Growing Onions Organically
Fertilizing, Weeding, Insect, and Disease Tips for growing onions organically.
Insect and Varmint Solutions for your Onions
Solutions for all of your onion insect and varmint issues to keep your crop protected.
Weeding the Onions at Dixondale Farms
On social this past week, we posted some clips of the weeding crew we use at the farm and what they do in the onion fields. For many years, we have utilized a weeding crew; they go row by row through the onions with hoes…
5 Key Points to Growing Onions in Containers
Onions can be grown just about anywhere under the correct conditions. This past spring, many turned to gardening as they had more time at home. Some may not have had the traditional amount of growing space once thought needed for growing onions, but still wanted…
Onion Planting Options: Seeds, Sets, or Transplants
You can begin growing onions by several different methods by planting onion seeds, onion sets, or onion transplants. Growing onions from seeds Growing onions from seeds allow you to directly sow them into the garden approximately a month before the frost-free date for your area….
What Is the Size of an Onion Plant?
We receive many phone calls and emails with customers asking us about onion plant size. The optimal size of an onion plant at the time of transplanting is about that of a pencil, ≈1 cm or slightly less than ½ inch in diameter, which usually…
What to Know About Fall Onions
Planting For Fall Harvest? If you plant onions now, they’ll start bulbing (pushing away the surrounding soil) very soon, even though the onions have not fully developed. This is because bulbing is triggered not by plant size, but by daylength. Spring planting allows time for…
Watering Your Onion Patch
The right amount of moisture is key in your onion patch. When watering your onions, there is a fine line that must not be crossed when it comes to the amount of water your onions need. Onion plants require adequate water to produce high yields,…
The Importance of Nitrogen in Your Onion Crop
All about the soil Your soil is the storage vehicle for the nutrients for your onion crop. Replenishing the soil with these essential nutrients is critical to having success. With all the rain that has fallen across most of the country this spring, your soil…
Reaching Full Onion Bulb Potential
Most Dixondale Farms customers strive to grow the largest onions possible. Providing your plants with enough space to bulb is crucial starting from the day you plant your onions. We recommend planting your onions no more than 1/2 to 1 inch deep and 4 inches apart. These…