Don't be distracted by the brown tips. These onions have grown a couple inches since being planted a week ago. I can't tell if it's weeds or tomatoes coming up there in the middle. I'll give it some time.
Onion Growth
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Onion Inter-Planting
I am inter-planting onion with my tomatoes and peppers. Some of my reading has suggested that this will enhance the flavor of each.
Planting Spring 2012
I ordered some seeds and plants online. The cool thing is that they wait to ship them until it’s time for you to plant. Click the image to the right to embiggen. I ordered the following varieties.
- TOMATO BRANDYWINE seed
- OKRA CLEMSON seed
- PEANUT IMPROVED VIRGINIA seed
- SUMMER SQUASH MEDLEY BLEND OF HYBRIDS seed
- MELON ORANGE SHERBERT HYB seed
- ONION YELLOW plant
- PEPPER SWEET BELL plant
- GARLIC SOFTNECK CALIFORNIA WHITE
I'm not sure where the garlic is going. After the tomatoes and peppers grow up some I will plant a second planting of squash for ground cover and as a fall crop.
Seed Starting
I began seeding this weekend. I started Lettuce, Celery, Chives, Spinach and Onions. To spread out the harvest I planted only about a quarter of my intended crop. I'll keep the seeds indoors until they get their second set of leaves.
I used starter soil. I don't expect it to hurt but I hope it helps.
