Onion Garden Planner for Canning

Plan bulb onions for canning, compare planting systems, and choose a day-length type suited to your latitude.

Space by planting style

Preservation-suitable variety direction

Zone is only one factor. Day length, disease pressure, storage quality, maturity, and use may be more important.

Planting and indoor-start timing

Start seed about 10–12 weeks before transplanting where the cited northern guidance applies. Check local frost, soil, and forecast conditions.

Current weather is not loaded automatically; check the local forecast and soil before planting.

Canning recipes using onions

• Chayote and Pear Relish — NCHFP
• Shirley Camp’s Homemade Chili Sauce (Like Mother’s) — Mrs. Wages
• Hurryin Hoosiers Corn Relish — Mrs. Wages
• Corn Relish — Mrs. Wages
• Blue Ribbon Salsa Recipe For Canning — Mrs. Wages
• Best of Show Zucchini Relish by Pam McGowan (Rochester, IL) — Mrs. Wages
• Shirley’s Mixed Vegetable Pickles — Mrs. Wages
• Red Ribbon Pickled Beets — Mrs. Wages
• Mrs. Wages® White Ribbon Quick Pickled Vegetables — Mrs. Wages
• Mrs. Wages® Red Ribbon Sliced Pickled Beets — Mrs. Wages
• Indiana State Fair – Blue Ribbon Tangy Mixed Pickles — Mrs. Wages
• Crisp Pickle Slices — Mrs. Wages
• Bread and Butter Pickles with Artificial Sweetener — Mrs. Wages
• Bread & Butter Pickles Recipe — Mrs. Wages
• Best in Show Sweet Bread and Butter Pickles — Mrs. Wages
• Rhubarb Onion Spicy Sauce — UAF Extension
• Red Root Relish — Bernardin
• Piccalilli Relish — Bernardin
• Green Tomato Hot Dog Relish — Bernardin
• Fresh Vegetable Salsa — Bernardin
• Fennel Relish — Bernardin
• Dixie Relish — Bernardin
• Cucumber Relish — Bernardin
• Antipasto Relish — Bernardin
• Vegetable Antipasto — Bernardin
• Sweet Sliced Dills — Bernardin
• Pickled Onions — Bernardin
• Mixed Pickled Vegetables — Bernardin
• Marrow ‘n Onion Mustard Pickles — Bernardin
• Green Tomato Pickles — Bernardin
• Dilled Zucchini Sticks — Bernardin
• Dilled Zucchini Slices — Bernardin
• Cuked Honey Spears — Bernardin
• Mexican Tomato Sauce — OSU Extension
• Tomatillo Green Salsa — OSU Extension
• Beet & Onion Pickles — Bernardin
• Asian Pickles — Bernardin
• Tomato Vegetable Juice — Bernardin
• Zesty Red Onion Jelly — Bernardin
• Piccalilli Canning Recipe: Tested Green Tomato and Cabbage Relish
• Cranberry Orange Chutney — NCHFP
• Reduced-Sodium Sliced Dill Pickles — NCHFP
• No Sugar Added Pickled Beets — NCHFP
• Apple Ginger Chutney — Bernardin
• Tomato Taco Sauce
• Tomato Salsa with Paste Tomatoes
• Mexican Tomato Sauce — NCHFP
• Tomato/Tomato Paste Salsa — NCHFP
• Tomatillo Green Salsa — NCHFP
• Spicy Jicama Relish — NCHFP