Have you ever heard of potato onions? 0:00 Intro 0:41 These Onion Seeds Germinated Fast! 2:49 Where Did We Get These Giant Onion Seeds? 4:30 Planting Giant Onions in Seed Trays 5:24 Our Recent Fascination with Perennial Onions 7:02 What Are Potato Onions? 8:39 Planting Potato Onions in a Raised Bed
Checking in from South Carolina. Purchased, planted and attempted to grow potato onions. (Green Mountain variety) Planted in November, harvested in late spring 2023. Mostly small quarter sized shallot type bulbs. I'm now getting ready to replant , hopefully they do better this year. Love all your videos
I am in West Texas. I've tried potato onions three years in a row and never gotten a bulb bigger than an inch in diameter. The sellers never told me it was a long day variety. Now I know. Thank you.
Travis I bought “nesting onions” years ago at my local feed and seed. I plant in Sept/Oct. they are wonderful as green opinions but the bulb is very strong and hard to peel. I looked up some info and I believe they are a “welsh onion”. I harvest in January for preserving. I clean, chop and freeze dry. They are the very best flavoring onions and I use them in my southern peas (any type that I grow) and my greens (any type that I grow. I love them. I call them survival onions because they are so hardy. BTW, I leave the ones I want to keep as bulbs for replanting until about March…plants begin to look pitiful and I pull them. Then store the bulbs in my barn until planting time.
My onion seed germinated in three days too. I was surprised. The Louisiana shallots I bought from you are doing great. Waiting on my Egyptian walking onions to come through.
I bought some of your Louisiana evergreen shallots and they are great. Man, they busted out quickly and thickly. They are tasty too. I am in zone 8b as you are but My summer temps are as high as 112 degrees F. So I have heavy heat stress on everything. I am looking forward to seeing how these onions do. So far I am very happy. Looking forward to the results of this vid. Thanks Travis.
Ditto on the evergreen shallots here in zone 8a. Dug one cluster and separated individually then replanted to see if they continue to grow and multiply this late in the growing season. Mine were planted a couple of weeks later so not quite the size Travis has in his video so why I just wanted to experiment with one cluster.
I grew potato onions here in NC. They put on great growth in the fall but by Spring, I saw a lot of rot. I did harvest about the same amount I started with at planting but figured they weren’t worth giving the space.
Yes! I ordered some on Etsy buttery may be shallots. I can’t tell.. I’m super excited to see your video! My grandma gave me some Egyptian onions in March that she and my grandfather planted 40 years ago. They are growing beautifully now. So…. After that I took the google trip and found the potato onions. I’m in Oklahoma and wondered if I would be able to grow them. I haven’t planted them yet but plan to do so soon. Again, I’m super excited to see this video!
If you want to make sure your intermediate day onions do well I could send you a Tennessee Titans bucket to water and feed them out of. You may have to hide the bucket from the rest of the garden to keep it thriving.
If I want softball size onions I plant them in November and fertilizer heavy but if I want baseball size I plant in February and still get plenty I'm in zone 8B another good show
Always enjoy your videos Travis. I grew potato onions years ago here in Spartanburg SC. I enjoyed growing them but my wife refused to use them, she said they were too hot. So sad. As a perennial onion I now grow bunching onions which we like in winter soups.
Yes! I’ve heard and have wanted to grow potato onions. Have you heard of i’itoi onions. I had some i’itoi onions in South Korea/zone 7a. Wish I had saved some. They were super prolific and came back every year.
I grow Alissa Craig onions (seeds from Bakercreek seeds). These do well here in Tennessee. I haven't mastered making huge onions out of any the onion seeds Ive tried, but these make the biggest so far...
Thank you again for walking us through growing onions. I want to know how well Georgia Boy and DP Sweet onions grow a little south of you. I will be purchasing from your store again!
Thanks for sharing, Trav. I can always use more information on growing onions...and potatoes, for that matter. Since I live in an area that straddles short-day and intermediate, it's been confounding to figure out the best variety. I started Ailsa Craig seeds a couple weeks ago, so fingers crossed. After moving from Southern Arizona two years ago, to the high desert of northernmost New Mexico, I'm still trying to find the best variety of onion to grow here. So far I've had the most success with the Egyptian Walking onions and bunching onions, along with shallots. I use a lot of onions in my cooking, so I'm determined to find a winner for my tiny garden. Can't wait to see how your choices turn out.
