Probably the finest explanation I've ever heard on the differences between the latitudes, types of onion and what could happed if you plant the wrong onion type in a give zone. Thank you! I've been confused about this for years.
I really enjoy listening to y’all no false news with you two just facts . I farm a large farm and wish y’all were my neighbors I could set and visit for hrs . Thanks for spreading of an awesome informational show.
I tried onions this year. Early Texas Grano, here in far-far southwest Virginia (right at the Cumberland Gap/VA-TN-KY line. I failed totally and miserably. My granddaddy's back home in Central Texas made it look so easy. I did not seed start them right. Y'alls video showed me where I went wrong, for sure. I did not start them correctly from seed so I have to rethink my set up to adjust for onions. Thanks for this video! I will definitely seed start mine, rather than direct seed.
I ordered from DixonDale a few days ago. They emailed me that my order for North Alabama would ship out in January!!! I emailed them back and told them I was a Hoss Tools customer and that I needed them in November. They moved the shipping date for me. Great company! What Organic choices of fertilizer do we have for onions?
Good to hear they adjusted the shipping date for you. For organic fertilizers, you can use our Complete Organic Fertilizer (hosstools.com/product/complete-organic-fertilizer/) initially to promote root development. Then switch to our Chilean Nitrate (hosstools.com/product/chilean-nitrate-fertilizer/) to maximize vegetative growth.
I am in SE Missouri but moved here from Tacoma Washington so I am very familiar with Walla Walla onions I am glad to know you carry the seeds because I ordered some last fall from Amazon and only 3 out of 100 seeds germinated. I know they grow here because last summer at a farmers market 25 miles south of me a man had them and said he has grown them for a few years.
I received my elephant garlic. There were only 7 bulbs inside. BUT they are THE biggest bulbs of elephant garlic i have ever planted. MAN i hope they produce as large again. can not wait to see how it goes.
My beautiful deep yellow Sunn Hemp flowers are a joy to look at. The deer ate all the ones in the front but I planted some in the back behind the fence. Deer love legumes. They have not touched my brussels! Vidella is a delicious onion. I love the flat shape! They are really tasty in my chili.
I do like me some cucumbers, but they give me migraines. Funny thing tho, I can eat pickles, sweet or dill and no migraine. I'm so happy you guys are expanding your seed line. I want you to be my go to for any vegetables I want to grow. What do you know about the Dutch crookneck squash or pumpkin? Some people say you can eat it young and it's like zucchini, but if you leave it until the vines die back, you have a butternut like pumpkin.
I’m in zone 6 southern Indiana. I buy plants from Dixon dale. Candy and walla wallas. I get mine shipped last week of feb. try to plant then. January to cold. February iffy. I planted 1 st and 2 nd weeks of March this year. I noticed the ground cracking middle of May. Most baseball size, some bigger. Walla wallas did best but candy was ok to. First frost end of October, last frost end of April. Cold frame is what I’m going to try next year for a early start. Good show guys
Now I understand why I'm having troubles growing a nice bulbing onion ... I'm planting the wrong onion!!! Thanks!!!!! Wished I was watching your site a LONG time ago...
I found at my seed store up here in southeast Arkansas, the shallot looking bunching onions. And all they know the name is called. Winter bunching onions. Grabbed a bunch to grow.
Walla wallas are my favorite and can grow bigger than a softball. They were/are abundant in Washington because that’s where they are from, Walla Walla Washington. I just moved to Arkansas last year and just started gardening this year… saw a packet of Walla Walla seeds at Lowes and tried growing only to find out I’m in the wrong area 😔 needless to say I grew golf ball sized onions 😭
I lived in Texas for 4 yrs and become very fond of what was called a Texas 1015 onion,these were HUGE sweet onions that rivals Vidalia onions in our kitchen,I'm wondering if these can still be found or maybe something comparable to them?? I now live in Florida and I feel that 1015's would do well here??
TY for sharing your detailed explanation. I bought “Candy” from you for next year.....picked those because I find those grown locally at the farmers market.
We grow short day here Travis in Oklahoma. I'm in south central but we can't plant till the last of January or first of February. It's to cold to plant in November they will freeze out in December or January even though you have us in pink color short day. I usually plant around the first week in February.
I live in the long day area and found that the Walla Walla onions don't have a very long shelf life. I like the variety called Candy, it is a sweet big onion that lasts.
Hey, guys... Nice video about onions! Thanks for mentioning one of my favorite channels (VW FAMILY FARM). My area is suited to growing long day onions. Last year, I tried "Walla Walla"... but didn't have much luck with it. This year, I tried "Ailsa Craig" and "North Holland Blood Red". Ailsa Craig was good but the North Holland Blood Red" blew me away! (NHBR has a terrific flavor, but it is also VERY pungent -- don't bring it into the house until you are ready to use it!) Best wishes from Kate in Olympia, WA - 10/14/2019.
