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Onions

TracysshedTracysshed Posts: 82
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Hello everyone just need a little help. Had my little delivery of red onions today.bit have no idea when to plant them there are no labels of instructions other could anyone help thanks againimage

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  • XX Posts: 707

    http://www.allotment.org.uk/grow-your-own/vegetables/onions/growing-from-sets

    Hope thats of some help Tracysshed image

  • TracysshedTracysshed Posts: 82
    Thank you Paula's I will try thatimage
  • Busy-LizzieBusy-Lizzie Posts: 23,975

    I plant onion sets mid March to mid April, depending on the weather. I find Sturon keeps until June and Red Baron until April the following year. I start harvesting in July, so I rarely buy onions. But Summer here in France is hotter than in England.

    Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
  • BobTheGardenerBobTheGardener Posts: 11,384

    I always start all onion sets off in modules in my unheated greenhouse and plant them out when roots have developed.  As well as ensuring a good crop, it stops the birds from pulling them out.  Never had a bad crop since I started doing that. image

    A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
  • TracysshedTracysshed Posts: 82
    Thanks for that bob the gardener I will try thatimage
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