Beginner Gardening: growing onion bulbs, 1 by Gymgirl

Gymgirl wrote:
ONIONS ARE IN THE GROUND!

Thanks, Farmerdill, et al, for your tutilage on growing these onion plants. This is my 2nd attempt. First time, I dorked around and ended up giving all the plants to someone else who planted them, and got lovely onions. Not this time!!!!

Four Earthboxes with 30/plants per. Pulled a trench down the center of each box, and sprinkled bone meal down the trench. I mixed some additional soil and bone meal together in a big tub, then backfilled the trench with the soil-potassium mixture.

Set 15 plants in two rows, 16" apart. Used the tip of a caulking tube as the hole divot. Quick, easy, and exactly the right depth to set the plants! Necessity = Invention!

Planted boxes on fenceline in the nice sunshine, and watered in very lightly. Went to potluck social. Came home and dragged heavy EBs from the fenceline to the covered patio (in the dark) to avoid approaching thunderstorm from ruining my hard work. Saved my back by using my legs...duh...

But, it's is done! Yippie! ^^

P.S. How much protection do I need to give the planted onions? We're about to have 3 nights in a row of temps into the high 20s. Yesterday I put the boxes against a patio wall and made a TP over them with a large piece of heavy cardboard as a wind break. Is this enough, or do I need to throw a blanket over them? Thanks!

This message was edited Jan 11, 2011 10:48 AM