Thank you guys for the information, and yes you are right in everything that you said about the middle states I like in Utah and I grow candy onion and walla walla they grow so good. I love your channel👍🏼
You guys are the best! I’ve always grown onions from sets and never had great success now I know why!!!! Please clarify if I’m understanding right……..,, I’m in central Alabama zone 8 (short day variety) *Sow seeds indoors in November *Transplant in ground 5-6 weeks later. Around Mid Dec-Jan *Will start bulbing around Feb *Harvest around mid April- May. Is this correct? So I missed my window to start my seed. It is Jan 2 Is there any options for me to be able to grow some onions to harvest this spring. Or do I just have to wait?
Great video as always I would rather watch y'alls videos then the one eyed monster (the TV). Thanks for all the good advice y'all give I tell every one about your channel and y'alls products. Y'all have a great week end!!!
When you say plant in November (I’m in East Texas) I assume you mean transplants. When do you plant the seeds in the trays? Great information as always.
A middle Tennessee I ve started candy onions in late Febuary early March in a cold frame then transplant to the field around the begining of May and harvest at the end of July.
Very informative video guys. Which day variety would you recommend that I grow in North Carolina and when should I plant? I prefer a spicy variety. Any suggestions? Thanks in advance. Ken the blind gardener
The spiciness or sweetness of an onion is primarily dependent on how much water you give them during the bulbing phase. Any of the short-day onions should work for you. Plant this fall and overwinter.
Quick question, just bought some red set's to speed up the whole seed starting. Should I plant them deeper? Should I use straw or mulch to lightly cover? Will onions be ok to follow greens in ground.
Plant sets with just the tip sticking above the soil line -- just like we plant shallots. You can mulch, but it's not necessary. And yes it will be fine to follow greens.
I live in north central Arkansas, zone 7. I ordered onion sets from Dixondale farms to plant in November. Their recommendation was to wait until early Feb. What are your thoughts?
I spray a lot of Roundup... and you will not find many people who dislike chemicals more than me, but I have owned and needed to maintain several miles of fence over my life, and doing it without Roundup would be a lost cause, here in the North Florida... many people have no idea how fast a fence line can become a huge problem if you don't stay on it and I mean regular... Roundup has it's place. But I do NOT spray Round-up on my garden plots.
I watched a video you made on planting Elephant Garlic. The question I have is: What do you do with all the Garlic Corms you get from the bulbs? I'm looking to buy several hundred Corms to grow Elephant Garlic Rounds. I made an order yesterday, 11-22-2020. All my info is in that order.
Roundup is a post emergent anyway. If you spray it around your home do you not have to spray again for 2 years? No the seeds that have not emerged yet will still grow. My understanding is it stops emerged plants from being able to feed on the sun through photosynthesis.
Two years is quite a while. New weeds could emerge before then. It is a contact herbicide, meaning it kills existing vegetation. Doesn't affect seeds that have not germinated.
Do you sale any HOSS apparel? Hats? Tshirts? Coveralls..etc? Love your hats guys! Appreciate the information on your weekly shows..watching all of them..just found your videos.
We do have hats and are working on getting t-shirts. You can find what we have currently here: hosstools.com/product-category/garden-tools-collection/gardening-gear/
I can't get no onions to grow .when you can't afford the lights and heating mat.is there another way.please let me know I'm trying. Thank you ahead of time. Love hoss tools videos. ..
If you are growing from seeds, the only other option would be a warm room such as a sun room. The ambient temp has to be around 85 degrees for them to germinate. Once germinated they must have a light source.
🤣🤣🤣 “You look good. Just keep holding it” that’s some funny stuff right there. And after watching this video, I realized I planted the wrong onion varieties. No wonder they never grew pass the grass stage.
I’m in Kansas which is intermediate and jan/feb is straight up our coldest winter months. Unless we planted from seed inside and put out in the ground in April I don’t see how we could “plant” in Jan/feb? Sorry I’m asking too many questions.....:(
I am in zone 9. Can you recommend a short day yellow onion for me to grow? I don't care for sweet onions. All of the onions on the Hoss website either have "sweet" in their name or talk about how sweet they are in the description even though they look yellow. The more they make you cry the better.
