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    From T@21:1/5 to All on Tue Jun 4 16:06:33 2024
    Hi All,

    I am going to try planting
    https://www.trueleafmarket.com/products/onion-seeds-imai-early-yellow
    for over winter.

    I am in zone 6B. First freeze in second week in October.
    The summer heat dissipates starting the end of August.

    When do I plant?

    Many thanks,
    -T

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  • From cshenk@21:1/5 to All on Wed Jun 5 15:44:30 2024
    T wrote:

    Hi All,

    I am going to try planting

    https://www.trueleafmarket.com/products/onion-seeds-imai-early-yellow
    for over winter.

    I am in zone 6B. First freeze in second week in October.
    The summer heat dissipates starting the end of August.

    When do I plant?

    Many thanks,
    -T

    Your planting zone says mid-April to Mid May but I suspect that is
    esablished seedlings. I see the subject says for over-wintering
    things, and I'm not sure of that.

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  • From Wanderer@21:1/5 to All on Wed Jun 5 05:12:15 2024
    T wrote:

    Hi All,

    I am going to try planting

    https://www.trueleafmarket.com/products/onion-seeds-imai-early-yellow
    for over winter.

    I am in zone 6B. First freeze in second week in October.
    The summer heat dissipates starting the end of August.

    When do I plant?

    Many thanks,
    -T

    Onions are biennial. That means in the second season they go to seed.
    So onions may not be good plants to overwinter. Tomato plants can live
    for 3 years in tropical climates, so they overwinter well. Pepper plants
    are supposedly able to overwinter but I have not had any luck with them. Cucumbers also did not overwinter and broccoli plants broke. Brussel sprouts ovewintered but my sprouts were still only a half centimeter when the first snow came and killed the plants.

    But you can still try. I'd be interested in how it works out.

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  • From T@21:1/5 to cshenk on Wed Jun 5 22:18:08 2024
    On 6/5/24 08:44, cshenk wrote:
    T wrote:

    Hi All,

    I am going to try planting

    https://www.trueleafmarket.com/products/onion-seeds-imai-early-yellow
    for over winter.

    I am in zone 6B. First freeze in second week in October.
    The summer heat dissipates starting the end of August.

    When do I plant?

    Many thanks,
    -T

    Your planting zone says mid-April to Mid May but I suspect that is
    esablished seedlings. I see the subject says for over-wintering
    things, and I'm not sure of that.

    My green onions and Tokyo bunching onions survive over winter

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  • From songbird@21:1/5 to All on Thu Jun 6 07:12:46 2024
    T wrote:
    Hi All,

    I am going to try planting
    https://www.trueleafmarket.com/products/onion-seeds-imai-early-yellow
    for over winter.

    I am in zone 6B. First freeze in second week in October.
    The summer heat dissipates starting the end of August.

    When do I plant?

    this is going to depend upon the variety of onion so
    i would guess for these sometime towards the end of
    July, you'll have to keep them moistened pretty much
    every day (but not sodden) to sprout and grow.
    whatever sprouts you get will grow a little and then
    get knocked back by the cold and you will have a tiny
    bulb which will resprout and finish in the spring.
    the problem is that if the little bulbs get too big
    and too stressed they may just bolt, flower and make
    more seeds instead of onion bulbs the next growing
    season.

    you are much better off starting the seeds indoors
    in the beginning of the next year and then plant those
    starts out when the worst of the winter has passed.


    songbird

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  • From cshenk@21:1/5 to All on Thu Jun 6 17:22:03 2024
    T wrote:

    On 6/5/24 08:44, cshenk wrote:
    T wrote:

    Hi All,

    I am going to try planting


    https://www.trueleafmarket.com/products/onion-seeds-imai-early-yellow
    for over winter.

    I am in zone 6B. First freeze in second week in October.
    The summer heat dissipates starting the end of August.

    When do I plant?

    Many thanks,
    -T

    Your planting zone says mid-April to Mid May but I suspect that is esablished seedlings. I see the subject says for over-wintering
    things, and I'm not sure of that.

    My green onions and Tokyo bunching onions survive over winter

    Normal. Your main planting is as above per google.

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