I've heard of potato onions. In the deep south, you might want to grow them on the north side of a structure or maybe under/behind plants the provide dappled shade. If you already have the seeds or sets, it can't hurt to give it a try. P.s. (edit) Who cares if the bulbs don't get big? A perennial source of onions, no matter the size, is a win/win. Chives are a tiny perennial & yet millions of people grow them because they are plant once & harvest year after year after year...
That’s hilarious I was just trying to find videos ab growing onions and y’all just posted one. I have a bunch of onion seedlings that germinated recently and I realized oh shit, idk how or when I’m even supposed to be putting them in ground lol. I’m in zone 9, we very very rarely get any frosts
@@LazyDogFarm I watched your onion videos and saw that! Once I learned when they need to go in ground I went and sowed a bunch more yesterday. I hope it’s not too late and the seedlings will be big enough for transplant come November
I too am interested in how those Alissa Craig onions will fare in the heat down there. I tried them years ago and they didn't get very big and I remember a lot of rot in the onions at harvest. I didn't spray back then like I do now. I believe it was bacterial rot in the neck that copper sprays might have prevented.
I have had no problems with growing intermediate day onions here in zone 9A. In fact, it bothers me that so many people believe growing a "wrong" day length onion is a complete and absolute nonstarter. It isn't day length as much as it is total photoreception that matters. I achieve the additional photoreception I need by reflecting afternoon sunlight onto the east side of the plants using a white surface so that from noon until sunset the plants receive more light over all their foliage. Granted, that isn't practical for large-scale operations, but backyard gardeners should have little difficulty. As for my timeline, I harvest no later than the middle of May. I had a 2.2 lbs. intermediate day Candy onion bulb this year, much larger than my retired ag friend in Indiana grew.
I’m in Texas and I plant all those onions every year and probably the onions your going to get (green mountain onion), I also got I’itoi onions. I’m kinda tired of growing all them.
I got some Green Mountain Potato Onions in the mail a couple days ago. They look different than the potato onions we planted in this video. I got some of those I'itoi onions on the way too.
@@LazyDogFarm the I’itoi onions are very very spicy and they multiply like crazy. When you think you have them all pulled they show up again next year. I don’t eat them Because I don’t like their taste. My green mountain onions are getting more acclimated to the Texas weather every year. I don’t pull them until they have completely died and dried and they take a long time. I don’t use the top green part of the onion because the green can be a little tough, similar to a regular onion. They make decent size bulbs and the taste is a little milder, they can have some storage issues due to rot. plant small bulbs to get harvest of big bulbs, plant big bulbs to make lots of little bulbs. I use my Louisiana multiplying onions for green Onions. Pull a clump and always plant one back. I chopped them up and put them in gal. freezer bags for cooking all year.
I grew giant onions from that very same grower you mention, a few years ago. Unfortunately, for me in Idaho they didn’t get much bigger than the Walla Walla variety right next to them. I didn’t know that they are intermediate day. I thought my fail was because I was too far south.
Travis. Have you ever heard about or grew "torpedo" onions ? I seen them mentioned in one the intensive gardening books I have but never have seen one. I will have to find which book that was. Chuck in Jensen Beach.
I like it. I've not heard of potatoes onions. But hoss has some multiplying onions he called Thomas multiplying onions or something like that and I've been building up my stick for 2 years. Almost lost em when I moved but I had about 3 bulbs that didn't rot that I planted and 2 of em seem to be multiplying. I also just bought the purple walking onions u have . What r u doing with urs? Like eating wise?
When starting my onions seeds inside. How many hours a day should I give my onions light? I'm in Ohio so I grow long day. Watched a few of your onion videos and you mentioned they will start bulbing at day length which is 12-16. But also I thought I should give my seedlings 12-16 hours under grow lights. My onions last year started to bulb before I got them in the ground and didn't get big onions and think it was due to the long hours under the grow lights? Can I get away with lessening hours on grow lights? Suggestions?