I learned a lot from this video especially interesting was about onion bulb stage being triggered by daylight length and why growing wrong onion type can lead to no bulb at all which accounts for some of my own past experience with onions. I can watch these videos over and over through the years. This time I'm watching in January 2022 and I wanted to say something about the information given regarding chemicals about 12 minutes into this video; I want to point out that using a brand name such as Roundup and saying safe to plant within 3 days is not correct because the Roundup brand has many different types of weed and plant killers with various levels of Glyphosate in each type, one for instance has as little as 2% Glyphosate while another has 43% Glyphosate as well as additional chemicals included. The maximum killer I believe is the Roundup product called 365 max control it is 18% Glyphosate, 1.6% Imazapic, 0.73% Diquat and that is the one that is supposed to basically keep anything from growing in the soil where sprayed for a year or even longer in some reports of use. It can even kill mature trees if the tree has water sprouts.
We were in mid-MS this weekend and it was crazy how much difference there was in the sunset time between there and south GA. Seemed like it got dark there around 4:30.
Thank you, I bought a pound of mustard, broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage, and two onion varieties, and the mustard germinated in 3 days and everything else germinated within a week. I will be back to buy more seeds this coming spring.
Technically, a Vidalia onion is an onion that is grown in Vidalia, GA -- which is a couple hours up the road from us. These are sweet onions that generally have a more flattened shape. You'll also see them called "granex" onions.
Round up is a contact weed killer not a weed preventor and a strong one too be careful on windy days even a trailing mist will kill whatever it touches a lot of people don't realize it glad you guys got that info out there. Great video's you guys are minty 👌
I have a question related to the myths you dispelled. The writer warned you against composting peanut shells that were GMO. There are no GMO peanuts... but even if there were, post composting it wouldn’t matter, would it? A GMO is created when a section of DNA from one organism is inserted into the DNA of another organism. So say I throw a GMO zucchini into my compost. It has all the normal components of a zucchini except that inside the nucleus of each cell is a strand of combo zucchini/watermelon DNA. It gets broken down over the course of becoming compost right? And even if the decomposition doesn’t happen all the way down to the DNA level, when you put it around the roots of the next crop, the plant is not going to absorb the DNA right. Just a nitrogen here and a phosphorus there and so on. That is how I have always assumed things worked because OMRI does not say that compost has to be made from organic sources to be used on organic farms. Do either of you know if what i have always assumed is at all accurate? More myth busting maybe?
You are correct. That is why many of the non-GMO fist-shakers can seem ridiculous if you think about it. If you eat an apple, you won't become an apple. And if you eat an ear of corn that's been injected with a mouse gene, you won't become a mouse. With that being said, there are some environmental implications of GMO use that can be concerning -- particularly the uninhibited use of non-selective herbicides.
Oh gotcha! I was confused when you quoted the label I suppose? I want to hit my sweetcorn plot 1/2 acre as things are growing up . I won't do it at leat 20 days before planting. I bought some spinosad I lost every ear last year to different color worms so gross . I let the deer it it all . I'm so excited about knowing what to do from your videos! Love the videos Thank you 😊
If there are no residual effects, or drift from glyphosate, would you care to explain how it ends up in neonatal cord blood when the substance is tested for; all over the US I might add. It kills by immediate contact chelation, locking out all key elemental exchanges, but the ability to plant “three days afterward” doesn’t mean that the chemical has evaporated with the morning dew. Given that fetal tissue is especially sensitive to this chemical, wouldn’t one want to be self-interdicting in its use? As a side note, it’s interesting to me that since Monsanto’s introduction of this product, the autism rate in the US has gone from one out of ten thousand to one out of forty.
Those are definitely some interesting studies. I could only read the abstracts and didn't see if the researchers mentioned any hypotheses on how the glyphosate got into the tissue. There's more glyphosate applied around here on commercial farms than most parts of the country and we haven't noticed an epidemic of early pregnancies. I don't think we stated that there are "no residual effects." We were just simply stating that one could plant much sooner than 2 years as the commenter had suggested. Regardless, we can all agree that the best solution is to grow your own food.
Kris Oluich Can you cite the studies that show residual activity in the soil after three days and the correlation with autism, so I can read them? Thank you.
Have you ever heard of storing onions and potatoes in a metal trash can buried in the ground sticking up a few inches and putting hey in between layers
@@gardeningwithhoss But how do you know for sure , that the makers of Round Up are telling the truth. About it breaking down in the soil in 3 days? www.occupy.com/article/why-monsanto-losing-lawsuits-over-roundup Seems the planiffs in these lawsuits, have evidence, that has convinced many juries to rule against Monsanto.
@@charlescoker7752 this is not information we've obtained from Monsanto. It's info that has been obtained from folks who use it regularly and plant 3 days later with no problems.
Probably the finest explanation I've ever heard on the differences between the latitudes, types of onion and what could happed if you plant the wrong onion type in a give zone. Thank you! I've been confused about this for years.
