Growing onions is a hugely popular past-time for vegetable gardeners around the globe. It can be a simple task, though there are lots of pitfalls that can hit your crop and ruin a potential harvest.

Newly planted onions spend their energy first growing roots, then building green leaves or tops. When a specific combination of daylight, darkness and temperature is reached, bulb formation starts.

Editor's Note: This is the second column by Elaine Bast about growing onions. Mulch with straw between rows to help retain moisture and stifle weeds. Ensure immature bulbs stay covered with light ...

Onions will grow as big as softballs in Central Florida, but their culture is a little different here. Plantings are not made in spring, as they are in northern climates, but in the fall, so that the ...

1015 or 10/15? What does this mean to you? To many gardeners, or non-gardeners for that matter, these numbers mean onions. Not just any onions but the famous Texas Sweet 1015s. This onion variety was ...