I saw you do something with your onion root bottoms, i would imagine those with the brown tops are going into the compost. I cut those off bottoms and put them in a very small container with enough water to have the roots in. I place in a sunny window sill. Changing the water daily and wait for the roots to rehydrate and will start greens coming out. At that point I put in some dirt and watch it regrow more onions 😊. They are never as big as the originals but, great to grow onions from scraps! Your very thorough and I appreciate the ideas! Had not done anything with the tops other than cut like chives for on the top of baked potatoes. You can dehydrate those for that purpose as well. Happy gardening!
Wow! Quite an in-depth production! Thanks so much for taking the time to share your knowledge and expertise! You give us a goal to aspire to! One day i will have a garden such as yours! Domino seems like a real cool cat! See ya next time!
Had to laugh when Domino made his appearance because his NY identical twin sitting here on my lap, Shalom, saw him & jumped up on the TV stand to inspect this handsome doppleganger!
In my experience with growing red onions, they want a bit more heat (dry heat) hrs than the sweet or white onions. With the reds, it is about the number of days and the weather they get during those number of days. I usually grow one variety or other of the Texas Sweets and they don't seem to be as fussy. Of course, I am growing in Texas and the weather is extremely variable here so I think the Sweets were bred to produce as best they can given the weather they get. That looks like a really nice haul of onions. Thanks for the preserving tips.
Gardening Newbie this year and trying to have a staples garden roughly following your guide. Not enough space to hit the numbers on a few veggies this year for our family of 5, but did hit the mark plus for onions. Should be ready to harvest in the next couple weeks. I have one question if you didn’t have a freeze dryer would you dehydrate the same amount of dices or freeze them? I was planning to dehydrate some of them, and wondering how they do? Just got a small dehydrator a few weeks ago, so zero experience in which way would be best.
Onions dehydrate well. I dehydrated them before I had a freeze dryer. They take about 10-15 minutes to rehydrate in hot water, or they can go straight into soups, chili, etc without dehydrating first. Congratulations on your onion success! 🥳👏 That’s exciting!!
Onions dehydrate well. I dehydrated them before I had a freeze dryer. They take about 10-15 minutes to rehydrate in hot water, or they can go straight into soups, chili, etc without dehydrating first. Congratulations on your onion success! 🥳👏 That’s exciting!!
@@foodprepguide Thank you! Btw your channel is teaching me so much! I just trench planted 5 tomato plants this weekend that were gifted to me from a friend who had extra because of your vid on that working out well. Excited to see how they grow. (Zone 7a so we still have time to get in a harvest) 😉
I trust the digital pressure canner from Presto. I’m undecided on those multipurpose models that just have a pressure canning setting. 🤷♀️ All of our home canned products generally get eaten through within 2 years, and nothing has ever gone bad in that time. In theory, pickled products should last much longer than that.
Such great tips…thank you! Curious why you used the pump to vacuum seal the onion top powder instead of the electric mason jar sealer. Is the pump better for long term storage? Asking because I only have the electric…but now wondering if I should add the pump to my equipment.
Nope, they’re both great! I just keep my electric sealer near my freeze drier because I prefer to use it when I have several jars to seal at one time. I keep the brake bleeder pump in my kitchen drawer for quick, one-jar seals like this one. And I just like to have an option that doesn’t require electricity or charging to work. 🙂
Great video and great ideas to use all parts of the onion 🌰
Thanks for watching! 🙂
Perfect timing!! I harvested mine this morning! Thank you!
Yay!!
Very timely my onions are about ready to harvest and I will be trying all of your ideas. Thank you!
Yay! 🙌
I saw you do something with your onion root bottoms, i would imagine those with the brown tops are going into the compost. I cut those off bottoms and put them in a very small container with enough water to have the roots in. I place in a sunny window sill. Changing the water daily and wait for the roots to rehydrate and will start greens coming out. At that point I put in some dirt and watch it regrow more onions 😊. They are never as big as the originals but, great to grow onions from scraps! Your very thorough and I appreciate the ideas! Had not done anything with the tops other than cut like chives for on the top of baked potatoes. You can dehydrate those for that purpose as well. Happy gardening!