I really enjoy listening to y’all no false news with you two just facts . I farm a large farm and wish y’all were my neighbors I could set and visit for hrs . Thanks for spreading of an awesome informational show.
Thanks! We would enjoy being your neighbor as well.
I tried onions this year. Early Texas Grano, here in far-far southwest Virginia (right at the Cumberland Gap/VA-TN-KY line. I failed totally and miserably. My granddaddy's back home in Central Texas made it look so easy. I did not seed start them right. Y'alls video showed me where I went wrong, for sure. I did not start them correctly from seed so I have to rethink my set up to adjust for onions. Thanks for this video! I will definitely seed start mine, rather than direct seed.
Better luck next time!
I ordered from DixonDale a few days ago. They emailed me that my order for North Alabama would ship out in January!!! I emailed them back and told them I was a Hoss Tools customer and that I needed them in November. They moved the shipping date for me. Great company! What Organic choices of fertilizer do we have for onions?
Good to hear they adjusted the shipping date for you. For organic fertilizers, you can use our Complete Organic Fertilizer (hosstools.com/product/complete-organic-fertilizer/) initially to promote root development. Then switch to our Chilean Nitrate (hosstools.com/product/chilean-nitrate-fertilizer/) to maximize vegetative growth.
That's why I like you guys, no BS, tell it like it is. Thanks.
No bull here.
We have got to get our seeds planted this heat has held us back so much. Your tray looked really good.
This is the first year in a while we've grown onion transplants. They've done really well in our trays.
Thank you about the roundup and all those facts I really appreciate it helps me to know
You're welcome. Can't believe everything you read on the internet. Haha.
Your right Greg, I still have onions from last spring crop. The self life has really impressed me.
Wow. That's a long storage time!
I am in SE Missouri but moved here from Tacoma Washington so I am very familiar with Walla Walla onions I am glad to know you carry the seeds because I ordered some last fall from Amazon and only 3 out of 100 seeds germinated. I know they grow here because last summer at a farmers market 25 miles south of me a man had them and said he has grown them for a few years.
You should get much better germination with our onion seeds.
@@gardeningwithhoss Yes I will order them from you in the future.
Huh. Not sure which kinds I planted. I like watching you guys because you give more information than others.
Thanks Debra. Glad you enjoy the show!
I received my elephant garlic. There were only 7 bulbs inside. BUT they are THE biggest bulbs of elephant garlic i have ever planted. MAN i hope they produce as large again. can not wait to see how it goes.
Glad you received them. They are indeed huge!
My beautiful deep yellow Sunn Hemp flowers are a joy to look at. The deer ate all the ones in the front but I planted some in the back behind the fence. Deer love legumes. They have not touched my brussels! Vidella is a delicious onion. I love the flat shape! They are really tasty in my chili.
Can't wait for some cool weather nights and homemade chili!
I do like me some cucumbers, but they give me migraines. Funny thing tho, I can eat pickles, sweet or dill and no migraine.
I'm so happy you guys are expanding your seed line. I want you to be my go to for any vegetables I want to grow.
What do you know about the Dutch crookneck squash or pumpkin? Some people say you can eat it young and it's like zucchini, but if you leave it until the vines die back, you have a butternut like pumpkin.
Not familiar with the Dutch crookneck squash. Will have check it out.
I’m in zone 6 southern Indiana. I buy plants from Dixon dale. Candy and walla wallas. I get mine shipped last week of feb. try to plant then. January to cold. February iffy. I planted 1 st and 2 nd weeks of March this year. I noticed the ground cracking middle of May. Most baseball size, some bigger. Walla wallas did best but candy was ok to. First frost end of October, last frost end of April. Cold frame is what I’m going to try next year for a early start. Good show guys
Thanks for letting us know about your planting schedule up north. Hope you have a great onion crop this upcoming year!
You guys are great and you are knowledgeable and passionate about gardening. Thank you
Our pleasure!
Now I understand why I'm having troubles growing a nice bulbing onion ... I'm planting the wrong onion!!! Thanks!!!!! Wished I was watching your site a LONG time ago...
Glad we could help point you in the right direction!
Thank you, I've watched many videos about growing onions and this was the most informative!
I found at my seed store up here in southeast Arkansas, the shallot looking bunching onions. And all they know the name is called. Winter bunching onions. Grabbed a bunch to grow.
Glad you found some. Should be fun to grow!
