Bunching Onions: How to grow, harvest, clean, and sell bunching onions

[@VANGarden-iv1yo]

the garden is so beautiful ❤

[@farmerkeith]

Thank You

[@OutWestSomewhere]

Those are beautiful bunching onions!! ❤😋

[@farmerkeith]

Thank you!

[@FaithbyNature2]

I really enjoyed this video. Great looking bunch of onions.

[@LyThiHangDailyLife]

You’re doing an outstanding job

[@zakeoprinter-rn3sj]

I love it, it's a good demonstrations, I am following you from Uganda.

[@jackf9919]

Excellent video!

[@danniemo51]

Doing raised beds this year with bunching onion! Thanks a lot for the info

[@farmerkeith]

Sounds great. Keep Farming!

[@kalibrady]

Thank you for all the tips and making it sound so much more easier then the other Million of videos I have watched. Appreciate so much

[@farmerkeith]

Yes it's really that easy!

[@myhomeandgardenchanneldwel7777]

Hi Farmer Keith, thank you so much for sharing. It is my first time on your channel, I just subscribed to your channel. I sow some onion seeds my self and just watching them grow.

[@farmerkeith]

That's Awesome. Keep Farming!

[@cuteteting2880]

Nice job like that plants host🎉🎉🎉

[@eddieslittlestack7919]

Helpful, informative & entertaining. Thumbs up!

[@farmerkeith]

Thanks. Don't forget to check out my other SOP videos.

[@medinamotorcyclesofficial]

Great video

[@IrfanKurtic]

Great video thanks for sharing

[@Mike-xt9fm]

I really liked this video I'm trying to specialize in just bunching onions

[@RendaJane]

Loving the deep stainless sink💙

[@farmerkeith]

Custom made by a local sheet metal company. Way cheaper than anything I could order.

[@cranglin3096]

Can you plant them in Miracle-grow seed starting and then transfers them into potting soil. Or can you just used potting soil to plan them and let them grow withthout transferring them?

[@farmerkeith]

I would just plant them in potting mix. The fewer times you move them, the better.

[@vivekupadhyay6174]

Great bro 👍👍👍

[@alexchaitram1227]

I love how these looks,can u do over a video on these on fertilizing them?or how you treat them etc pls ty❤️

[@farmerkeith]

Great Idea! I will have to put together a bed prep series.

[@alexchaitram1227]

@farmerkeith okay thanks,I'd keep a eye out

[@RendaJane]

@@farmerkeithThank you. I would love to see seeding to harvest.

[@donfredricks8965]

Thanks for posting. 🙂

[@fvoconnor]

Awesome thank you!

[@BarbaraWilson-gs2cs]

Can i plant these mid august? I am in zone 6a.

[@farmerkeith]

So can but they will probably not size up by winter. They should overwinter for spring harvest. I would be a good experiment.

[@NN-fz4pd]

I bought these from the grocery store, there were six of them in one bunch. And then I put them in water so they get more roots, and then I planted them in a pot separately so they’re kind of spaced out all six of them. Are they gonna turn into six bunches?

[@farmerkeith]

It unfortunately does not work that way. Each seed makes each onion. They will get bigger though

[@brixandblooms]

How long did the seeds stay indoors before planting them in ground?

[@farmerkeith]

About 2 months

[@amandalydiaviljoen6480]

If you leave the roots in the ground and only cut off the top leaves, will they grow again.

[@FranksWorld1]

Hello, I have a partial shade garden (8 hours of direct sun) can I use a short day onion due to limited sun in New England (normally a long day onion zone) reason is that my long day varieties don’t grow to potential size…I believe due to the limited sun light… anyone have thoughts or suggestions? Thanks Frank

[@refoilion]

Will the seedlings múltiply??

[@farmerkeith]

No they will not multiply

[@refoilion]

@@farmerkeith there was I guy who has some that if you plant 3 or 4 6 or eight would come from them

[@onesky1destiny]

I did my first direct sow this year in rows because that’s how I learned at other farms but this seems like way more yield per square foot and so much less maintenance. I am going to try this but with direct sow for the rest of my crop. I could probably try some not in fabric and see how hilling them goes with stretching the bulb. Thanks for sharing all the details from seeds per cell to spacing on the fabric, performance under low water etc. the only other thing that would be good to know is variety.. I wonder if some preform better then others as well as if I can use storage onion seed rather than green onion which would be a lot cheaper

[@farmerkeith]

We use parade but variety with onions really comes down to your latitude

[@forthosewhoHUNGER]

@@farmerkeithWhat do you sell a bunch of scallions for at market? There are 7-10 scallions in each bunch since that’s how you plant per cell starting out? Thanks! Great technique. Very helpful content. 👍🏼

[@articmars1]

How many onions are in a set ?

