#Seed Varieties

[creativeera]

Onion Seeds: Discover the Flexibility and Charm of this Unassuming Vegetable Seed

Onion History and Onion Seeds Onions have been cultivated for thousands of years and originated in central Asia. Ancient Egyptians regarded onions as the empire's sacred symbol of eternal life. Historical texts show onions were an important crop for many ancient civilizations. During ancient Rome times, soldiers were even sometimes paid in onions. Onions slowly spread from central Asia to other parts of the world through trade routes and conquests. Today, onions are one of the most commonly used vegetable worldwide. Onion Types and Onion Seeds There are several different types of onions grown across the globe based on color, size, and taste. Some of the most common varieties grown from blackseed include: - Yellow onions: These are the most widely grown variety and have a mild sweet flavor. They store well and are perfect for general cooking uses. - Red onions: Red onions have a deeper purple color and stronger flavor than yellow onions. They are commonly used for salads, sandwiches, and grilling. - White onions: White onions have a very mild flavor and are best for eating raw in salads. They don't store as long as other varieties. - Green onions: Also called scallions, they are harvested early with their green stalks and have a very mild onion flavor profile. - Pearl onions: These are small spherical Onion Seeds perfect for pickling or adding to stews and casseroles for their sweetness. - Spanish onions: They have a sweet and complex flavor. Spanish onions are perfect for grilling or roasting whole. Blackseed can produce all these varieties and more depending on variety selection, growing conditions, and care practices. Popular heirloom varieties available as seeds include Candy, Granex, and Red Baron onions. Growing Onions from Seeds Home gardeners and farmers grow the majority of onions from seeds planted directly in the soil. Blackseed need specific temperature and soil conditions to germinate and thrive. Here are some tips for successful onion growing: - Select a sunny spot with well-draining soil rich in organic matter. Add compost before planting. - For spring planting, start seeds indoors 6-8 weeks before the last frost date. Transplant seedlings after danger of frost has passed. - For fall planting, sow seeds directly in the garden from late summer through early fall for a summer harvest the next year. - Plant seeds 1/4 inch deep, 1/2 inch apart in rows 12-18 inches apart. Thin later to recommended spacing of 4-6 inches between plants. - Keep soil moist until seeds sprout in 7-14 days. Once established, onions only need occasional watering. - Weed regularly by hand to avoid damaging shallow root system. Mulching helps suppress weeds. - Harvest green onions when bulbs are 1/2 to 1 inch wide. Cure bulbs for 2-3 weeks after bulbs reach desired size for long-term storage. Onion Pests and Diseases While onions are generally hardy plants, they can sometimes face pest and disease issues in the garden that affect yield and quality if left untreated. Here are some of the most common onion problems: - Thrips: These tiny yellow or black insects suck plant juices and spread viral diseases. Control with row covers, destroy crop residues. - Onion maggots: The fly larvae tunnel into bulbs, ruining them for eating. Usefloating row covers or apply crop rotation to at least 2 years. - Downy mildew: A soil-borne fungal disease causing white fungal growth. Use disease-resistant varieties and rotation. - Purple blotch: Fungal disease appears as purple or black water-soaked spots on leaves and bulbs. Remove diseased plants and use 3-4 year rotation. - Smut: This fungal disease forms black spore-filled galls on leaves, stalks, and bulbs. There is no chemical treatment, remove and destroy infected plants. With the right growing conditions and care, homegrown onions from seeds can provide a bountiful harvest to enjoy! Proper planning and integrated pest management helps prevent the most common onion problems.

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[tomorrowsgardennc]

my dad made me a display 2.0 for the seed packets and omg 😭😭😭😭😭

[wildrungarden]

7/7/24 ~ morning harvest!

Finally able to harvest some Burmese Okra, Banana Peppers and Cayenne.

*Fun Fact: I originally planted a Serrano plant (so I thought & marked it as such) - just for it to grow and NOT be that ���� So I have one unplanned Cayenne plant growing well 😇🌶️

[bcbdrums]

One of the biggest letdowns in the world is when you order a pack of 10 pepper varieties (seeds) from Amazon and only receive five total of the 10 you paid for, only two are what you ordered, and the other three are mystery???

Bonus letdown when what are supposed to be poblano turn out to be shishito.

[wiisagi-maiingan]

Picked up corn, bean, and squash seeds for the front garden. Can't wait to get these ladies set up.

[thestudentfarmer]

Quick lil garden peek

Transplanted some (bush)bean starts this morning. Just want to see if they'll do any good with transplanting. If so I may do this again for sucession planting and fill in planting.

With them I direct seeded sunflower mix I've been collecting from prior grows.

At the end is a pumpkin volunteer. I likely won't be keeping it, but I'm gonna let it grow for now and likely pull it to feed the chickens.

🌱🫘Happy Homesteading🫘🌱

9.23 2023

[b-blushes]

mwah ha ha it's all coming together....... >:3

[jensownzoo]

Got all the fall seeds planted in various containers this week. It's about a month behind normal, but it's been so hot that I was afraid everything would be programmed to bolt immediately. It's going to be 90F today and tomorrow, then a short cold spell (but not frost), then we'll have appropriate weather for germinating everything.