Walla wallas are my favorite and can grow bigger than a softball. They were/are abundant in Washington because that’s where they are from, Walla Walla Washington. I just moved to Arkansas last year and just started gardening this year… saw a packet of Walla Walla seeds at Lowes and tried growing only to find out I’m in the wrong area 😔 needless to say I grew golf ball sized onions 😭
I lived in Texas for 4 yrs and become very fond of what was called a Texas 1015 onion,these were HUGE sweet onions that rivals Vidalia onions in our kitchen,I'm wondering if these can still be found or maybe something comparable to them?? I now live in Florida and I feel that 1015's would do well here??
Dixondale sells 1015 plants. You can find them in the short-day category on their website.
I've grown candy onions in south Louisiana with great results in 9a
Good to hear. We might have to try some!
TY for sharing your detailed explanation. I bought “Candy” from you for next year.....picked those because I find those grown locally at the farmers market.
Candy is a very popular variety!
Great information..as usual...thank you so much. I'm so glad Stivers turned me on to you.
Glad you found us!
Thanks guys, lots of good info not available elsewhere
Thanks Buddy!
We grow short day here Travis in Oklahoma. I'm in south central but we can't plant till the last of January or first of February. It's to cold to plant in November they will freeze out in December or January even though you have us in pink color short day. I usually plant around the first week in February.
Good to know. You're up there on the upper end of the short-day range.
I live in the long day area and found that the Walla Walla onions don't have a very long shelf life. I like the variety called Candy, it is a sweet big onion that lasts.
Good to know!
Hey, guys... Nice video about onions! Thanks for mentioning one of my favorite channels (VW FAMILY FARM). My area is suited to growing long day onions. Last year, I tried "Walla Walla"... but didn't have much luck with it. This year, I tried "Ailsa Craig" and "North Holland Blood Red". Ailsa Craig was good but the North Holland Blood Red" blew me away! (NHBR has a terrific flavor, but it is also VERY pungent -- don't bring it into the house until you are ready to use it!) Best wishes from Kate in Olympia, WA - 10/14/2019.
Thanks for the information on the long-day onions! We like pungent onions -- an onion should taste like an onion!
Good show guys, always enjoy it! Fine looking cucumbers too! :)
Thanks Tom. They've been a tasty treat during the never-ending summer.
What’s up!!!!!! Glad I made it!!!
Welcome!
Great show, guys!! Lots of good information there!
Thanks Carol!
Thank you guys for the information, and yes you are right in everything that you said about the middle states I like in Utah and I grow candy onion and walla walla they grow so good. I love your channel👍🏼
Thanks Consuelo! Hope you have a great onion crop this year!
I just love your show.
We love that you love it!
You guys are the best!
I’ve always grown onions from sets and never had great success now I know why!!!!
Please clarify if I’m understanding right……..,,
I’m in central Alabama zone 8 (short day variety)
*Sow seeds indoors in November
*Transplant in ground 5-6 weeks later. Around Mid Dec-Jan
*Will start bulbing around Feb
*Harvest around mid April- May.
Is this correct?
So I missed my window to start my seed. It is Jan 2 Is there any options for me to be able to grow some onions to harvest this spring. Or do I just have to wait?
Check out Hoss University Onion Growing Guide. I think it will answer all these questions and more
hosstools.com/onion-growing-guide/
Good info! I miss Travis being on the show
Is there any red onion variety for zone 8a that you recommend? Thank you for the video. It’s very informative.
Red Creole and Red Maiden
hosstools.com/product-category/premium-garden-seeds/onions/
Thank you for replying. I have seen a lot of your videos and I love them. Planning to buy seeds soon. 👍😊
Row by Row is the best on RUclips!!
Thanks Bruce! Glad you enjoy it!
Great video as always I would rather watch y'alls videos then the one eyed monster (the TV). Thanks for all the good advice y'all give I tell every one about your channel and y'alls products. Y'all have a great week end!!!
Thanks for not keeping us a secret!
Ughhh it’s almost March and the garden centers are just now selling ready-to-plant onions. Apparently 4 months too late for Texas...
Wow! They're a bit late.
When you say plant in November (I’m in East Texas) I assume you mean transplants. When do you plant the seeds in the trays? Great information as always.
Right now. From our experience, they usually take about 5-6 weeks to grow out in the trays.
John Maloch that was my quest, too.
There’s a onion that’s called 1015 because seed is started October 15!
A middle Tennessee I ve started candy onions in late Febuary early March in a cold frame then transplant to the field around the begining of May and harvest at the end of July.
Wow. Would have thought May would be too late to plant for you, but glad you made it work!
Useful stuff as always, thanks boys!!!
You're welcome!
Very informative video guys. Which day variety would you recommend that I grow in North Carolina and when should I plant? I prefer a spicy variety. Any suggestions? Thanks in advance. Ken the blind gardener
The spiciness or sweetness of an onion is primarily dependent on how much water you give them during the bulbing phase. Any of the short-day onions should work for you. Plant this fall and overwinter.
