WOW! We Didn't Think They Would Grow BIG ONIONS! Onions Grown from Seeds

[@tamathamavraides5532]

I’ve been watching y’all’s videos for days. There is just something soothing listening to you two sharing your world with us. I have a small farm here and love it with my whole heart. I just wanted to let you both know you’ve been helping me with a bit of anxiety I’ve been enduring. Thank you very much. You two are like the best grandparent ever. ❤ bless you both.

[@DeepSouthHomestead]

Gardening is very therapeutic.

[@lelandshanks3590]

Anytime we make a crop were gratefull.

[@47retta]

You're a good teacher Danny!

[@michelelenz2322]

Thank you both again 🥰

[@SimplyBackwoods]

Hi Danny and Wanda. You have some wonderful and big onions in spite of the freezes. Yours are huge. I have some huge ones I grew inside and waiting for them to cure now. I didn't think of the leaves telling how big and how many layers. So good to know. Your so blessed with this onion harvest. It sure is looking beautiful there. Everything is behind here due to weather roller coaster ride but I'm getting there with things. Thanks so much for sharing and rich blessings to all you put your hands to.

[@midsouthhomestead7527]

Thanks💚👩‍🌾💚

[@LindaSAndrews.]

Those are great Danny and Wanda.

[@chrismmmm7776]

Good morning Danny and Wanda.

[@DeepSouthHomestead]

Good morning

[@utubemouse]

Thank you

[@maryschrier651]

I chuckled when you said your "elderly neighbors". It seems like 'elderly" gets older, the older I get. It just keeps moving out farther ahead of me.

[@DeepSouthHomestead]

LoL you're right.

[@utubemouse]

Thank you!

[@roadrunner4404]

Your channel has helped me grow my first decent garden Small but decent. Raised beds almost exclusively. I just cut up my first red onions ever. Many thanks from north Texas

[@DeepSouthHomestead]

Awesome job

[@nolagirlhomestead]

Congrats! Excitingly waiting on my first "from seed" onions too. So satisfying!

[@paulakvam6841]

This video is so calming, beautiful and love the animals! Thank you for sharing.

[@melissakingery4393]

Wow that's a fantastic harvest you guys

[@monikas5125]

Good morning Danny and Wanda

[@DeepSouthHomestead]

Good morning

[@logangilley3643]

My daughter was born almost right at 6 hours before the time on your watch on Wednesday at 12:08 here in lucedale. Love watchinh your videos and learning from y'all. Have a blessed day.

[@barbaraengle768]

Last year I got 1 Onion this year I got 75 onions!,sapos....I was so happy 🌱

[@lisacarden1309]

How cool is that guys!!!

[@Hatfield_Country]

Very nice onions! I'm growing mine from seed for the first time this year and hope they do as good as yours.

[@mz.jenbrooks1262]

Those onions are doing well. Very Beautiful and big. Great job 👏

[@camperjack2620]

I have onions in the ground right now. I'll have to go check on them. Very busy this year, I kind of plant and go. Your videos keep showing me, or reviewing info I've been shown before, what I need to do. After about two or three years, I will get it straight. Thanks 👍👍👍

[@KennyG233]

I planted some of these , hope they turn out .mine in the orange sandy dirt .110 days from now I'm gonna be cutting it close? .. Tuscaloosa AL ... your my time stamp .. thanks

[@TheKamakuraGardener]

Good day from Kamakura, Japan 🇯🇵! I just planted my onion starts last week and am hoping for a good harvest this season. I’m hoping for all sizes, big and small, for various uses. Have a good week everyone. 🤩🐶👍🏾

[@lorayejones4777]

Good looking onions.

[@SoulEzee]

beautiful!

