Grow Perfect Onions - Every Time!

Whether you start your onions from seed, sets or seedlings, there are some tricks of the trade that make the difference between a great crop and a disappointing one.

In this short video, Ben demonstrates how to grow onions so perfect they could make you weep!

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[kimrubidge]

Please dont stop making video's, thay are so helpful. Love your channel.

[melissanguyen]

“They’re enough to make you cry” 😂 you got me

[FoolishForm]

Love your dad jokes “there enough to make you cry” 😂😂😂 these upcoming comedians should take note. Well done mate

[slvice]

It will be my first time trying to grow onions and garlic this year. Wish me luck! Thanks for posting this, it was highly educational.

[JohnandSarah]

I always come back for a quick review! Thanks, Ben, for fertilizing my gardening knowledge!

[pappy]

Yes. Sets. And upping the harvest by 200%

[julieelliott]

Love salad onions. Didn’t realize the actual difference. Thanks Bob. 😊😊😊

[timtation]

Another superb video Ben!!! Brilliant work! One thing I would add is the affect of soil sulfur content on onions. The more sulfur, the hotter and more pungent the onion, the sweetest and mildest onions are grown in well draining soil with almost no sulfur. Some gardeners use sulfur to adjust soil PH and that can have a dramatic affect on onions. I like to raise the sulfur content in the soil in which I grow my cooking onions, (adding eggs is a good natural way to do that). More pungent means more flavor and more flavor for cooking onions is very good. I like to grow my sweet onions, red onions, and scallion onions in low sulfur soil because those will be consumed raw where sweet and mild is appreciated. Manure has plenty of sulfur to keep most garden plants happy and healthy, and too much or too little sulfur can negatively affect most plants, but for onions, understanding how sulfur affects it can give you a big advantage in growing onions you like/prefer.

[IsthataDOG-xhvo]

Oh I love your greenhouse! That's beautiful!

[potyr]

I used to make it straight to the soil, in tropical cities in south America. But plots is amazing idea

[charliebakes]

"Enough to make you cry" - your banter is second to none!!

[Knittingilove]

I left (accidentally) some onions through the winter and this season they flowered. Now I know why. Although, they look good and tasted good to eat after flowering too. I still have some in the garden. Greetings from Ireland 🇮🇪

[carolavant]

Definitely growing short day onions here in North Florida panhandle Zone 8b! I start my seeds to plant out in November and over-winter them.

[TheAllotmentGardenandKitchen]

I’ve just harvested my onions which were a little disappointing this year so this video is timely. Thank you for the great content as usual.

[richardhoner]

I've grown onion for many decades here in New England and usually have a good crop. The crazy weather is the biggest problem. Very late cold weather followed by hot dry weather can make it difficult. This coming growing season I am going to go back to raising my onions under lots of leaf mulch. I will also space them further apart as you suggest Many thanks!

[Joe-yotm]

Ben, ngl mate i really love your videos. Theyre short, sweet, to the point. Ur just brilliant mate.

[carladelagnomes]

What a nice picture! A man with an arm full of onions he's just harvested. :)

[rae]

I grew my first crop of onions this year using your videos. I was pretty terrified of the process because of that certain mold that can happen and essentially ruin the soil for eternity lol. But it was a good experience and I got two dozen proper onions. A few didn't make it but that's okay. I'm going to start my seeds tomorrow for next years' harvest :) Love your videos!

[theholylandselassie]

I found this video because I wanted to add onions to my indoor kitchen garden where I grow corn, tomatoes, garlic, peppermint and so on. First video I watched :)

[medcitymami]

my onions from the store started sprouting, and since i use onions on a regular basis i figured why not just let it grow🤷🏽‍♀️ i’ve been trying to do research on growing onions and ALL i could find were tips on growing it and harvesting the leaves, nothing about harvesting another onion. this is the first video to finally go into full detail! thank you so much ♥️