[@farmerkeith]

We aim for 6-8

[@patriciahamlin7677]

Hello. I'm zone 9a. What zone are you in?

[@farmerkeith]

We are in 6A

[@JaguarPriest]

How much do you sell them for a bundle? I watched the whole video but maybe I missed it since I’m trying to keep volume down

[@farmerkeith]

$4 to $4.50 per bunch

[@JaguarPriest]

@@farmerkeith good to know! Thank you sir!

[@Gmoneygrip1960]

Genius!

[@farmerkeith]

Thank You. Good Farming to ya!

[@TaraandSky]

Great video! How do you decide on pricing for them?

[@farmerkeith]

We sell everything for the same price. The trick is changing the quantity to give equal value for each product. The bunch is $4.50 with our included sales tax.

[@gardeningplus7271]

Could you put up the link where you bought the seeds for those onions thank you.

[@farmerkeith]

www.osborneseed.com/catalog/item-content/84311/parade/pr_84311

[@sailorgirlk1]

How many days does it take to grow before you can harvest them?

[@farmerkeith]

We start harvesting at just bigger than a pencil amd tje weekly till we are out, usually October.

[@WashingtonGuy]

great looking onions, but insane amount of labor ... Why not direct seed with a seeder? Thanks for all the videos .

[@farmerkeith]

The grass will overtake my onions. They are in the ground all season

[@rosehillhomestead5111]

hey what that spray head

[@kathleenculler9654]

How did you know it was time to pull them out of the ground?

[@farmerkeith]

Pencil size and bigger. We only do one planting and then harvest them for the rest of the season. In summer they are smaller, but by October they are thumb diameter

[@kathleenculler9654]

@@farmerkeith thank you!

[@AnenLaylle7023]

So you clarify, you are just planting them out from the 200 cell trays into the holes in the fabric without separating the bunching onions? I've never done it this way, but I just planted some in slightly larger cell trays. I hope it works, because I absolutely hate separating them and planting them that way as it takes forever and I get quite aggravated at the process. The bunching onions just make so much money that I go through that painstaking ritual every year of separating them out. I grow deep purple instead of parade, but I used to grow parade, which is I assume what you are growing, as it is the standard.

[@farmerkeith]

That is correct. Plant the whole plug. It fills out the bed nicely, easy weeding too. Then, to harvest, we pull the whole bunch, band it, and wash the exposed areas. Easy as that!

[@justingarrison9463]

What is the variety and name Thanks

[@farmerkeith]

Parade. You can get them from all the major seed companies.

[@justingarrison9463]

Thanks from sw Mo

[@TFRANCO101]

Where are you located?

[@farmerkeith]

We are in zone 5b

[@oml81mm]

These are what I would call scallions. They are also known as spring onions, green onions and more. They are all of the same family and all have underdeveloped bulbs and the different names tend to be specific to different areas and dialects. It is not wrong to call them by their locally recognised name, so please do not think that I am "getting at" you, far from it. Just a note for information 😊.

[@farmerkeith]

Bunching Onions are just a generic name used by market gardens. Just a type we plant in a bunch, harvest in a bunch, and sell as a bunch. I always confuse customers when I can them that.

[@colbymarsh2074]

@@farmerkeithI had this realization a few months ago and began finding tons of different onions to grow, mixing all of them up and growing them all in bunches, harvest/thinning each bunch out to one or two onions as they grow, getting double to triple the yield out of the same spot

[@chrisd4650]

@@farmerkeithwe all call them bunching onions - all types! Let the keen feel like a ms know it all lol

[@nonyadamnbusiness9887]

I tried growing green onions in clumps. I'll never to it again. It was a giant pain in the ass to clean them up. Most of the time I ended up separating them which was also a giant pain in the ass. I run a route direct to consumer. I can't deliver dirt to my customers. I depend on repeat business and word of mouth.

[@farmerkeith]

You only clean the outside of the bunch. Pulling the dead leaves down gets the gunk out of the middle. Then a strong sprayer gets the rest.