They get split between compost & chickens. 🙂 Thank you for sharing how you reuse the onion root bottoms! 👏
Your cat is adorably sweet and social ❤
He’s the one who converted me into a cat person. ❤️
Very good thank you ❤
This was awesome. Thank you.
Glad you enjoyed it! 🙂
Great information!!!
Glad it was helpful!
Wow! Quite an in-depth production! Thanks so much for taking the time to share your knowledge and expertise! You give us a goal to aspire to! One day i will have a garden such as yours! Domino seems like a real cool cat! See ya next time!
Thank you for your kind encouragement, as always!
Had to laugh when Domino made his appearance because his NY identical twin sitting here on my lap, Shalom, saw him & jumped up on the TV stand to inspect this handsome doppleganger!
Hahaha!! 🤣
In my experience with growing red onions, they want a bit more heat (dry heat) hrs than the sweet or white onions. With the reds, it is about the number of days and the weather they get during those number of days. I usually grow one variety or other of the Texas Sweets and they don't seem to be as fussy. Of course, I am growing in Texas and the weather is extremely variable here so I think the Sweets were bred to produce as best they can given the weather they get. That looks like a really nice haul of onions. Thanks for the preserving tips.
That makes a lot of sense. Thank you for sharing & pointing that out!
Gardening Newbie this year and trying to have a staples garden roughly following your guide. Not enough space to hit the numbers on a few veggies this year for our family of 5, but did hit the mark plus for onions. Should be ready to harvest in the next couple weeks. I have one question if you didn’t have a freeze dryer would you dehydrate the same amount of dices or freeze them? I was planning to dehydrate some of them, and wondering how they do? Just got a small dehydrator a few weeks ago, so zero experience in which way would be best.
Onions dehydrate well. I dehydrated them before I had a freeze dryer. They take about 10-15 minutes to rehydrate in hot water, or they can go straight into soups, chili, etc without dehydrating first.
Congratulations on your onion success! 🥳👏 That’s exciting!!
Onions dehydrate well. I dehydrated them before I had a freeze dryer. They take about 10-15 minutes to rehydrate in hot water, or they can go straight into soups, chili, etc without dehydrating first.
Congratulations on your onion success! 🥳👏 That’s exciting!!
@@foodprepguide Thank you! Btw your channel is teaching me so much! I just trench planted 5 tomato plants this weekend that were gifted to me from a friend who had extra because of your vid on that working out well. Excited to see how they grow. (Zone 7a so we still have time to get in a harvest) 😉
That's awesome!! I'm so glad to hear that. ❤️
So digital pressure canners are pretty safe for canning? It would be sooo nice. Also how long do the pickled onions stay nice on the shelf?
I trust the digital pressure canner from Presto. I’m undecided on those multipurpose models that just have a pressure canning setting. 🤷♀️
All of our home canned products generally get eaten through within 2 years, and nothing has ever gone bad in that time. In theory, pickled products should last much longer than that.
@@foodprepguide I appreciate your input. I know you are a safe canner! Thanks for the reply and the video☺️
Such great tips…thank you! Curious why you used the pump to vacuum seal the onion top powder instead of the electric mason jar sealer. Is the pump better for long term storage? Asking because I only have the electric…but now wondering if I should add the pump to my equipment.
Nope, they’re both great! I just keep my electric sealer near my freeze drier because I prefer to use it when I have several jars to seal at one time.
I keep the brake bleeder pump in my kitchen drawer for quick, one-jar seals like this one. And I just like to have an option that doesn’t require electricity or charging to work. 🙂
@@foodprepguide oh ok…got it. Thanks so much!
What is their Name of the seed company
I get the onion starts from Dixondale Farms. :)
For everything I grow from seed, most of it comes from Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds.