Q: I have grown a crop of onions in my raised beds and would like to harvest some of their seeds to sow. What's the best way ...

In our area and latitude, late January to early February is the ideal time to start sowing seeds indoors for onion transplants. There are several advantages to growing your own onion transplants ...

Growing onions is easy to do, both from seeds and onion sets. Discover our best onion varieties and tips for how to grow them ...

There are two main ways you can grow onions — from seed and from sets. Growing onions from seed offers several advantages ...

Start onion seeds indoors. It can take up to two weeks ... Onions need a lot of water to swell in size so keep the soil moist throughout the growing season. Retain moisture and suppress weeds ...

Growing onions from seeds may take some effort, but the results are well worth it.

Planting onions from small bulbs or "sets" is not the best way to grow large onions for storage. Plants grown from sets often begin blooming in mid-summer and stubbornly refuse to stop. Once that ...

We also explain how to sow onion seeds, plant sets and grow healthy plants that are ready to harvest in summer. OVERALL RATING The more stars the better. Rating ignores price and is based on: yield 50 ...