I've seen candy onions grown as far South as Louisiana and grown quite well. On Donalds the Bayou garden RUclips channel
Hmm. Might have to try some then!
Hello from Arkansas. I follow VW family Farm also. Have a super day.
Hello from Georgia! Thanks for watching!
Is there anything that you know of that can be added to the soil to aid in the breakdown of the persistent herbicides you mentioned ?
Not sure of a specific product, but cover cropping would help.
Great video about onions! Thanks
Thanks for watching!
There is this onion verity called Mercedes does very well but it's very expensive here in Jamaica and I don't have much money
Quick question, just bought some red set's to speed up the whole seed starting. Should I plant them deeper? Should I use straw or mulch to lightly cover? Will onions be ok to follow greens in ground.
Plant sets with just the tip sticking above the soil line -- just like we plant shallots. You can mulch, but it's not necessary. And yes it will be fine to follow greens.
I live in north central Arkansas, zone 7. I ordered onion sets from Dixondale farms to plant in November. Their recommendation was to wait until early Feb. What are your thoughts?
Try planting them in the fall. They should be just fine. If it doesn't work out, you can always get more plants and plant them in February.
I spray a lot of Roundup... and you will not find many people who dislike chemicals more than me, but I have owned and needed to maintain several miles of fence over my life, and doing it without Roundup would be a lost cause, here in the North Florida... many people have no idea how fast a fence line can become a huge problem if you don't stay on it and I mean regular... Roundup has it's place. But I do NOT spray Round-up on my garden plots.
It can certainly come in handy on fence rows.
Great video as always. Any updates on your sweet potatoes?
They need digging soon. We've just been waiting on cooler temps so it's more enjoyable to dig them.
I watched a video you made on planting Elephant Garlic. The question I have is: What do you do with all the Garlic Corms you get from the bulbs? I'm looking to buy several hundred Corms to grow Elephant Garlic Rounds. I made an order yesterday, 11-22-2020. All my info is in that order.
We don't do anything with them. We always plant cloves, not corm.
@@gardeningwithhoss Would you be interested in selling a few hundred corms?
You can find our Elephant Garlic for sale right here: hosstools.com/product/elephant-garlic/
Roundup is a post emergent anyway. If you spray it around your home do you not have to spray again for 2 years? No the seeds that have not emerged yet will still grow. My understanding is it stops emerged plants from being able to feed on the sun through photosynthesis.
Two years is quite a while. New weeds could emerge before then. It is a contact herbicide, meaning it kills existing vegetation. Doesn't affect seeds that have not germinated.
This was very helpful and 'organized' I took notes, lol! Can you do this format with POTATOES? Or have you already done them?
Seems like we have. Check back on future shows and you'll probably find it.
Do you sale any HOSS apparel? Hats? Tshirts? Coveralls..etc? Love your hats guys! Appreciate the information on your weekly shows..watching all of them..just found your videos.
We do have hats and are working on getting t-shirts. You can find what we have currently here: hosstools.com/product-category/garden-tools-collection/gardening-gear/
I can't get no onions to grow .when you can't afford the lights and heating mat.is there another way.please let me know I'm trying. Thank you ahead of time. Love hoss tools videos.
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If you are growing from seeds, the only other option would be a warm room such as a sun room. The ambient temp has to be around 85 degrees for them to germinate. Once germinated they must have a light source.
When you talked about the planting month for onions was the month mentioned for seeds or transplants?
Onions usually take about 5-6 weeks from seed to transplant, so back up the in-ground planting date by 5-6 weeks.
🤣🤣🤣 “You look good. Just keep holding it” that’s some funny stuff right there. And after watching this video, I realized I planted the wrong onion varieties. No wonder they never grew pass the grass stage.
Home safe from vacation (yes the duct tape held) and tuning into my favorite Thursday show. :)
Glad that you joined us tonight!
Do I need to put the onions I thin out in the sun a few days before I eat them or just the ones I’m a leave in the garden to get big?
Just the ones you leave in the garden to get big. Just trim the tops on the green onions and little and put them in the fridge.
20:15 When you say "plant" I assume you're referring to transplants? If so, should seeds be started earlier indoors? Thanks!
We start our onion seed indoors and plant outside in November.
I am in central Florida zone 9b when should I plant onions and turnip greens?
Right now.
When starting onion seeds indoors, under artificial lighting, how many hours of light should be applied. Or does it matter at the seedling stage?
Try to simulate normal daylight hours and you should be fine.
After planting the onions how many weeks do you apply the 20 20 20. Before adding the nitrogen
Once they onions take root a bit, usually a few weeks.
