Thread: In the garden 2021

Those have a ways to go----You can start pulling them when they get to the size of green onions but around here most wait until they are at least an inch across. Back in the day the machines for seeding weren't as accurate as they are today so the growers would thin the onions then bunch them up and sell them as 'Salad Onions'. These days they just start pulling a row until the onions are close to being big enough to become dry onions. Here's a pic;



I hope this is of some help.

I tried to load just the picture of the onion's development but it didn't work so here's a link to more about the WW Sweets including the picture;

https://www.spokesman.com/agriculture/onions/

I will add that while they can be cooked due to the extremely high water content (around 90%) they aren't real good for cooking. Where they excel is used raw. You'll see people around here with a slice of WW Sweet almost as big as the patty on their hamburger.