I also gave the onion seedlings their second haircut.
This is new, I've never heard of it. My dad (and me when I'm helping) always sow the seedlings into the ground and never give them a haircut. Isn't that damaging to the seedlings?
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Oh, I so wish I could sow the seedlings right into the ground and not give them haircuts, but alas, I live in the most brutal of growing zones, so I have to do things differently. When you start seedlings indoors they are prone to damping off and dying, cutting back the tops of onions helps them put energy into strong root development and doesn't hurt them at all, I've grown them this way lots of times, as long as you don't cut them back too far or aggressively. I don't do it to any other seedlings but the onions.
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This is interesting, because I know you can sow the onion sets into the ground during autumn, then leave nature to do the rest. Meaning snow can cover it and keep it warm and hydrated during winter, then they grow nicely once spring arrives.
We don't do that as my dad likes to plow the garden and once you sow the onion sets, there's no way you can plow it. This is why he is sowing in spring.