[@mycrookedlittlehomestead8363]

Mr Danny and Ms Wanda you guys do an amazing job with your garden and deepsouth homestead and pecan Grove I live above the 35th parallel in Ontario Canada I've built a greenhouse simular to your high tunnel just not as long I'm hoping to build a longer one your videos give me so much incouragement to work on these green houses because of the weather in my area in my videos last year I grew inground and in containers and in the greenhouses I'm hoping to have a good success rate this year thank you so much for your videos ❤❤❤take care stay safe and God bless from my crooked little homestead

[@DeepSouthHomestead]

Check out our friend not a real farm KZbin channel in Canada. Jan is doing good in her greenhouse.

[@mycrookedlittlehomestead8363]

@@DeepSouthHomestead yes I also follow Jan I've gotten seeds from her her green house is amazing

[@Grace_N_Gardens]

I grew onions for the first time I pulled mine last week. They were falling over the reds got real big, but my whites got small pulled over 175 onions. Definitely thankful for that.

[@DeepSouthHomestead]

Awesome job

[@sandilacy9498]

Love the taste test Wanda.

[@edieparastatides9403]

The lake looks BEAUTIFUL!!

[@Coastal.Redwood.Homestead]

Nice onions Danny and Wanda

[@makingmemorieswithbenji3004]

Love seeing the onions coming out of the ground. Even better seeing you both enjoy the porch at the cabin. Thank you for a nother inspirational video. Hope all have a great week.

[@debramiller3165]

Mornin’ from Southern Ohio 🙏🏻

[@DeepSouthHomestead]

Morning

[@ChadnRanda]

Good looking oinions! my garlic did the same thing😊

[@a.b.2458]

Your property is beautiful. Very relaxing video, thanks for that!!

[@LittleOcasioHomestead]

Good morning 😊

[@DeepSouthHomestead]

Good morning

[@nancygould6789]

Nice onions. You guys take care

[@GrowWhereYouArePlanted]

Congratulations on your onion harvest. Those must have been some determined little onions.

[@TheJm264]

Danny here in central VA when should I start seeds and when to put them outside. Also I think you need to add a book on growing onions to go with carrots,peas and sweet potatoes!!

[@DeepSouthHomestead]

It depends if you are in zones 6 or 7. You will probably need intermediate day variety. Check out hills mill homestead Mr Mickey a friend of mine is in Tennessee. He grows onion's very well in zone 7.

[@ThatBritishHomestead]

im groing from seed today I cant wait to have them! see if thet work out lol

[@Patrick-ln8qr]

I grew onions for the first time last year, and I could literally "smell" todays video! LOL! Thank you again for sharing your homesteading experiences with all of us. You have a beautiful property.

[@DeepSouthHomestead]

Thanks

[@wr8010]

I tried planting Texas sweet onions planted in March fertilized trip 13 at planting and blood an bone meal cpl times since wondering why my stalks are folding over an having brown tips watered regularly also thanks great show

[@DeepSouthHomestead]

Blood and bone meal takes several months to work. You get a small percentage up front then it breaks down very slow. The onions need more than that faster.

[@wr8010]

Ty for the reply guess I will hit them with triple 13

[@michaellyman6005]

Oh I got to say beautiful you got a beautiful place you got a beautiful garden the Lord really has blessed you

[@veronicaavsec6808]

Where would i get the trays for drying the onions

[@DeepSouthHomestead]

These were bread trays from the dump.

[@gailbrown9096]

Love sweet onions

[@jerriscollins-ruth9019]

Good ones

[@ReapWhatYouSowGardening]

We just harvested some small red onions we grew from bases and they tasted magical in salad!

[@armywife7922]

MR Danny and Miss Wanda, Those are some really nice looking onions. Thanks for walking this community how to tell when they are ready and how to dry them out. We appreciate your knowledge and sharing it with us. Blessings

[@daviddaughenbaugh1080]

Great

[@astatine0085]

What are the grates you use for onion drying racks?

[@tinan7129]

Same question crossed my mind. Plus with that drying set up, it can all be stored away quite easily.

[@DeepSouthHomestead]

Bread trays

[@kellyharbaugh9391]

Good night see y’all next time

[@melissakingery4393]

Danny I planted 5 shallot bulbs when do I know they are ready??

