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Re: Onion Sets

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From: "Steve Johnson" <sjohnson@metronet.com>

> I'm hoping there's still time to try onions from onion sets this year 
> I'm in north Texas with plans to plant from sets in the next 10 days. 
> 
> My questions are:
> 
> 1. How long from the time these go in the ground till harvest?

For green onions 3-4 weeks,
for large onions check the seed packet
 
> 2. Based on the answer to 1, should I keep squares open so I can 
> stagger planting (and stagger the harvest)? 

Your choice, but I would suggest plant now, and just stagger
the harvest by eating the onions at multiple places along their
growth cycle.

I planted a few hundred sets 2 weeks ago and some are allready
tall enough (though a bit short) to go in salads.  I plan to just
keep thinning/eating them till I end up with 9 or so large onions
to the square foot.

Ron Souliere


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