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Old October 20, 2019   #11
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Originally Posted by Nan_PA_6b View Post
What to do with all those onions? Harvest, & dice them. Put huge bags of them in your freezer to be pulled out in handfuls at the slightest provocation.
I think the bigger question is, how much land do you need to grow 30,000 onions. On account of onion seed being good only for a year or two.
Now here is another option, Worth: you can grow some sets for next season.

How to:
https://naldc.nal.usda.gov/download/ORC00000286/PDF
The Home Production of Onion Seed and Sets USDA Farmers Bulletin 434
Fantastic read there.
Basic plan for growing sets: keep the seeds really crowded, don't feed, hold back the water and let em dry down early.
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