Onions from Seed

Onions are super easy to grow from seed as long as you start 10-8 weeks prior to transplanting.  I usually add 20 seeds per cell and the seeds grow into long blades of grass. The First couple weeks in April is a perfect time to transplant onions as they are cold tolerant, however, I'm waiting for my fertilizer and mulch to "cool" a little so they don't burn my starts. I decided to test transplanting my starts into a bigger pot while I wait. I've never transplanted onions twice so we will see what happens.

If this is your first year with onions, and the starts are ready to go, here are a few tips after you harden off the seedlings. (Letting the plants sit outside during the day for a few hours at a time to acclimate.) 

Sweet Spanish Yellow Onion (Awesome in Utah)

• Harden off the plants
• Make sure the soil is moist, making it easy to separate the onions
• When you pull the clump of seeds & dirt from the container, carefully separate the grass like blades and their roots
• Cut roots that are longer than three inches 
• Stick your finger deep into the soil creating a hole 
• Twirl the grass blade helping the roots into the hole
• Bury the onion until the white/red area is covered
• Water every other day until roots establish (maybe two weeks) 
• then water one a week until harvest.

Red Onion