Hey travis, maybe you can elaborate on drip tape real quick. I know you have existing videos on drip tape, but what about the GPH per emitter. I’ve been using drip tape for a few years now, but I just found out that my tape only produces .46 GPH per every 100ft, only producing about about a 1/4 GPH per emitter. Now I know why my heaving feeder plants have alway looked stressed out during the summer time. Or just maybe I have the wrong drip tape. Thank you and great video
That's a normal flow rate for drip tape. Sounds like you might just need to run it longer. When my onions get going good, I'll often run mine overnight to keep them happy.
Have you ever heard of potato onions?
0:00 Intro
0:41 These Onion Seeds Germinated Fast!
2:49 Where Did We Get These Giant Onion Seeds?
4:30 Planting Giant Onions in Seed Trays
5:24 Our Recent Fascination with Perennial Onions
7:02 What Are Potato Onions?
8:39 Planting Potato Onions in a Raised Bed
Checking in from South Carolina. Purchased, planted and attempted to grow potato onions. (Green Mountain variety) Planted in November, harvested in late spring 2023. Mostly small quarter sized shallot type bulbs. I'm now getting ready to replant , hopefully they do better this year. Love all your videos
I am in West Texas. I've tried potato onions three years in a row and never gotten a bulb bigger than an inch in diameter. The sellers never told me it was a long day variety. Now I know. Thank you.
Travis I bought “nesting onions” years ago at my local feed and seed. I plant in Sept/Oct. they are wonderful as green opinions but the bulb is very strong and hard to peel. I looked up some info and I believe they are a “welsh onion”. I harvest in January for preserving. I clean, chop and freeze dry. They are the very best flavoring onions and I use them in my southern peas (any type that I grow) and my greens (any type that I grow. I love them. I call them survival onions because they are so hardy. BTW, I leave the ones I want to keep as bulbs for replanting until about March…plants begin to look pitiful and I pull them. Then store the bulbs in my barn until planting time.
Actually just got some Welsh onions in the mail a few days ago. We shall see how they do here.
My onion seed germinated in three days too. I was surprised. The Louisiana shallots I bought from you are doing great. Waiting on my Egyptian walking onions to come through.
Lil lizard at 4:56 was saying "howdy"
I’ve never heard of nor have I grown tater onions, lol I’m looking forward to seeing how yours grow!
I bought some of your Louisiana evergreen shallots and they are great. Man, they busted out quickly and thickly. They are tasty too. I am in zone 8b as you are but My summer temps are as high as 112 degrees F. So I have heavy heat stress on everything. I am looking forward to seeing how these onions do. So far I am very happy. Looking forward to the results of this vid. Thanks Travis.
Ditto on the evergreen shallots here in zone 8a. Dug one cluster and separated individually then replanted to see if they continue to grow and multiply this late in the growing season. Mine were planted a couple of weeks later so not quite the size Travis has in his video so why I just wanted to experiment with one cluster.
I grew potato onions here in NC. They put on great growth in the fall but by Spring, I saw a lot of rot. I did harvest about the same amount I started with at planting but figured they weren’t worth giving the space.
Yes! I ordered some on Etsy buttery may be shallots. I can’t tell.. I’m super excited to see your video! My grandma gave me some Egyptian onions in March that she and my grandfather planted 40 years ago. They are growing beautifully now. So…. After that I took the google trip and found the potato onions. I’m in Oklahoma and wondered if I would be able to grow them. I haven’t planted them yet but plan to do so soon. Again, I’m super excited to see this video!
If you want to make sure your intermediate day onions do well I could send you a Tennessee Titans bucket to water and feed them out of. You may have to hide the bucket from the rest of the garden to keep it thriving.
LOL
Haha!
Too funny 😁 send it!
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Lol
I’ve gotta grow in Gyptian walking onions last year, and then harvest some and planted some more more to plant
I’ve never heard of them but the shallots I got from you are kicking butt!!!
