Growing onions in containers from seed

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Onions and other alliums are easy to grow. Each bulb requires only a small space, allowing you to grow a lot in a small area.

Even if you only have a small garden or patio, there is always room to grow onions in containers.

Know Before You Grow Onions In Containers

Onions grow bulbs in response to the amount of daylight they receive. If they don’t get the right hours of light, you could end up with just leaves.

Best soil for growing onions in containers

The terms to categorize onions are long day, short day, or day-neutral.

Grow long day in the north and short day in the south. Day-neutral can be grown in the north and south. Draw a line from San Francisco to the tip of South Carolina to determine your area.

Short day onions

Short day onions only require 10-12 hours of sunlight to bulb.

They can be grown in the north but bulbs will not be as large. These are usually sweeter varieties with a short storage life.

Day-neutral onions

Day-neutral onions require 12-14 hours of daylight and are usually sweeter onion v

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