How deep to plant potato onions

dixie 3/9/2016, 3:14 pm

Hi Y'all, I'm back for my annual check in. I received my potato onions from Fedco Seeds today & need to know how deep to plant them. Last year I evidently planted them too deep as they were growing like bonkers & suddenly ALL of them up & died. Any help is appreciated.

**camprn** 3/9/2016, 4:04 pm

Didn't they come with planting instructions?

dixie 3/9/2016, 5:10 pm

Instructions were for generalized onion culture, nothing specific for potato onions.

CapeCoddess 3/9/2016, 6:17 pm

Hi Dixie! Great to see you back again!

I think I planted mine the past year like you do regular onions, a bit of the point breaking thru. The year before I buried them completely. They popped up like shallots either way. Not sure I'll be planting them this year. Both harvests were the same - small onions but plentiful.

Wonder why you lost yours. Did you have a lot of rain last year and they rotted?

CC

dixie 3/9/2016, 7:05 pm

I buried them completely & we did have plenty of rain. I'll not plant them as deep this year.

**camprn** 3/9/2016, 8:46 pm

dixie wrote:Instructions were for generalized onion culture, nothing specific for potato onions.

Oh,that's so sad. Pfft.

I would plant the bulb like a shallot, halfway in only.

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