Although there was a bumper onion harvest last year (2024), high demand ... as well as the introduction of hybrid seeds, farmers' yield this year is expected to be low because of issues with ...

Considered one of the oldest cultivated plants, onions are thought to have originated in Central Asia. Green onions, also ...

Start onion seeds indoors. It can take up to two weeks ... After about 100 to 120 days, your onions should be ready for harvest. You'll know they are ready when a flower stalk has emerged or ...

We also explain how to sow onion seeds, plant sets and grow healthy plants that are ready to harvest in summer. Onions need plenty of time to grow so it's best to sow them early in the year in January ...

Sow seed in modules in January or February ... As soon as the leaves start to yellow and die back, onions and garlic are ready for harvesting. Don't bend over the leaves to speed this up.

At the crack of dawn, Nitin Mulik (45), rushes to his two-acre holding, expecting swarms of bees to pollinate the white star-shaped flowers of his onion crop. But this farmer from Anpatwadi village in ...