Bunching onions

Missed-Em 4/28/2021, 11:05 am

Ignorance showing here.... What are bunching onions?

OhioGardener 4/28/2021, 11:16 am

Bunching onions are started from seed and grown for "green onions", "spring onions", "salad onions". You'll recognize them by this picture

Missed-Em 4/28/2021, 11:46 am

Ok, thanks. I buy the bundles of started onions and plant those (individually ) for "green onions". Is it ok to plant several together or individually?

OhioGardener 4/28/2021, 3:11 pm

Missed-Em wrote:Ok, thanks. I buy the bundles of started onions and plant those (individually ) for "green onions". Is it ok to plant several together or individually?

I start the onions from seed, and then transplant them into the raised bed. I bunch 3 or 4 seedlings together to plant in the dibbler hole, with 16 planted per square. When we need some green onions for dinner, I just pull them by the bunch

Simso 3/20/2022, 4:38 am

What is a dibbler hole?

OhioGardener 3/20/2022, 8:23 am

Simso wrote:What is a dibbler hole?

A dibbler is a sharp pointed tool that is used to make holes in the soil to place plants into. I have a very, very old one that was purchased by my father back in the 1940's.

**sanderson** 3/20/2022, 2:50 pm

Dibbler. Learned something new today.

Mikesgardn 3/20/2022, 4:54 pm

I grew them for the first time last year. They were called "Heshiko". I direct sowed seeds into my Maryland garden in mid March, and spaced them about 2" apart. They were an easy vegetable to grow.

OhioGardener 3/20/2022, 5:03 pm

Mikesgardn wrote:I grew them for the first time last year. They were called "Heshiko". I direct sowed seeds into my Maryland garden in mid March, and spaced them about 2" apart. They were an easy vegetable to grow.

Since the Heshiko is a Japanese Bunching Onion, they are probably closely related to the Nebuka Evergreen Bunching onion that I grow. I start them indoors, about 8 weeks early in order to get a quicker harvest when they are planted out in the beds. I have, though, direct sowed the seeds in the fall and let them overwinter in the bed after they have developed a little growth - they really take off when the soil warms in the spring.

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