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Old April 10, 2007   #7
montanamato
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Tania....I have been putting onions in the garden the last 4 or 5 years that I started from seed....Problem is, I never get my garden beds prepared in late April for them...Some years they go out the end of May, and then I am impressed at how the little starts can take the heat and wind...I grow about 6 Italian varieties from seed, and get seedlings from the nursery for Walla Wallas....The Walla Wallas have been really nice and large and I get storage until the New Year from them...Must be the low humidity. I don't fertilize, but I do weed them very well....I plant them in an area my husband worked literally tons of corral contents a few years back....I think there is still enough nitrogen in the soil to skip fertilizing...As soon as my cabbage and onions start to get small I will have to fertilize, but the same area grows purple cabbage that is bowling ball size....Wish all my garden was so fruitful...

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