Why Are Our Onions So Small?!

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Are you curious why our onions are turning out so small this year? Join us in this video as we explore the reasons behind our underwhelming onion harvest and discuss the impact of factors like day length and winter weather on onion growth. Don't forget to subscribe for more updates on our gardening journey!
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0:00: 🧅 Challenges with onion growth and potential reasons for underwhelming harvest.
2:19: 🌱 Identifying the start of bulbing in onions and addressing the concept of onion spooning.
4:34: 💧 Importance of watering onions during bulbing stage for optimal growth.
6:27: 🌱 Factors affecting onion growth size and quality in the garden.
8:39: 🌱 Factors affecting onion growth and maturation in different varieties and regions.
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@JolleanSmith 5 ай бұрын

When you started talking about spooning your onions I just imagined someone cuddling their onions 😂

@billytaylor3448 5 ай бұрын

😂

@ericbrown5298 29 күн бұрын

I struggled to grow onions (big ones anyway) for years. Even though I live up north and grow long day onions, I applied all of your tips and info this year. The results were amazing! Softball sized onions and still growing strong. So glad I came across your content.

@LazyDogFarm 29 күн бұрын

Great to hear!

@Angela_Alaimo 5 ай бұрын

Your onion spooning discussion gave me a case of the lolz Well done!

@aliceleishman5596 5 ай бұрын

My fall-planted crops were slow to finish…over a month late. I attribute that mostly to the fact it was an unusually cloudy fall/winter. It’s cloudy today. I’m in Florida, and I notice when the sun’s not out.

@brucemullis479 5 ай бұрын

In the Pensacola area, mine are like your last year harvest. My chickens had the run of my raised bed before I planted. Wish I could show you.

@LashusJourney 5 ай бұрын

What all are you planting?

@sdfft820 5 ай бұрын

Travis, just wanted to compliment you. Greg and you have become most valued voices in vegetable gardening.

@Angela_Alaimo 5 ай бұрын

I know you are Team Basketball Size Onions, but I like say, tennis ball size. Enough for a dish I am cooking. And our onions last year were like that size, and are storing like champs. I'm so pleased all around🤗

@grandmaatthefarm125 5 ай бұрын

My onions are bulbing here in Florida and it looks like I'll be in the baseball onion league this year. LOL

@JimJWalker 5 ай бұрын

I am in 9A near Gainesville. Some of my short days are the size of yours, but none of yours are as big as my largest. But, your weed management is much better than mine, just an observation.

@trinidadscorpion3835 5 ай бұрын

Always impressed with the amount of content you produce! Look forward to every video that you put out.

@LazyDogFarm 5 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoy it!

@marysurbanchickengarden 5 ай бұрын

I was feeling pretty disappointed in my onions but it seems I'm not the only one. I agree the colder than normal weather has slowed down the green growth and I have enough nitrogen in that soil to plant corn without adding any.

@jtharp9265 5 ай бұрын

Good evening, Travis Id say your onions look just about like mine here in Montgomery County, Texas. Except you have no weeds 😊 Im out there every saturday weeding mine , its crazy . I even just bought this long weed puller , it can be used sitting on my rolling seat or make it longer for standing up ,which im looking forward to using this saturday. We have about 325 onions growing and that will hopefully get us to next year , as last week 1 onion at Walmart cost us $1.76 Even at Sams club for a big bag of only 8 onions they are charging $8.89 . So glad we grew a few extra this past November. Last years were huge , Ive fed them weekly & water everyother day .... God bless you & the family . Mrs josette Montgomery County, Texas 🙏

@Grateful_Ryan 5 ай бұрын

My onions are in the same boat... i'm guessing it's a due to a combo of the cooler winter and excess rain. They're nice and dark green, just not very large. I imagine they'll size up to a tennis ball or baseball.

