How to save ONION SEEDS so you never have to buy them!

Learning how to save seeds is one of the best ways to become a more self-sufficient gardener. Today, I'm showing you how to save onion seeds so you never have to buy them again if you don't want to!

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0:00 Intro
0:51 When do onions produce seeds?
2:19 How to grow onions as perennials for seed saving
2:58 Overwintering onions for seed saving
4:03 How to label your onion plants for seed saving
4:33 How to reduce cross pollination for onion seed saving
5:15 How to save onion seeds
7:52 How to clean (winnow) onion seeds
9:59 How to store your saved onion seeds

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[gigi-eej]

Thank you!!! Exactly what I needed to learn today! You explained it so well!

[lauranyc]

Finally someone explained all the way and properly 🙏🏻❤️

[YAHWEH]

Thank-you for sharing sister I never knew the onion seeds inside flower 😅so much to learn watching from South Africa 🇿🇦

[perrytong]

Thank you for not dramatizing the video and stretching it out to 3 hours long. Very much appreciated!

[marypheanis]

Great tips great teaching God bless
SAVING SEEDS IS IMPORTANT YOUR NEW SEEDS WILL BE USED TO YOUR SOIL YOUR WEATH E R I SAVED DILL SEEDS THEY CAME UP 10 DAYS FASTER THEN STORE BOUGHT

[ericfisher]

Really nice job explaining the process.

[jahidislam]

Nice your video❤❤❤❤u with you🎉🎉🎉and you

[AbdyVence]

Very good and informative. What lengthens the viability of your seeds as you save them across several seasons? Thanks!

[nickduxfield]

have you ever had onions grow into bulbs on the seed head, happened to me this year

[gigi-eej]

If we pulled the onion too soon, while the flower is still white-what would we do with it?

[billiverschoore]

Heyhey young lady, very nice video!
As it's now seven months since you posted, and ok i admit i only just found your channel, so apologies if i'm doubling up: my main reason for seed saving, beside the greater self-sufficiency it affords, is that over the generations the seeds/plants become more accustomed to local conditions, which obvs is a good thing.
I also like to grow as many perennial and self-seeding veggies as i can lay my hands on, so also have perennial Welsh onions (produces seeds) and Egyptian onions (produces bulbils). The Welsh ones here in S UK seem to be much more weather resistant than the Egyptian ones.
Late last summer was só wet here that onion and leek seeds started to sprout in the flower heads before they even ripened 😅
Looking forward to more from your channel!
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[akLeanne]

I hope you girls are going to make more videos. I have so much from watching

[garretvaughn]

Stanley has a laser like focus on his main purpose in life, that's for sure! He cracks me up. What a doofus! Oh, and nice info on the seeds. (I get easily distracted 😉)

[clncaaquintero]

Just subscribed need more learning for PNW garden

[erinevans]

My garlic has made seed when growing hardneck but I never hear about people growing garlic from seed. Have you ever tried that?

[eulerizeit]

TIL that onions are perennial-ish. I think I might grow a border to keep critters away.

[erinevans]

Also do your green onions get woody if they flower? I’ve had carrots flower and get really woody

[RooMonroe]

How is it that no one shows how to sustain the onion over the winter in order to keep them viable to flower? They dont talk about how to water them during winter, how to cover them, nothing! Its "How to plant" "How to grow" "How to harvest" SKIP WINTERIZING "Oh, look seeds the next year so how to harvest seeds". Um...winterizing? Watering? Covering? Anything?

[davek]

I saved some onion seeds from last year and there's a fair bit of flower head stuck on the seed still. Is it a must to take the dried flower head off when planting? Also, I had a leek go to flower close by and hoping they didn't cross-pollinate but I did not save any seeds. Any thoughts on what these onion seeds might produce? It's early Feb and I'm getting excited to get these going indoors!

[patriciaS]

Do your initial seeds need to be heirloom or op