From Seedling to Soil Armor: Step-by-Step Purple Onion Transplanting

From Seedling to Soil Armor: Step-by-Step Purple Onion Transplanting

Post #14 | Root Development Kutlwano Mokoena Permaculturist | IT Specialist | Soil Systems Architect Applying system engineering to organic soil biology at Evergreen Hideout Agricultural Services . June 8, 2026 • 24 min read • Soshanguve, Pretoria "An onion is only as good as its start. Bury it wrong, and it will struggle forever. Plant it right, and it will feed you for months. The difference is 2 centimeters of depth and the discipline to check every root." — Kutlwano Mokoena, Evergreen Hideout Log, Day 109 Onion Architecture: Hand-Planting Purple Seedlings into Top-Dressed Soil Armor To maximize root expansion and bulb sizing, purple onions require deep, loose soil structure and a clean supply of balanced nutrients. Following up directly on our recent work top-dressing our intensive rows with deep, high-protein chicken feather compost (Post #13), today we are executing the physical transplant step. Operating on an absolute zero-budget framework, we are spacing out our own home-rai…