Greg's Top 10 - is that already a video you've made or is it coming? 😊
Have not made a top 10 yet.
@@gardeningwithhoss Please do. It's always nice to be successful when growing crops.
I’m in Kansas which is intermediate and jan/feb is straight up our coldest winter months. Unless we planted from seed inside and put out in the ground in April I don’t see how we could “plant” in Jan/feb? Sorry I’m asking too many questions.....:(
You'd probably want to plant at the tail end of winter, when temps might still reach a light freeze, but nothing extreme.
I am in zone 9. Can you recommend a short day yellow onion for me to grow? I don't care for sweet onions. All of the onions on the Hoss website either have "sweet" in their name or talk about how sweet they are in the description even though they look yellow. The more they make you cry the better.
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I learned a lot from this video especially interesting was about onion bulb stage being triggered by daylight length and why growing wrong onion type can lead to no bulb at all which accounts for some of my own past experience with onions. I can watch these videos over and over through the years. This time I'm watching in January 2022 and I wanted to say something about the information given regarding chemicals about 12 minutes into this video; I want to point out that using a brand name such as Roundup and saying safe to plant within 3 days is not correct because the Roundup brand has many different types of weed and plant killers with various levels of Glyphosate in each type, one for instance has as little as 2% Glyphosate while another has 43% Glyphosate as well as additional chemicals included. The maximum killer I believe is the Roundup product called 365 max control it is 18% Glyphosate, 1.6% Imazapic, 0.73% Diquat and that is the one that is supposed to basically keep anything from growing in the soil where sprayed for a year or even longer in some reports of use. It can even kill mature trees if the tree has water sprouts.
Thanks for watching.
@@gardeningwithhoss You're welcome.
Hey I forgot to ask, are ya'll going to sell onion plants this year?
We don't have any intentions on selling onion plants -- just the seeds.
You got the short daylight in winter right...I'm sick of it! PNW.
We were in mid-MS this weekend and it was crazy how much difference there was in the sunset time between there and south GA. Seemed like it got dark there around 4:30.
I was wondering what the benefits the blue coating has on the seeds?
Some of our seeds are treated with thiram, which is a mild, sulfur-based fungicide that helps to prevent damping off and neck rot in onions.
Thank you, I bought a pound of mustard, broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage, and two onion varieties, and the mustard germinated in 3 days and everything else germinated within a week. I will be back to buy more seeds this coming spring.
Great video guys. Your store was there only one that had the varieties I needed, so I especially appreciate everything!
Our pleasure!
Does the onion have to go through cold weather for you to get big bulbs?
Not necessarily. It's just the mild winters down here allow us to grow more vegetation during that vegetative phase.
@@gardeningwithhoss so what if i don't have any winter condition would i have a problem
Arent peanuts planted alternately with cotton? Isnt cotton one of the most heavily sprayed crops?
Most of the farmers around here do two years of cotton then one year of peanuts. That's the rotation. Yes, cotton is sprayed with glyphosate.
What’s a vidalia onion, when I garden I only grew onions one time and they did ok, just don’t know much about onion
Technically, a Vidalia onion is an onion that is grown in Vidalia, GA -- which is a couple hours up the road from us. These are sweet onions that generally have a more flattened shape. You'll also see them called "granex" onions.
I heard that round up breaks down in 3 or 4 days and breaks down to nitrogen and sugar is this fact?
Don't know about the nitrogen and sugar part, but it does break down pretty fast.
Round up is a contact weed killer not a weed preventor and a strong one too be careful on windy days even a trailing mist will kill whatever it touches a lot of people don't realize it glad you guys got that info out there. Great video's you guys are minty 👌
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How about red onions? Are they long, intermediate, or short day? 😊
There are red varieties for each of the three planting regions.
When do you start onion seed for short day types?
Now.
Is it too late to plant seeds here in SC?
Nah. You should be fine.
I planted my onions and they’ve sprouted and they’re about an inch tall. When should I hit them with 20-20-20 and how often?
I'm in zone 6a. I just started onion seeds about 2 weeks ago.. did I start too late?
Sounds about right for up there.
Greg ya need some cavenders seasoning!
That would kick it up a notch!
Another great video. Like button not working for some reason
Dang. Thanks for commenting though!
the yellow radish are very good. not quite as spicy
Good to know! We're excited about growing them!