[@DeepSouthHomestead]

When the tops start dying

[@melissakingery4393]

Thankyou so much

[@tambrasmith9707]

It was cold to me ,here in Texas yesterday..

[@LazarickHomestead]

I started my own onions for first time but also got my normal order from dixondale as well just in case mine didnt work out.. I planted them outside today and in the greenhouse as well.. fingers crossed.. yours look amazing.

[@idahohoosier8989]

Blessings sweet folks and thank y'all, julie

[@kingtrumpet123]

Nice onions, I just got my shipment from Dixondale a few days ago. I live in New York State, so we plant in April and harvest in September. We are "long day" onion people up here, LOL.

[@BushcraftTexas]

I just got my onion sets in - yes I’m late lol. But, been converting my ground garden to all raised beds with very dark black organic garden dirt. Plan is to put tops on the 12x4 beds for plastic and / or shade cloth use.

[@tambrasmith9707]

That’s awesome … mine are bigger than they were last year .. I did mine like you said to do this year

[@tambrasmith9707]

Yes we are gonna … I’m gonna thank HIM for y’all who are teaching us what y’all know..

[@Jtwes]

Enjoyed. Still jealous of those beautiful onions. Lol

[@jeanpaeth7424]

Nice to see Danny on his knees...hope for healing

[@Bama_J]

Morning

[@DeepSouthHomestead]

Morning

[@BrendaThornton-tp3iw]

How do you freeze dry foods? Do you have special equipment to do so? Hear freeze drying machines are super expensive.

[@DeepSouthHomestead]

Yes we have a machine. They're kinda pricey but in the long run it pays off.

[@BrendaThornton-tp3iw]

Where do you get your machine?

[@BrendaThornton-tp3iw]

Also do you have a video showing you freeze drying foods? Am a native from MS but for last 23yrs have lived in east TX. Family still live in central MS.

[@scannfamily4863]

Those onions look amazing! We were between 70-80 degrees about 3-4 days ago and today and yesterday we were under a freeze warning. We still haven't planted anything as of yet. This rollercoaster ride with the weather has been crazy. Even though some have started planting around here, I have held off because I just new we were going to have a couple more freezing temperatures. With today being 28 degrees I was afraid to even put my grapes and blueberries in the ground. I'm excited to see the rest of your yield. Thank You for sharing. Much Love from our family to your family 💞

[@emilyb5972]

👍💕1st year doing onions from seed . Thanks for the info !

[@elizabethgreen5991]

Did you pull the dirt away from your onions when the bulb began to get big?

[@kimberlyjennings1970]

Yes that’s what I do. That way the bulb can form better! 😊

[@richardbellsr2345]

Couple of questions, do onion seed and garlic seed need to be stratified, "go through a cold season" ? Also planting onion bulbs and garlic, you just the root in the ground not burying the bulb with the top sticking out above ground surface?

[@DeepSouthHomestead]

I don't stratify mine. Never plant the small bulbs they won't make big bulbs. Always plant the sets small onion plants. Onions are a two year plant to make seeds. Planting small bulbs will only make seed plants with small bulbs.

[@esthersmith3341]

It is 4/24 and 50 degrees. I am late on everything this year. Other things come up and I will still finish my planting. It has to warm up for me. Good to have a minute to catch up on you 2. GOD bless and stay safe.

[@donnadelong2781]

Freeze dried vedalia onions are the bomb, I could sit and eat a pint of those as a snack.

[@gerrymarmee3054]

Danny and Wanda, I have realized that the way your videos come up on my screen your livestream vids are separate from regular videos. I have missed many livestreams. So to everyone, check out the livestreams! If they do not come up on the screen, you have to look for them.

[@DeepSouthHomestead]

It's because we are shadow banned by KZbin.

[@georgiapeachnut2490]

Great looking harvest to me. Just love your videos. Don't say much but I be watching ☺️. See you in the garden.

