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Candy Onions

Gardening Guide: The Outstanding Onion Gardening Guide: All You Need to Know About Growing, Harvesting, Cooking, and Eating Delicious Onions

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Candy Onions

In this Plant Profile, get specific details, including the characteristics and best uses of Candy onions, one of 11 Plant Profiles featured in our Onion Collection.

By Norann Oleson

Candy Onions

Candy Onions

The Candy onion is adaptable to most zones around the country. Sweet and mild, they’re excellent for cooking with their large bulbs and thick white rings. As a bonus, they’re pretty much pest-free. Candy onions are a popular choice with first-time onion gardeners.

Characteristics:

  • Intermediate day onion variety
  • Hardiness Zone: 3 to 9
  • Days to Maturity: 85
  • Pests/Diseases: root rot and mildew
  • Color: white
  • Flavor: sweet, mild
  • Storage: store in fridge; use within a few weeks of harvest
  • Uses: cooking, casseroles, sauces, pasta, sandwich garnish

Have you ever tried growing Candy onions? Are there any challenges you face growing Candy onions? Please tell us your best tips for growing Candy onions.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

  • Curator’s Corner
  • Introduction
  • Feature Articles

  • Types of Onion Plants
  • Choosing to Grow Onions from Seeds, Transplants, or Sets
  • Growing Onions in Open Land, in Raised Beds, or in Containers
  • Starting with the Right Soil for Your Onion Plants
  • Companion Planting with Your Onion Crop: What to Plant Nearby—and What to Keep at a Distance
  • The Right Sunlight for Your Onion Plants
  • Should You Fertilize Your Onion Plants?
  • How—and When—to Water Your Onion Plants
  • How to Spot, Treat, and Prevent Onion Diseases
  • Bulb Rot in Onion Plants: How to Identify, Treat, and Prevent Different Types of Bulb Rot
  • What to Do About Pests that Can Harm Your Onion Plants
  • The Right Way to Weed Your Onion Patch
  • Why Do Onions Make You Cry?
  • Onion Harvesting, Curing, and Storage Tips
  • Essential Tools and Equipment for Growing and Enjoying Onions
  • Plant Profiles

  • Dutch Yellow Shallots
  • French Red Shallots
  • Patterson Onions
  • Walla Walla Onions
  • Southport Red Globe Onions
  • White Sweet Spanish Onions
  • Utah Yellow Sweet Spanish Onions
  • Candy Onions
  • Red Burgundy Onions
  • Yellow Granex Onions
  • Early White Grano Onions
  • Recipes

  • Easy Onion Dinner Rolls
  • Onions in a Pickle
  • French Onion Soup
  • Scalloped Onions
  • Onion-Topped Focaccia Bread
  • Caramelized Onions
  • No-Guilt Onion Bloom
  • Additional Articles

  • Nutrition Facts about Onions
  • Home Remedies & Health Benefits of Onions
  • Resources about Onions
  • Onion Glossary
  • Related Articles

  • The Best Vegetables to Plant Together for an Unbelievable Harvest
  • 10 Deer-Resistant Vegetables and Herbs
  • Are You Storing Onions the Wrong Way? Learn How to Store Every Variety
  • 5 Tips for Growing a Healthy Harvest of Onions This Year

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