@miltonwelch8619 5 ай бұрын

I like your take on onion spooning; hilarious! I never quite believed in it either, whether my bulbs were big or small

@JAYNEmM1962 5 ай бұрын

Because of you my onions last yr were huge!! ive doubled my production this year wanted some good storage onions and some to put up carmelized onion. Mine are doing great in the plant room. Hope they do good when I plant out good friday. TY Hope you have a great garden year!!

@teresecox4109 5 ай бұрын

This is my second year, and I’m apparently on the wrong schedule. I started my onions seeds indoors 3/5 and plan to transplant after last frost. That’s how I did it last year, and harvested decent sized onions in July. But based on yours, looks like I should be planting in the fall. 😂 new gardener here!

@david.6040 5 ай бұрын

I’m in zone 8b as well, and my onions seem underwhelming as well. Last year they had much bigger tops at this time.

@jarvismoore8320 5 ай бұрын

Mines were under 6 inches of snow for about a week here in North Mississippi back in mid January! But they really bounced back but definitely won’t be any barn burners!

@CherrieMcKenzie 5 ай бұрын

This is my first year growing onions so your info was helpful. I also loved your humor regarding "spooning" the onions: "After eating some chili and having a spoon in my hand and nothing else to do, then I might spoon some onions" 🤣😂

@horacedouglas4534 5 ай бұрын

I'm just south of you in Florida. Mine look to be a medium to large size. I don't spoon onions either.

@theadventuresofjerryandjodi 5 ай бұрын

Mine have started bulbing in zone 9 a Pensacola, but the leaves are indeed smaller this year.

@cynthiaj4863 5 ай бұрын

Well, at least your onions were affected by weather. My onions were doing great until a gopher came up my onion bed, and my dog decided to dig up my onion bed to find it. 😢

@GypsyBrokenwings 5 ай бұрын

Oh no! That's what happened to me last year! I'm hoping there no repeat this year.

@paulwilson6511 5 ай бұрын

One thing onions hate is weed competition. Probably more so than any other garden plant. Keep those weeds out of the patch. And sometimes they really increase bulb size later in the season when it is not expected. The last two weeks can be the best production. Not always, just sometimes. Just keep them in the ground until they say they are done.

@kujoevony3160 5 ай бұрын

Long day Walla Walla raised bed grower here. Cloudy days = smaller bulbs for me! 😢

@robertdixon6536 3 ай бұрын

I give thanks to the long day onions and long days up here in Canada. More days of leaf growth and more long days days of sunlight. They are a different bird don't seem to mind the cold.

@alph8654 4 ай бұрын

Agree about spooning onions. I watched a video a few yrs back by a lady telling how to grow big onions. Spooning was one of the things she recommended, but she had several things she recommended and i do not do any of them. After watching i said to myself, i guess i will not grow big onions and be satisfied with my medium sized onions.

@shelleydavidson509 5 ай бұрын

Totally unrelated,but I got a random text today about a truck with extra asphalt in my area😅. I thought of you right away,it's that time of year.

@LazyDogFarm 5 ай бұрын

It is definitely that time of year. I haven't had any stop by this year, but I had several last year.

@shelleydavidson509 5 ай бұрын

@@LazyDogFarm 😆

@lawrencebeeles6738 5 ай бұрын

Stayed below 32 for 6 days here central Arkansas and 1 degree for a day and my onions look good just slowed them up a little think I will have a good crop

@carolynstokes333 5 ай бұрын

Travis, I would kill for an onion the size of a softball. You sounded as if that is failure. Your garden is always so beautiful.

@hdrider2071 5 ай бұрын

Mine are 6 to 7 lbs each but i do use an Alabama bucket to fertilize 😂

@marysurbanchickengarden 5 ай бұрын

😮 that's funny 🤣

@SaddleSoreRiders-fv9eh 5 ай бұрын

That will win most every time.... Roll Tide!

@HittHomestead 5 ай бұрын

Oh no you didn’t! 😂❤ Go Dawgs!

@L.A.6482 5 ай бұрын

Maybe last years severe heat wave and drought contributed to the onion size since we are using onion starts? I know my zone even went up to 9. I couldn’t find anything in my soil alive after last summer not even an earthworm.

