How to make onions grow bigger in garden?

Question

I was told to bend green stalk in half & the onions will get bigger. Is that correct?

Answer 1

I've never heard of bending the stalk. Why don't you try an experiment and do it with half your crop and not the other and see what happens. Follow the others' advise for everything else that makes sense.

Answer 2

Soil Preparation

Before seeding or transplanting, work the soil 8-10 inches deep. Break up the clods and rake the soil smooth. Remove all rocks and trash. Work the garden soil only when it is dry enough not to stick to garden tools.

Fertilizing

Onions grow best when the garden soil is fertilized right. Spread 2-3 pounds of a fertilizer such as 10-10-10 over a 100 square-foot area. Measure and spread the fertilizer, then mix it with the top 3-4 inches of soil.

Planting

Onions are a cool season crop and can stand temperatures well below freezing. They may be planted from seed, from small bulbs called sets or from transplants. Seeding is cheapest but takes longer before onions are ready. If you use sets or transplants, plant them 3/4 inch deep and 3 inches apart. Do not transplant onions more than one inch deep. See figure 1.

When seeding onions for bulbs, plant them 1/4 inch deep during October through December. Place seeds 1 inch apart. When the plants are about 6 inches high, thin them to one plant every 2-3 inches. Eat the extra plants as green onions.

Watering

Watering once a week usually is enough. But you may need to water more often during dry, windy weather. Water slowly and deeply to help grow strong, healthy roots.

Care During the Season

Weeds are easy to pull or cut when they are 3-4 inches high. Do not let weeds or grass get large as they steal nutrients from the onions. When hoeing weeds and grass do not chop too deeply. You may be cutting onion roots. Always hand pull weeds when possible.

When onion plants have 5-6 leaves, apply fertilizer again to help grow larger plants and bigger bulbs. Each leaf forms a ring in the onion bulb. More leaves mean more rings and larger onion bulbs. Use about 1.2 cup of fertilizer for each 10 feet of onion row. Scatter the fertilizer evenly between the rows. Water after adding the fertilizer.

GOOD LUCK!

Answer 3

no longer likely yet there are just about no examine accomplished in this and have not been accomplished because of the fact the mid 1960's whilst the USDA which used to diploma the food in food observed that when guy made fertilizers began for use interior the 1940's that the nutrient stages of flora become taking place. So after a pair of a protracted time of seeing this downward variety they end measuring. one way you could diploma the food is to take Brix (sugar) readings with a brix meter. the better the sugars the extra food contemporary and that they have chanced on the poorer the soil the decrease the brix readings. to no longer point out, in detrimental soil the flora do no longer strengthen nicely and would tend to be attacked by potential of pests and illnesses that would kill the flora and you will additionally get off and bitter tastes whilst grown in detrimental soil. in case you're speaking bagged soil and value, value isn't a hallmark of detrimental soil without food

Answer 4

Miracle Grow or some other gardening chemical that enhances the size of the fruit/veggie you wanna grow larger.

Answer 5

Actually nitrogen and phosphorous. Nitrogen helps produce more leaves, more leaves means more rings in turn a bigger onion

Answer 6

Bone meal Onions need a lot of phosphorus

Answer 7

Miracle grow for fruit & Vegetables

Answer 8

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