[@marysurbanchickengarden]

If you want to know how to grow huge onions you should watch Travis over at Lazy Dog Farm. He says give them plenty of nitrogen to make many leaves and cut off the nitrogen when they start to bulb. I heard you say when yours started to bulb you were going to pump the nitrogen to them, so which is the right way?

[@DeepSouthHomestead]

I use high nitrogen all the way from planting to full grown.

[@songofjoy4796]

I am learning so much from y'all. Thank you for sharing your journey with us.

[@stevenwilson1762]

Beautiful crop of onions to me. Thanks for showing how you dry them. Your property is beautiful. You two are sooooo knowledgeable...Mrs.Steve

[@rebeccah2438]

Good Morning! I've only grown Egyptian walking onions. I'm going to try to grow this coming fall. Hope you have a Wonderful Week ❤️

[@DeepSouthHomestead]

Good morning

[@ohiowolfsister]

What does "ringing the onions " mean? Thank you.

[@ritaholcombe9905]

Do a you tube search using that phrase and you will find lots of videos showing how to ring the onion.

[@DeepSouthHomestead]

We have videos showing how it's done.

[@debbies2966]

Great onion crop, growing from seed is the way to go if possible. I planted short and intermediate onions and they are starting to bulb. Hopefully I am dialing in on growing them successfully in my area.

[@DeepSouthHomestead]

Use calcium nitrate two inches out from them to get an extra boost in growth.

[@debbies2966]

@@DeepSouthHomestead thank you. I just ordered two bags.

[@goatkidmom]

That's interesting, Danny. I save all our eggshells, toast & crush them, and put them in the rows when I plant. Onions, garlic, tomatoes and peppers at least. That doesn't seem to be quite the same as calcium nitrate though.

[@claratarver3138]

Do you eat any of the blades on these kind of onions or is it just multiplying onions that you eat blades from?

[@DeepSouthHomestead]

We only way our multiplying onions. You don't want to take leaves from your bulbing onions.

[@claratarver3138]

@@DeepSouthHomestead thank you

[@joelhenderson5404]

Danny those 1015 are about the best onion you can set out.

[@donnadelong2781]

I have put out onions about 200 plants. I have some bulbs that I need to stick somewhere for green onions. Living in the city it is hard to find space, but a lawn with grass is overrated. LOL

[@tclodfelter8789]

As ALWAYS... I really enjoy your videos! Thank you for taking the time and resources to share everything with us! Have a great week!!

[@gardeningsimplified]

We grow all of our onions from seeds, and they look mighty spindly when we plant them, but we always end up with some big onions. We've been freeze drying our onions the past two years, and yes that's a fantastic way to preserve them. No more worries about onions spoilage after 3 or 4 months after harvest. I'm going to have to harvest some of ours this week.

[@lanagonzalez3359]

Good afternoon, looking good! Have y’all tried growing Vidalia onions, like the ones my state of Georgia is famous for?

[@DeepSouthHomestead]

The Texas legend onion is technically the same onion.

[@daddio7249]

I had a good crop on onions by accident. I ordered some garlic bulbs from Hoss Tools and thought the price was high but whatever. Next thing I know I get a big box of onion sets. I had purchased a garlic-onion bundle. Then later I watched a video where you ringed your onions. Most of mine are good sized. The garlic did not do as well, I need to do some research on what grows best in north Florida.

[@DeepSouthHomestead]

Short day onions and elephant garlic.

[@dw6090]

Weeping hickory nut trees, is it a shell ark hickory?

[@DeepSouthHomestead]

No just a plain hickory.

[@UrbanWhiteBuffaloFarm]

Hey y'all morning, Question: I'm fixin to get my onions in soon. We gotta grow long day onions in Minnesota. I am wondering would it help to add some sand to the area where I'm fixin to plant the onion starts. It does have some clay there and I add manure compost every year but if I add the sand will it let the onions push out and get a little bit bigger? I do have the fertilizer schedule down well I use a schedule a mix of yours and the OAG's schedules and it works well just wonderin about the sand amendment. God bless y'all be safe bye for now

[@DeepSouthHomestead]

Gypsum is better for clay than sand.

