In October 2022 I planted 100 'Forum' onion sets in an unheated hoop house, and subsequently also covered them with a low tunnel of floating row cover. I expected them to grow, because I always have some missed onions grow in my garden in the spring, but these exceeded my expectations by developing into large bulbs - quite a few were about the size of a baseball - that were very solid and kept well in my garage throughout the following summer and fall (I harvested them on July 8th, 2023 and am still using them in late October). Very few of the 'Forum' onions bolted before harvest (about 6 did bolt), contrasted by onions that I started from seed ('Patterson' and 'Talon') and planted at the same time as the sets, of which quite a few bolted before I harvested them. I sourced the sets from Johnny's Selected Seeds and have ordered and planted another batch to harvest in 2024.

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