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Onions
Type:
Vegetable
Difficulty:
Easy
Planting Timelines
- - Fill pots or cell trays with compost and press down to firm the soil
- Sow between 4-8 seeds per pot or cell
- For outdoor direct-to-soil sowing, create drills 1cm deep and sow the seeds thinly in 4cm rows (seedlings will need thinned out once germinated into 4 inch separation)
- Cover over with 1cm of compost, pat down and water
- For indoor sowing: Transplant the seedlings to soil outside approx 4inches apart whilst the plants are still small to avoid disturbing the roots
- Onion sets can also be planted for convenience in mid-Spring (plant direct to soil with just the tips poking out)
- Onions are ready for harvest when the bulbs are bulging out of the soil and all of the leaves have bent down to the ground.
- Leave harvest to air out and dry before use.
How to Grow Onions
Sow Seeds Indoors
Sow onion seeds in mid-Winter
Sow Seeds Outdoors
Plant Onion sets March - April
Time to Harvest
Approx 16 weeks
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