If I want softball size onions I plant them in November and fertilizer heavy but if I want baseball size I plant in February and still get plenty I'm in zone 8B another good show
I have grown Ailsa Craig's from the UK my largest so far was a little over 5 lbs grown outside hope you get that 18 pounder 👍
Always enjoy your videos Travis. I grew potato onions years ago here in Spartanburg SC. I enjoyed growing them but my wife refused to use them, she said they were too hot. So sad. As a perennial onion I now grow bunching onions which we like in winter soups.
I remember my Grandma mentioning potato onions but I don't remember eating any. That was in south central Indiana
Yes! I’ve heard and have wanted to grow potato onions. Have you heard of i’itoi onions. I had some i’itoi onions in South Korea/zone 7a. Wish I had saved some. They were super prolific and came back every year.
I have some of those growing as well, just not as many as the potato onions.
Nice first one to comment on the new video. Can’t wait to see what your onions look like this go around
I just want them biggwr than a gilf ball..u have helped me a little....lol...i didnt know tbey were such heavy feeders.
I grow Alissa Craig onions (seeds from Bakercreek seeds). These do well here in Tennessee. I haven't mastered making huge onions out of any the onion seeds Ive tried, but these make the biggest so far...
A big Allium fan here, hope to see some out with the figs.
I’m in south Mississippi Gulfport mine popped up really quick to four days they were up
Thank you again for walking us through growing onions. I want to know how well Georgia Boy and DP Sweet onions grow a little south of you. I will be purchasing from your store again!
They should do great a little south of us.
Merry Christmas Travis & Family🎅
Merry Christmas Rick!
Thanks for sharing, Trav. I can always use more information on growing onions...and potatoes, for that matter.
Since I live in an area that straddles short-day and intermediate, it's been confounding to figure out the best variety. I started Ailsa Craig seeds a couple weeks ago, so fingers crossed.
After moving from Southern Arizona two years ago, to the high desert of northernmost New Mexico, I'm still trying to find the best variety of onion to grow here. So far I've had the most success with the Egyptian Walking onions and bunching onions, along with shallots.
I use a lot of onions in my cooking, so I'm determined to find a winner for my tiny garden.
Can't wait to see how your choices turn out.
I've heard of potato onions. In the deep south, you might want to grow them on the north side of a structure or maybe under/behind plants the provide dappled shade. If you already have the seeds or sets, it can't hurt to give it a try.
P.s. (edit)
Who cares if the bulbs don't get big? A perennial source of onions, no matter the size, is a win/win. Chives are a tiny perennial & yet millions of people grow them because they are plant once & harvest year after year after year...
That’s hilarious I was just trying to find videos ab growing onions and y’all just posted one. I have a bunch of onion seedlings that germinated recently and I realized oh shit, idk how or when I’m even supposed to be putting them in ground lol. I’m in zone 9, we very very rarely get any frosts
Try to get the plants in the ground in November.
@@LazyDogFarm I watched your onion videos and saw that! Once I learned when they need to go in ground I went and sowed a bunch more yesterday. I hope it’s not too late and the seedlings will be big enough for transplant come November
I too am interested in how those Alissa Craig onions will fare in the heat down there. I tried them years ago and they didn't get very big and I remember a lot of rot in the onions at harvest. I didn't spray back then like I do now. I believe it was bacterial rot in the neck that copper sprays might have prevented.
I grew the Ailsa Craig a few years ago, it made a decent size onion but they didn't thrive. I won't grow them again.
I have had no problems with growing intermediate day onions here in zone 9A. In fact, it bothers me that so many people believe growing a "wrong" day length onion is a complete and absolute nonstarter. It isn't day length as much as it is total photoreception that matters. I achieve the additional photoreception I need by reflecting afternoon sunlight onto the east side of the plants using a white surface so that from noon until sunset the plants receive more light over all their foliage. Granted, that isn't practical for large-scale operations, but backyard gardeners should have little difficulty.
As for my timeline, I harvest no later than the middle of May. I had a 2.2 lbs. intermediate day Candy onion bulb this year, much larger than my retired ag friend in Indiana grew.
I’m in Texas and I plant all those onions every year and probably the onions your going to get (green mountain onion), I also got I’itoi onions. I’m kinda tired of growing all them.