I have a question related to the myths you dispelled. The writer warned you against composting peanut shells that were GMO. There are no GMO peanuts... but even if there were, post composting it wouldn’t matter, would it? A GMO is created when a section of DNA from one organism is inserted into the DNA of another organism. So say I throw a GMO zucchini into my compost. It has all the normal components of a zucchini except that inside the nucleus of each cell is a strand of combo zucchini/watermelon DNA. It gets broken down over the course of becoming compost right? And even if the decomposition doesn’t happen all the way down to the DNA level, when you put it around the roots of the next crop, the plant is not going to absorb the DNA right. Just a nitrogen here and a phosphorus there and so on. That is how I have always assumed things worked because OMRI does not say that compost has to be made from organic sources to be used on organic farms. Do either of you know if what i have always assumed is at all accurate? More myth busting maybe?
You are correct. That is why many of the non-GMO fist-shakers can seem ridiculous if you think about it. If you eat an apple, you won't become an apple. And if you eat an ear of corn that's been injected with a mouse gene, you won't become a mouse. With that being said, there are some environmental implications of GMO use that can be concerning -- particularly the uninhibited use of non-selective herbicides.
When do I plant onion for intermediate? Nov? Or Jan?
Prob Jan/Feb.
So I'm confused? Can we use Roundup in our garden safely or not ???
You can if you want. Just be sure to not get it on the leaves of any of your vegetable plants.
Oh gotcha! I was confused when you quoted the label I suppose? I want to hit my sweetcorn plot 1/2 acre as things are growing up . I won't do it at leat 20 days before planting. I bought some spinosad I lost every ear last year to different color worms so gross . I let the deer it it all . I'm so excited about knowing what to do from your videos! Love the videos Thank you 😊
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Can purchase onion seeds that can cover half acre
We can't ship outside of US
Trav does basically roundup ready anything = gmo understand it’s genetically modified but ... just axing
Needed to add some more punctuation in there but I’m half tired
Yes. Roundup ready means GMO.
So really the only crops would be soybeans and corn ... I remember when soybeans were round up ready... crazy.... thought how cool it was
It's true things will grow just fine. But doesn't mean it's safe to handle or to eat
Yes, very true.
If there are no residual effects, or drift from glyphosate, would you care to explain how it ends up in neonatal cord blood when the substance is tested for; all over the US I might add.
It kills by immediate contact chelation, locking out all key elemental exchanges, but the ability to plant “three days afterward” doesn’t mean that the chemical has evaporated with the morning dew.
Given that fetal tissue is especially sensitive to this chemical, wouldn’t one want to be self-interdicting in its use?
As a side note, it’s interesting to me that since Monsanto’s introduction of this product, the autism rate in the US has gone from one out of ten thousand to one out of forty.
Those are definitely some interesting studies. I could only read the abstracts and didn't see if the researchers mentioned any hypotheses on how the glyphosate got into the tissue.
There's more glyphosate applied around here on commercial farms than most parts of the country and we haven't noticed an epidemic of early pregnancies. I don't think we stated that there are "no residual effects." We were just simply stating that one could plant much sooner than 2 years as the commenter had suggested.
Regardless, we can all agree that the best solution is to grow your own food.
Kris Oluich Can you cite the studies that show residual activity in the soil after three days and the correlation with autism, so I can read them? Thank you.
Can you buy one kg of the onion seeds
We can't ship seed outside of US. We do sell onions in that quanity.
Have you ever heard of storing onions and potatoes in a metal trash can buried in the ground sticking up a few inches and putting hey in between layers
Never heard of that. Would think that would harbor too much moisture and they would start to sprout.
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The skin contains the vitamins, the flesh is mostly water.
The more water you give them, the sweeter the onion.
I was talking about cucumbers but thank you travis I didn’t know that. This will be my first year growing onions from seeds. Memphis, TN
How do you keep the rodents and such out of your garden when you overwinter?
Cats, dogs and lead.
@@gardeningwithhoss Great answer! LoL
"My dirts too hot" its soil trav soil lol
Haha. When it gets as hot as it has been, it's dirt.
you guys are hilarious
Thanks!
slices get thinner every time lol
You know for a fact Round Up will be gone from the soil in 3 days? How do you know?
Many of the landscapers use it to kill an area around a house before planting shrubbery.
@@gardeningwithhoss But how do you know for sure , that the makers of Round Up are telling the truth. About it breaking down in the soil in 3 days? www.occupy.com/article/why-monsanto-losing-lawsuits-over-roundup Seems the planiffs in these lawsuits, have evidence, that has convinced many juries to rule against Monsanto.
@@charlescoker7752 this is not information we've obtained from Monsanto. It's info that has been obtained from folks who use it regularly and plant 3 days later with no problems.
@@gardeningwithhoss Test done on up take of metals in Roundup treated soil. ensser.org/wp-content/uploads/fileadmin/files/Caen-Baraud&Leleyter.pdf
@@gardeningwithhoss www.gardenguides.com/130007-soil-toxicity-roundup.html