@hulkman4004 5 ай бұрын

thats the first thing I notice weed free

@nigelkakashi 5 ай бұрын

Maybe it's time to try foliar spray for next season

@Muhammad_Syakir 3 ай бұрын

I think to solve your onion problem, try to put branches that has fruit on it. Eat the fruit, just use that branch as onion fertiliser. It works for my onions. ☺️

@tommytong2854 5 ай бұрын

I appreciate you telling your location early in the video. I’m in Chicago and the planting timing doesn’t quite match up. You’re grabbing a hoe. I’m still grabbing a snow shovel! But when spring comes (in 2 more damn months!!) I’ll be ready! Thanks.

@SouthernRiverFishing 5 ай бұрын

Yeah, this is the last time I'm going to overwinter onions. Mine look pitiful.

@terryoliphant1899 5 ай бұрын

Got some sad looking onions up in north Texas... wasn't a good year for them apparently

@jtharp9265 5 ай бұрын

Down here in Montgomery County, Texas They are doing ok ,but not as great as last year , I've babied them , put extra ammonia sulfate, and watered several times a week , even been using 13-15-15 fizz tablets the past couple weeks in gallon jugs . I'm hoping to get at least some good ones . God bless you Mrs josette Montgomery County, Texas 🙏

@anavidal6189 5 ай бұрын

Here in NW of Spain has been winds and water every day....crops ruined

@leroydennis867 5 ай бұрын

When do I fertilize my Elephant Garlic? It has been in the ground for around 90 days and is about 14-16 inches tall. Also should I trim the greens? Thanks.

@mwimmer8947 4 ай бұрын

Travis, I got s slight late start to planting my Savanah sweets... I am in zone 8b ( I think) over on the Southeast of GA, and was noticing young onion slips at the nursery again. Can I still get another crop of onions if I planted more slips this week? Or will the daylight cause the crop to be substandard?

@LazyDogFarm 4 ай бұрын

You could plant them and they'll grow. But probably won't get as big as the overwintered ones. If garden space is limited, I'd focus on something else personally.

@matthewblackwood4704 5 ай бұрын

You have to pour protein shakes on them 3 times per day.

@DV-ol7vt 5 ай бұрын

I could only imagine a large onion farm spooning the dirt from around millions of onions. That’s hilarious

@esmysyield2023 5 ай бұрын

Hey Travis. I grew some creole onions this year. What would make them slit?

@LazyDogFarm 5 ай бұрын

Some varieties tend to do that more than others. I grew Creoles once, but they bolted pretty bad on me and I haven't grown them since.

@esmysyield2023 5 ай бұрын

@@LazyDogFarm oh i see. Thanks. When will you put somemore louisiana evergreen onions back on the site?

@eN-pl4vk 5 ай бұрын

Never heard of onion spooning. Didn't hear the info on why a person spoons onions.

@normacedars8450 5 ай бұрын

What causes splitting where it looks like 2 onions in one?

@LazyDogFarm 5 ай бұрын

Some varieties are more prone to it than others. DP Sweet will do that sometimes. Not really sure what causes it though.

@RICHat22 5 ай бұрын

I got moved from 7b to 8a last year. Did you get moved to 9a? Not that it matters that much...

@LazyDogFarm 5 ай бұрын

Yeah we're 9a now, formerly 8b. Just a number though. Not going to change what we do much.

@timothymclaughlin6630 5 ай бұрын

Is your logo in your row stakes

@brianczuhai8909 5 ай бұрын

Last year you commented the neighbor’s onions who didn’t have as good shoots as yours. You guessed maybe he planted his 2 weeks early. Did you maybe plant yours too early for this year’s weather? Too cold. You had basketball sized ones last year and been doing it quite successfully for a while. Not sure what your growing window is for planting. I think they are supposed to grow from seed in the winter, then they take off when they are ready. You used Nature Safe Fert last year, but claim that’s not it.