am thinking that i want to save space, does anyone grow onion in a square foot gardening plan, i want my onions to get bigger the better, was thinking spaceing every 12 inches but could i go closer, i sure am liking the ideas of eliminating extra tilling and mulching for weed controll along with possable preen, to me my garden is my canvas and i am the artist and i love a clean weed free garden
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Posts: 1631 | Location: North Central Illinois , zone 5, Morrel mushroom country, The land of Corn and Soybeans | Registered: January 19, 2008
Since the huge onions in the stores are only about 6 inches across, I would shoot for that spacing myself. I start off planting them a lot closer (as close as 2-3 inches) and harvest the cullings as green onions. Then I harvest the next cullings as "boiler" onions (they make better in soups and stews than the bigger onions). That usually leaves about 6 inch spacing for the "big boys".
Bill Griffin
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Posts: 1699 | Location: Edwardsburg, MI Zone 5/6 | Registered: December 08, 2004
Jim, I space them at about 6 or 8 per sq foot. For larger onions go 6 per foot. My onions are about 4" around right now and looking to be a killer crop.
