Planting Onion Bulbs: A Complete Guide From Start To Finish

This video a complete guide on how to plant onion bulbs, AKA how to plant plant onion sets, in your garden from start to finish! Growing onions is easy because they perform well in a wide range of climates and have very few pests. When it comes to planting onions, tips on growing onions are all about timing, variety selection and spacing.

Timing is everything when planting onion sets. In climates with mild winters and hot summers, you should be planting onion bulbs in the fall or planting onion bulbs in winter. In climates with colder winters, planting onion bulbs in the spring or in late winter when severe freezes end is advisable.

When it comes to variety selection, make sure you are growing the appropriate short day onions, intermediate day onions or long day onions for your location. Don't plant the wrong onion varieties!

If you have any questions about how to grow onions, onion growing tips, any of the things I am growing in my garden, are looking for any garden tips and tricks, or have questions about gardening and organic gardening in general, please ask in the Comments below!

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[TheMillennialGardener]

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[BrydeliCorven]

You speak very clearly, you explain things methodically and thoroughly, and you show helpful visuals. Thank you.

[godsamazing]

This is the best informative video (about anything) that ive seen on YouTube. Clear, concise, and stayed relevant to the topic at hand. Great video! 👍🏾

[carmellayates]

Your explanation on growing onions was the best out of all the videos I watched on the subject and I watched a lot . So thank you for showing us step by step. not much of the others explain the depth, fertilizer mulching etc.

[TheMillennialGardener]

Make sure to watch until the end for some furry, four-legged fun 🐕 🐶!

[richardallen]

Having watched a number of videos regarding planting vegetables and onion sets in particular. I found this to be the most useful and comprehensive.
I have only this morning cleared the area for my onion sets and am taking a break, thank you for enlightening us about coloured mulch, I was about to go out and get the “special purchase” Red mulch at the Big Orange, 5 for $10 looked like a deal, does not appeal to me now, so a couple of hay bale’s will suffice.
You saved me spending $10 to kill the $5 of onion sets- Thank You.
You also gave the only honest rationale for purchasing Amazon items through your links, everyone else just says “because it helps me”, no one else has mentioned that no additional cost is involved.
Of course I had already hit the like button, but am compelled to subscribe, just because I appreciate your style and honesty.

[eb]

I also grow these sets but in March and enjoy them about 4 weeks later as juicy
delicious scallions with 12 inch tops.

[LarsSveen]

Some of the best onion planting info I've ever seen. Great job!

[sherryjohnson]

Dang it, so I guess mid June zone 8b it's to late to plant my onions, 1 st time gardener, so much to learn

[cellmediated]

You are a very good speaker about gardening! AWESOME job

[tomwaite]

Thanks man awesome advice . For $1.99 where I live i got about 150 bulbs like yours . That makes the grocery bill much cheaper, everyone should do a garden it helps with all the stresses of life . Thanks for your video . Ill be subscribing now 🙏🙏🙏🇨🇦

[tombarker]

Excellent tutorial, I’ve been growing onions for five years without much success. Also you could be standing in my plot, they look EXACTLY the same. Bizarre that mine is in S/E England. Thanks for the vid. 👍🏻

[davidhodgson]

A big thank you from Thailand.
I just my Onions in, so I will see what happens.

[cf]

I sure wish I'd seen this video before I picked up my 60 onion sets yesterday. What can I do until next fall when I'm supposed to them? I live near Raleigh NC.

[TheSteve]

Hi Dale! Thanks for the video, getting ready to plant my onion sets!

[dawnb.]

I can't wait to see the onions in the spring. Your yard looks amazing! Hahahaha, Dale is awesome 💖

[trinityestrada]

Very good explaining and demonstration….thank you!

[davidhalldurham]

Another great video and another hilarious ending!

[Shortcake]

Very informative and thorough video. Thank you so much. I'm planting my sets today and thanks to you, I will get it right. I'm subscribing as well.

[terrypayne]

Thanks I just learned l did all wrong last summer was my first time trying to grow a garden Thanks