[@gleamingrace]

Beautiful onions! I want to try some this year. Thanks for the advice!

[@sharonmcmillin5007]

Rabbits are looking good. 😊 My onions are about ready to pull. Freeze hit them hard so mine are gonna be small but like you said thankful for what we get.

[@kennethmitchell2785]

Wow. Yall sure are early risers. I'm on night shift just a stones throw away in Hancock County. I'm a few hours from my head hitting the pillow.

[@wandaf6322]

Good morning Danny and Ms Wanda! Those onions look good. 🙏 We all have a good harvest this year, considering the crazy "weather" all around us this past winter and this spring. ❤️

[@DeepSouthHomestead]

Morning

[@berthaprince9097]

Thank you for sharing the date, we're in the same growing zone

[@garyb4929]

Awesome onions. I successfully grew some bulb onions for first time & just pulled them this weekend. Definitely appreciate the videos & you'lls knowledge. Have a Blessed day.

[@therrellcampbell9426]

Wow!

[@MrCntryjoe]

Planted a few from seed 3 kinds. Yours done great. Maybe take few types and accurate and interpreted untill regional onion. Seeds yes sir. Might need em.

[@grandmaatthefarm125]

Nothing wrong with those onions right there! The ones I grew from seed this year did better than the plants I bought.

[@goatkidmom]

I'v always had better success with seeds myself.

[@culdesacgrocerygarden]

Those onions look great! My dad always just hung them in the garage in old pantyhose legs with knots tied between them. Good to know about the freeze drying. I found red candy onion starts this year and they are looking really happy. Been in for almost a month now. Have you ever saved seeds from your own onions? I have from bunching onions but not bulb onion. If these red candies are good I am going to attempt saving one or two to go to seed.

[@rainspringing]

Red Candy or Red Candy Apple are likely hybrids (haven't seen anyone that worked out a stabilized OP version). Which means seeds saved from the best of those bulbs may be anything, or pretty good red onions. Bulb onions seed saving is pretty simple. Option one, leave best bulbs right where they are until they bloom, possibly next spring. Or, cure and store them. Shallow plant out the best bulbs, that also lasted the longest in storage, in spring and collect those seeds. This is what I do, because in the south I want to select for longer fresh storage, without having to put it up in some other fashion. Plus I usually want those bee drawing blooms close to something else vs wherever I had the onions before. They don't cross with the bunching, so no worries about letting both go to seed at the same time.

[@culdesacgrocerygarden]

@@rainspringing TY I didn't know you could replant the bulbs. I will try it.

[@rainspringing]

@@culdesacgrocerygarden short storage onions can also be planted after going in a thick cardboard box inside a fridge door, for a few months. Until you get some that last until spring. Note that you will lose some to rot anyway if they were heading there before going in the fridge. Basically save all the best bulbs, and hope some make it until spring.

[@melissakingery4393]

So beautiful there

[@karenl8897]

Ive never grown onions from seed. And i had always heard to let onions mature into large onions you were suppose to bend the green over so it wldnt go to seed .. i saw the video of the planting , but i wondered , did you have to remove the stem that flowers and goes to seed?

[@joyinthesouth1615]

Danny, if properly cured, approximately how long in your experience will onions keep on the shelf? I sure wish that I could afford a freeze dryer… 🙏🏻 praying to make it happen some day. Thanks for another great video. Have a blessed week.

[@DeepSouthHomestead]

Depends on temperature and humidity.

[@texaschopper3091]

Youguys bless me so much. Thank you.

[@HOMESTEAD_AUS]

G,day you guys , your lookin well , Livin the dream , God bless yu . Cheers wayne and lynne ♥️👍

[@DeepSouthHomestead]

G,day my friends

[@hickorbillyhomestead]

Good Morning and Happy Monday DSH. Onions are looking excellent. Hopefully everything else grows as well as your onions. Stay safe up there and keep on growing 🤠.

[@DeepSouthHomestead]

Good morning