A Masterclass in Growing & Selling Over-Winter Alliums | The Culinary Gardener

Evan Chender gives us a small FREE masterclass on over-winter allium production in unheated tunnels: from variety selection, to timing, seeding, planting, cultivation, irrigation, disease and pest control, harvesting, and selling to chefs or local direct-to consumer or farmers markets.
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[@rickthelian2215]

Thank you Evan and cute dog for your time with Jessie and us all😁

[@dennistaylor3796]

Egyptian onions, my dad called them winter onions. Tops die back in winter, then very early spring the greens grow back and are very mild until it gets hot.

[@TaxEvasion777]

They are awesome

[@Grahamkracken]

Thank you for producing these videos they are the highlight of my Sunday mornings!

[@henkjanssen1252]

We plant our leeks in holes made with a broadfork! You can go pretty deep and the spacing is always regular.

[@fouroakfarm]

Super valuable resource to have all these talks. Really hope you'll continue. We can all share our tips and tricks and be stronger together

[@ximono]

I love alliums, hence I love this video.

[@aileensmith3062]

We have our garden basically for us and family and friends. We are still trying No-Till and we also want crops in the soil more often. What we liked was Evan Chender's idea and the importance of timing and diversity. Two things we need to get much better at. As always a great Sunday morning video. Always so much to see and learn in your well presented videos!

[@danielshaw4847]

I just got my copy of the Living Soil Handbook today. I have started reading it yet but I am impressed by the quality of the book

[@JohnSmith-pu4jg]

DOUBLE DOGGO'S 19:50

[@jjd13579]

Evan's confidence is positively correlated with the number of dachshunds that he's holding 😆

[@MamaHoffman461]

I want a Radicchio video!

[@brokenmeats5928]

I love ALL No-Till Growers videos!

[@rickthelian2215]

Some have issues with Rust in USA ,uk and Europe Once bulbing Alliums don’t like too much moisture 😊

[@ximono]

Less of a problem under cover, I've heard.

[@rickthelian2215]

Hi Nerds😊

[@fourdayhomestead2839]

So informative! Thank you for sharing!

[@ZombieCoGaming]

Looks like a really nice setup.

[@raincoast9010]

Thanks, great dogs too.

[@markusschuler4093]

On my farm in Germany i grow leeks year round. Usually there's no leek gap. Never grown in polytunnel just with some cover at the field. The polytunnel is reserved for spring onions only.

[@NyhVlog]

Nice video❤❤❤

[@rickthelian2215]

I still have red onions from last year still growing in Australia 😊 I start my onions in small pots from seed in February in pots, to save on weeding to early, I transplant in May harvest usually November/December though as I’ve said earlier I have Red Onions still with green shoots , some have dropped others not, left ones in raised bed in their. I’m in a temperate Zone. I want some to seed to keep the genetics the same.. Onion or Shallots sets it think it’s the second year.😁 Bunching onions or shallots may be an alternative.😁

[@ximono]

Interesting, at almost the opposite side of the planet, in Norway, we also typically start onions from seed in February and transplant in May. Same dates, opposite seasons. This year I'm trying to do more bunching onions (welsh/asian) and "potato onions" (round shallots), inspired by how it's done in tropical climates where they don't go to seed. I'll be dividing and replanting, even digging up and storing "sets" over winter, treating our frost season like their wet season. This requires varieties that divide. For spring onions, the more they divide the better. Alliums are herbaceous perennials after all, so I'll be treating them more like perennials than annuals. Bolting is something I have to be aware of. Potato onions rarely do, and if they do I get seeds. Bunching onions shouldn't if I keep harvesting them as spring onions. That's my theory anyway. I will have to renew sets from seed if they start to carry viruses, but at least that's possible to do in my climate.

[@robertcotrell9810]

You should've done more dog B roll. Not enough variations. That being said, this was great! I've been trying to grow more leeks; my wife and I really enjoy them.

[@Heggerud_gard]

I would really love a in debth video about green garlic, it is not really something we are familiar with in europe, I do understand that it is young garlic seedlings, I just would have loved some more info/ background

[@runemasterhariwulfaz5267]

I’ve been extremely fortunate thus far that I’ve never experienced any allium pests

[@ronaldthoms2147]

I'm in nebraska it's been 30 below an I've had over winter leeks an onions in my small grow tunnel my leeks are very big now

[@Mark19766]

💚

[@ximono]

Question: Is dog required to get a good crop of alliums? Follow-up: Are two dogs better than one?

[@UncleLooney]

As Mae West said " too much of a good thing is Wonderful!"

[@danphillips4590]

Hi Jesse, good video, thanks. Dumb question, on these overwintered aliums, he means onion bulbs, right? Or is he selling them as different product, like smaller onions plus the tender green stalk?

[@Grow-all-year]

My understanding about bolting onion sets as they are biennial and are in their second year of growth

[@jjd13579]

Yes, it's unpredictable and entirely dependent on the climate experienced by each onion set, which might trigger a particular set to respond as if it's in year 2 despite not "finishing" year 1 of its life. You have to account for a larger proportion of loss due to bolting if you use sets, whereas you have to account for a much longer growing season/strategy if you grow from seed -- pick your poison!

[@lksf9820]

@@jjd13579 I grow from heat treated sets inside planted early Autumn to harvest from now until July-ish. and have noticed a few of the red ones are bolting, none of the white/yellow ones are. It's the large change in temps which has triggered it. Two ways around that; if you're a small grower you can plant in troughs then pull them outside in Spring, or 2. grow a type less likely to bolt. I'm no connoisseur of onions, so (unless it's a faulty batch of reds) i'll grow nothing but white/yellow ones inside next time.

[@AlmostOrganicDorset]

Surely the Leeks and Onions will just want to bolt to seed, I know they would here in the UK.

[@rahneclark1902]

Did you get the flys even with the tunnels or only outside non tunnels please and thank you

[@derekslayter9802]

I live in the south and I'm looking to start a small farm soon. One of my biggest concerns in heavy rains. Between hurricanes and rain storms we get alot of rain fall. What can I do to combat pooling and drainage?

[@sailonsailon]

Re: rate of growth, harvest and sowing more seeds per cell: Does picking from the cluster negatively effect the other plants in the cluster?

[@anthonyMLTC]

Just lost a whole crop to that leaf miner. Leeks and onions 😢 had my shallots in a different area with my problems.

[@TheCrackedPotsGarden]

Good thing this video wasn’t any longer. He ran out of hands for dogs.

[@MaryCooksMemorableDishes]

Im curious to know where your farm is located. My kids want to become farmers. Where can one get a piece of land and begin their farming venture. My father owns some land in Louisiana...I just wonder where is the best place to grow a farm. Thank you! ❤️

[@Pha-q]

Alliums are biennial, which means they won't flower their first season. This is why they don't bolt before harvest when planted from seed. When you plant sets, you're growing their second season.

[@TaxEvasion777]

Some are perennial

[@rochrich1223]

Having seen his dogs, I congratulate you for not making any "over wienered onions" jokes. That would just be wrong.

[@Sssanbo]

Why my onions have such a thick stem ?

[@trill000]

A low of 1 degree. Lucky you