I planted 8 pounds onions sept.5.Ground thawed 3 days ago and have been using the scallions daily.My leeks were planted in garden may 28 and i pick whenever ground is not frozen.I have been doing this for at least 10 years.Good luck.

Thanks baygrower. That seems like a lot of onions to eat. My plan is to continue experimenting in the garden and the kitchen. We have $1.50 in onion sets from Walmart out in the garden. I bought a bundle of transplants at a local garden center. With the transplants, I'm going to try to get them to bulb. The business provided a direction sheet on growing onions, so I am being careful to follow instructions, to see if they will actually size up. If things don't go right, I can still cook what grows, puree and put in soup. One of the girls hates the texture of the onion pieces.
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I store the sets not eaten as scallions, and use as broiler size- i like them cooked soft in cream.I have large extended family in area and as long as nothing is wasted, but yeah that 8 pounds would be alot for couple people.My seeds have sprouted and these will be my large storage onions for winter.I plant them in compost mixed with garden topsoil and bonemeal as fertilizer.Have been lucky with onion flys lately, but i tend to plant every few weeks( 1/3 at a time) if i get infestations.