Wireworms & Onion root maggots
Posted: Wed 02-Feb-2022, 18:21
This question is for Dan as we noticed in your introductory videos last year that your farm has had much success with growing onions. We have been challenged in growing onions in the past 3 threes because of pests such as the onion root maggots. The maggot eats the roots, the bulb will bolt and the bulb will rot even if it hasn't already tried to go to seed. Here is what we have tried:
1) Crop rotation - not planting these in the same bed every year. We have a number of raised beds and we have been putting the veggies on a 3 year rotation between these beds.
2) Bulbs - rather than seeds, we planted starter bulbs from either Westcoast seeds or Home Depot (when the first was sold out).
3) Crop cover - we covered our onion beds with cloth cover
All of the above failed to address the issue. We really need help if we are to continue to grow these veggies.
1) Crop rotation - not planting these in the same bed every year. We have a number of raised beds and we have been putting the veggies on a 3 year rotation between these beds.
2) Bulbs - rather than seeds, we planted starter bulbs from either Westcoast seeds or Home Depot (when the first was sold out).
3) Crop cover - we covered our onion beds with cloth cover
All of the above failed to address the issue. We really need help if we are to continue to grow these veggies.