2024 UMaine Extension Project Onion Order
About the UMaine Extension Project Onion Order
Since 2017 the Harvest for Hunger Program has made a bulk onion order form available to Master Gardeners and used the proceeds from those sales to subsidize onion plants for Harvest for Hunger Projects to grow onions for the community.
We work directly with the growers at Dixondale Farms in Texas to buy bulk bunches of onion plants. We have taken the guesswork out of what will grow here in Maine.
The varieties offered in full bunches (50-75 plants per bunch) are the easiest and most popular to grow. The plants offered in half bunches are more novelty or specialty varieties.
Onion plants can be picked up at the Extension office that you choose on the project order form. The pickup schedule is as follows:
- Aroostook (Fort Kent) – 34 Armory Rd., Ste 101, Fort Kent – Pickup Date – Monday, April 29, 2024
- Aroostook (Houlton) – 18 Military St., Houlton – Pickup Date Monday, April 29, 2024
- Aroostook (Presque Isle)- 57 Houlton Rd., Presque Isle – Pickup Date Monday, April 29, 2024
- And/Sag – 24 Main St. Lisbon Falls-Pickup Date Friday, April 19, 2024
- Cumberland-75 Clearwater Dr., Ste. 104, Falmouth – Pickup Date Friday, April 19, 2024
- Franklin-138 Pleasant St. Farmington – Pickup Date Friday, April 19, 2024
- Hancock & Washington – 63 Boggy Brook Rd. Ellsworth- Pickup Date F riday, April 26, 2024
- Kennebec- 125 State St. Augusta – Pickup Date Friday, April 19, 2024
- Knox/Lincoln – 377 Manktown Rd. Waldoboro – Pickup Date Friday, April 26, 2024
- Oxford – 9 Olson Rd. South Paris – Pickup Date Friday, April 19, 2024
- Penobscot- 307 Maine Ave. Bangor – Pickup Date Friday, April 26, 2024
- Piscataquis – 165 E. Maine St. Dover-Foxcroft – Pickup Date Friday, April 26, 2024
- Somerset – 7 County Dr. Skowhegan – Pickup Date Friday, April 26, 2024
- Waldo – 992 Waterville Rd. Belfast – Pickup Date Friday, April 26, 2024
- York – 15 Oak St. Springvale – Pickup Date Friday, April 19, 2024
Onions:
Important: Please visit the Dixondale Farms* website by clicking the linked text below for an onion variety description and photo. However, please use the Onion Request Form for Projects link to order your onions.
Order Due Date: February 9, 2024
By participating in the project you are registering as a Maine Harvest for Hunger Project for 2024. We will follow up with more information later in the season.
The following links are for description purposes only. Remember to order on the Onion Request form for Projects.
The following varieties may only be ordered in full bunches: (approximately 60 plants)
- Ailsa Craig (Dixondale Farms)
- Long Day Onion Assortment (Dixondale Farms)
- Patterson, White Storage Onion (Dixondale Farms)
- Red Zeppelin, Red Onion (Dixondale Farms)
The following varieties may only be ordered in half bunches: (approximately 30 plants)
- Red Torpedo Tropea (Dixondale Farms)
- Cipollini (Dixondale Farms)
- Yellow Spanish Onion (Dixondale Farms)
Leeks and Shallots:
Leeks and Shallots may only be ordered in half bunches: (approximately 30 plants)
If you are a person with a disability and need an accommodation to participate in this program, or would like to discuss any other barriers to participation, please email lynne.holland@maine.edu or call Lynne Holland at 207.581.8211 or 800.287.1458 (in Maine) to discuss your needs. Receiving requests for accommodations at least 10 days before the program provides a reasonable amount of time to meet the request, however, all requests will be considered.
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