I got some Green Mountain Potato Onions in the mail a couple days ago. They look different than the potato onions we planted in this video. I got some of those I'itoi onions on the way too.
@@LazyDogFarm the I’itoi onions are very very spicy and they multiply like crazy. When you think you have them all pulled they show up again next year. I don’t eat them Because I don’t like their taste. My green mountain onions are getting more acclimated to the Texas weather every year. I don’t pull them until they have completely died and dried and they take a long time. I don’t use the top green part of the onion because the green can be a little tough, similar to a regular onion. They make decent size bulbs and the taste is a little milder, they can have some storage issues due to rot. plant small bulbs to get harvest of big bulbs, plant big bulbs to make lots of little bulbs. I use my Louisiana multiplying onions for green Onions. Pull a clump and always plant one back. I chopped them up and put them in gal. freezer bags for cooking all year.
I grew giant onions from that very same grower you mention, a few years ago. Unfortunately, for me in Idaho they didn’t get much bigger than the Walla Walla variety right next to them. I didn’t know that they are intermediate day. I thought my fail was because I was too far south.
Please add the link to the book. Thank you!
For some reason the PDF link doesn't work. But if you go to Google Scholar and search "Fritsch potato onions," you'll find the PDF.
Thanks!@@LazyDogFarm
I haven't grown any but the only time I've ever heard the term potato onions was from your daddy over on his channel. I think it was last year
Travis. Have you ever heard about or grew "torpedo" onions ? I seen them mentioned in one the intensive gardening books I have but never have seen one. I will have to find which book that was. Chuck in Jensen Beach.
Haven't seen those.
I like it. I've not heard of potatoes onions. But hoss has some multiplying onions he called Thomas multiplying onions or something like that and I've been building up my stick for 2 years. Almost lost em when I moved but I had about 3 bulbs that didn't rot that I planted and 2 of em seem to be multiplying. I also just bought the purple walking onions u have . What r u doing with urs? Like eating wise?
Shade cloth might help
Bad link to the onion article but I look forward to your onion trials.
For some reason the PDF link won't work. But if you go to Google Scholar and search "Fritsch 2002 potato onion," you'll find it.
Could you drape some shade cloth over the onions?
I could.
Would like to see a picture of that onion, with a regular sized one for comparison
If you Google "Peter Glazebrook onion," you can see some of the monsters he has grown.
When starting my onions seeds inside. How many hours a day should I give my onions light? I'm in Ohio so I grow long day. Watched a few of your onion videos and you mentioned they will start bulbing at day length which is 12-16. But also I thought I should give my seedlings 12-16 hours under grow lights. My onions last year started to bulb before I got them in the ground and didn't get big onions and think it was due to the long hours under the grow lights? Can I get away with lessening hours on grow lights? Suggestions?
I'd try and simulate your natural daylight cycle.
Thank you
Hey travis, maybe you can elaborate on drip tape real quick. I know you have existing videos on drip tape, but what about the GPH per emitter. I’ve been using drip tape for a few years now, but I just found out that my tape only produces .46 GPH per every 100ft, only producing about about a 1/4 GPH per emitter. Now I know why my heaving feeder plants have alway looked stressed out during the summer time. Or just maybe I have the wrong drip tape. Thank you and great video
That's a normal flow rate for drip tape. Sounds like you might just need to run it longer. When my onions get going good, I'll often run mine overnight to keep them happy.
@@LazyDogFarm thank you sir
So you bottom water your onions or spray from the top?
Outback’s going to be calling
The link to the article isn't working! :(
Yeah for some reason the PDF won't link. If you go to Google Scholar and search "Fritsch 2002 potato onion" you'll find the PDF.
Never heard of potato onions
perennial onion research link, please!!!
Sorry for some reason the PDF link won't share. But if you go to Google Scholar and search "Fristch potato onion," you'll find it.
@@LazyDogFarm thank you 🙏 brother Travis 😎
Are you including chives and garlic chives in your perenial onions?
We have some garlic chives growing in a raised bed by the barn. They've been there for a couple years now -- another one of our perennial favorites.
Why do you put perlite on top of it your seedlings
I’ve never heard of potato onions.
Maybe I need some tater onions lol