tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3698134075709295915.post4928695124070266662..comments2023-11-17T12:32:11.301-05:00Comments on Daphne's Dandelions: Onions and ShallotsDaphne Gouldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17305049560953735881noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3698134075709295915.post-25258067595573567722015-08-09T13:08:15.376-04:002015-08-09T13:08:15.376-04:00Your onions do look nice, hope they measure up to ...Your onions do look nice, hope they measure up to your expectations. I think I used a 5 per square spacing this year, could use up to 9 per square (which is 4" spacing). I agree with the Dixondale plants, mine took a month to break dormancy, which made me wonder. But they seem to have caught up and produced medium large bulbs, which is what I wanted.David Veltenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07710293718143454000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3698134075709295915.post-58868412799546310552015-08-07T13:12:56.922-04:002015-08-07T13:12:56.922-04:00Wow your onions look great! I love how you braid t...Wow your onions look great! I love how you braid them. I totally put my onions too close together this year and ended up with a bunch of tiny ones. Oh well, live and learn right? Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04110453433202158927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3698134075709295915.post-18326329745909520822015-08-07T11:54:59.328-04:002015-08-07T11:54:59.328-04:00I plant them in a grid. I plant them in a grid. Daphne Gouldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17305049560953735881noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3698134075709295915.post-51407718657507805152015-08-07T11:07:03.412-04:002015-08-07T11:07:03.412-04:00Yesterday evening I had to dash out and cover my d...Yesterday evening I had to dash out and cover my drying onions because we actually had thunderstorms and rain - an extremely rare event here. That was the second rain event this summer. Weird. I'm sorry to hear that some of your onions were spoiled. Do you plant your onions in rows or in squares? I plant mine 4 inches apart in rows that are 9 inches apart and a lot of my onions come out huge. Michellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07812702328134261533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3698134075709295915.post-42221123497336860102015-08-07T05:27:29.273-04:002015-08-07T05:27:29.273-04:00That's so true with experiments or even unusua...That's so true with experiments or even unusual results in the garden - I usually end up questioning if the myriad of other factors could have been the actual reason for the results I had. It's hard to control everything in the garden, so it really is a best guess. Last year I did test the spacing on the Rossa di Milano using 4" & 5" spacing. I did a few rows with the 5" spacing and at the end of the season, I didn't see much difference between any of the rows, so I decided that 4" spacing was fine. That's about as unscientific as you can get! I'll probably do another test at some point, specifically on the Copras, and I plan to be a bit more precise.Margarethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15949946977793864054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3698134075709295915.post-15464335351950123722015-08-06T22:53:52.070-04:002015-08-06T22:53:52.070-04:00Hi Daphne, Too bad about your onions getting wet....Hi Daphne, Too bad about your onions getting wet. I think maybe I am growing my onions too close as they weren't that big. I am growing them in pots and always trying to crowd things it seems! Nancy Cozy Thyme Cottagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03933769393226611441noreply@blogger.com