I'm trying something different with the Tidy Cats litter tubs. I usually fill some up 3/4 full of water and shove them in black plastic contactor bags to serve as thermal mass in my cold frame. This year I'm going to also plant in them too (with holes drilled in the bottom) instead of using the earthboxes. I think it will make for a more compact structure, but we'll see if it works. The wire shelving is there because the wildlife has gone nuts with digging everything up in their own preparations for winter. It's very annoying.

But look to the right in that pic. That's my very vigorously growing cucumber and sweet potato bed that I put together during July. And look:

Just got 5 pints of gsrlic dill pickles from the Suyo Long cucumbers and I have those two Beit Alpha cakes to make some tzatziki with later today. There are quite a number of additional fruit setting too. With all the aged wood chips both incorporated into the soil and used as mulch, the bed may keep warm enough to allow me to harvest them even. You know, unless it freezes.

I also went and collected on a few permissions obtained earlier in the season and came home with three clumps of sprouting unharvested garlic and three cuttings from an enormous garden sage bush. The separated cloves ended up being three 6' rows of garlic in a raised bed that I was going to just grow vining flowers and African marigolds in next season. I stripped the leaves off the sage for the dehydrator and will try to root the stems to keep indoors over the winter and plant out in the spring.

Also also, I'm pretty stoked at my seed-saving/gathering efforts this year:

Not pictured are the buckets of French marigold and cosmos seeds I also collected. Got several new things to try growing as well as more pepper seeds than any one person could possibly need. May package some of them up to drop off at the food pantry in the spring. Gonna bomb my alley with the cosmos seeds come spring too. The bees freaking LOVED those flowers this year and I aim to please those fuzzy butts as well as beautify.

So the garden is pretty well in hand. Now for the semi-annual garden shed clean out and tidying to get done this week. (And then the garage, ugh)

[gingaswag]

I should drawmy roblox avatar oc and the one I made in one of those roleplay games

[catofspades]

shhh... they're dreaming

One of these is lavender and one of these is chamomile. I don't remember which is which because I forgot to label them.

Seeds were old. So I sprouted them in a paper towel before transferring to the soil.

[smokeys-house]

I usually buy this bread that's "whole grain + 21 types of seeds and nuts" but they were recently out of it at the store. They did however have a suspiciously similar looking package of bread "whole grain + 22 seeds and nuts" and while one-upping is a common practice when it comes to sales I just love the idea that I'm flocking to bread based solely on quantity of seeds and nuts like a bird or perhaps a squirrel

[the-busy-ghost]

Planted some bulbs today, not sure if they'll come up, I have never had much luck with daffodils, but the others were muscari, alliums, and irises, all of which have proven incorrigible when I planted them previously (still pulling alliums out of pots they were never planted in five years later).

[wildrungarden]

6/29/24 ~ endless tiny tims 🍅

[findusinaweek]

guys I bought like 3? 4? pounds of chia seeds on accident and while I am enjoying the shlorpability of them, they are my new favorite food, please let me know if you have uh suggestions of what to do with them.

[cookinguptales]

I generally spend summers out west visiting with my parents because it's much colder out there, which is better for my chronic illnesses. I figure that there's nothing much keeping me here during the summer, especially because it's not really safe for me to go outside when it's hot, so until something comes up that makes traveling for long periods less attractive (like a job that requires me to stay put, a partner, home renovations, etc.) I'm gonna keep doing it.

But brooooo the only thing that makes me occasionally consider staying here for the summer is plants. When I used to stay here during the summer, before my parents moved to California, I used to grow the most beautiful plants. I have this raised garden bed that I got when I first moved in and I've never really gotten to use it because I'm just never here during a full growing season anymore.

I have grow shelves in my office and that's nice, but it's nothing compared to actually being able to grow tomatoes and stuff in my garden. And OH if I were able to use that space out there to get a little apple tree! One of the self-pollinating ones with multiple varieties! Or one of the dwarf peach/nectarine combos...

I'd cry!

But those things need a little babying and I'm just not here enough to do it properly. Which is sad, because gardening is actually pretty good for my mental health. And while I love my parents' area, a lot of fruiting plants just do not do well in that environment. I love the plants that are there, but every time we've tried to do tomatoes or cucumbers or something, they just do not thrive at all. Way too cold and gray. We can grow pea pods, but I hate pea pods...

*staring into space daydreaming about franken fruit trees because someone on my dash had the misfortune to reblog something about plant grafting*

[theverumproject]

Guys, I shitposted...

Scary Alert: Level 10 (Don't click if you don't wanna see the beautiful face of The Boiled One from the analogue horror The Boiled One Phenomenon. I think he's quite cute though. Might have a crush on him.)

These two wonderful pages belong to the book Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari. Just finished it last thursday, it was a very good read!

And to those wo recognize the cool being in the second picture; I think Proteus was made with human neurons? I could be wrong though, so maybe the meme is not entirely accurate. (Proteus is from Demon Seed)

Oh, and the blue dude is Bluctro from Verum I: The Awakening. I think I never posted a picture of him here, did I?