How Do You Plant Red & Yellow Onion Bulbs?
For people who like onions, planting red and yellow onion bulbs or sets is both inexpensive and rewarding. Once planted, onion bulbs require little attention other than keeping the weeds at bay and ensuring they receive adequate water and light. Red and yellow onion bulbs can be planted to harvest and store at summer’s end, or bulbs can be pulled and used throughout the growing season. Prepare a garden area where red and yellow onion bulbs will be planted. Soil that is soft, loamy and well-draining is ideal and makes harvesting onions easier. Till or loosen soil and remove any weeds. Dig rows either with a tiller, gardening hoe or by hand that are at least 6 to 10 inches apart. Allow enough space to hoe between the rows and to be able to remove weeds easily. Place onion bulbs in the rows 4 inches apart, root side down. When the soil is warm and daylight hours are longer this signals the onions that it’s time to grow a larger bulb. The energy from the sun facilitates growth and the onio
