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More transplant onions for Ontario this summer
Transplant onion plantings are increasing in Ontario for 2021.
“The transplants arrived the other day and we’ll start planting by the end of the week,” says Avia Eek of Eek Farms in Ontario’s Holland Marsh. Seed onions finished planting early last week.
The transplants arrived from the Keller Bros. Greenhouses Inc. in Beamsville, ON, which cultivates the transplants and then ships them to Eek Farms each spring. In all this year, Eek has approximately 20 acres of transplants. “Last year we did 12 acres but we’ve been slowly increasing our number of transplants because you get the early market,” says Eek. “It’s that window between Ontario fresh and American fresh. Seed onions aren’t ready until August or September but using transplants, we’re harvesting by mid-July so that’s a month’s jump on seed onions.” She notes that pricing tends to be higher for transplant onions as well which helps offset the higher