I will anxiously await being able to prune some of mine back!
Thanks.
This is super helpful! Thank you!
Lol..."whip your hair back and forth" 😂😂
I just saw this video. I didn't know about pruning onions! I do now and will follow this practice.
Great tips 👍🏻😃
Love the tip! I have saved some onion seeds for the first time. Hopeing to have an epic harevst. This tip will help with that. Grow Bigger!!
Great information
I was just wondering what I could do to get bigger onions. Thanks for the tip!
grew onions for the first time this year, and yes they were quite small. will try this tip next year for sure. dry those tops with herbs and dried tomatopells, grind up and use as seasoning
Thanks a lot
Thank you, never seen this befor 😉,good info
Wow those are some great ideas there. I just came back from my garden but I'll go again tomorrow morning and do exactly that ( I have a community garden plot about a mile from my home).
Liked and subscribed thank you for the onion info.......
Ooh I'm going to do this tomorrow!! My onions are behind. They are planted behind peas and are in slight shade and I was worried my onions would not bulb. They are just starting to right now. I think this tip will save my onion crop this season! Awesome ☺️
Thank you for all this information. It will be well use this summer. I also have heard that you can make onion top pesto and freeze it.
I need to see you do a video cooking some of your produce... I'd certainly love to see that! I enjoy planting and cooking my own produce
Thanks Luke, Thought I knew everything about onions until I watched this. Top Man!
Thx
Wish I had known this a month ago lol! Thanks for another great video!
I've completely topped my garlic before and it did well. I'll try it with my onions.
This worked well last year for me. This year I didn't have as much time. I did however plant them a little closer together. The plants seemed to do a good job of supporting each other and the size was decent. Except for the ones on the edge that didn't have as much support and fell over sooner.
Thank you so much for that reminder about cutting the onion tops. Last night l went out in the garden and started cutting them and received a basket full. I am going to make green onion powder with them.😀
Take your clippings, course dice them and dry. Makes a great addition to soups. If you powder them, add to mashed potatoes while cooking. Yumm.
So its not only ok to hack the tops for eating but its beneficial. Awesome
Good video---i was going to add as I watched it save the tops!!! You did cover that bravo!!!🎉
Or, for those of us that don't have a fancy machine, lol, chop them up and freeze them. They work great in soups, stews, casseroles etc! Thanks for the tip, I did indeed learn something new so I will indeed pass it on to others! Thanks Luke!
I found my smallest tops produced the smallest bulbs. My large/strong tops had the biggest bulbs. I didn't trim any. I will for sure do this next year