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Onion Sets 'Sturon' (75 Pack)

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Onion Sets - Description

  • Onion Sets
  • Variety: Sturon
  • Allium Cepa
  • Colour: Traditional Yellow Onions
  • Size: 75 Sets
  • Yellow Flesh & Smooth Brown Skin
  • Set Size: 14/21mm
  • Produces Medium Sized, Globe Shaped Bulbs
  • Can Sow Close Together for Green Bunching Onions
  • RHS Award of Garden Merit Winner
  • Bolt Resistant
  • Stores Well

Onion Sets - Sowing Instructions

  • Main crop onion
  • Sow: Mid March or earlier under cover
  • Sowing location: Light, sandy soil in an open, sunny site
  • Preferably dug & manured the previous Autumn
  • Spacing: Rows 30cm apart with sets spaced 10cm apart
  • Depth: Place sets, pointed end up, just below the soil surface
  • The tip of the set should lie just under the soil
  • Harvest after 22 weeks, once foliage turns yellow; water crop & lift slightly with garden fork
  • Harvest crop 2 weeks later in sunny weather

Onion Sets - Uses

  • Suitable for fresh market
  • Bunching or normal large onions
  • Perfect for cooking

Onion Sets - Advantages

  • No thinning required
  • Less likely to bolt than if grown from seed
  • Versatile: Can be grown close together for green bunching onions or spaced for large onions
  • Low cost
  • More reliable than if grown from seed
  • Less likely to be attacked by the onion fly than those grown from seed
  • Great companion plant for carrots to deter pests like carrot fly

Index

  • Sowing Instructions
  • Crop Maintenance
  • How to Harvest
  • Storage
  • Pests & Diseases

Sowing Instructions

  • Sowing time: From mid March, assuming frost has passed
  • Sowing Location: Sow direct into rows
  • Sow 1 set every 10cm
  • Alternatively sow them every 5cm & thin later
  • The closer you sow your onion sets the smaller your harvested onions will be
  • Prepare soil prior to sowing, dig & manure your soil the previous autumn if possible
  • A sunny site with good drainage is ideal
  • To sow simply push the set into the soil
  • Sowing depth: onion set's tip should be just below soil surface
  • Space rows 15cm apart

Crop Maintenance

  • Keep moist
  • Weed regularly during summer months
  • Check sets early to see if birds have lifted them from the soil
  • If so, simply re sow them
  • Apply a general fertilizer if needed and rake the surface on a dry day
  • If your soil is a heavy clay it is recommended that you improve you soils drainage
  • Alternatively place a small amount of horticultural grit beneath seeds prior to sowing

Harvesting

  • Harvest when the bulbs have swollen and when the stems turns yellow and falls over
  • Using a garden fork, slightly lift the onions in their position. lift to snap the onion's roots preventing further growth
  • Leave for 14 days and carefully remove on a dry day
  • You can speed up the process by bending and tieing the stems once they start to yellow
  • On a dry day lift your onions and place them out in the sun
  • Depending on the size of your onions and weather conditions it can take up to 4 weeks for the onions to dry

Storage

  • Consume any damaged bulbs first
  • Short term storage in the fridge
  • Can be stored for up to 7 months in a cool dry place
  • You can also tie up your bulbs using their own stems or some cord

Pests & Diseases

  • Bird attack is most likely the biggest threat to onions
  • Netting should be used to protect against birds that pull up roots
  • Other pests and diseases include: Onion fly, root fly, bolting and downy mildew

Onion Sets

Very happy with everything I got last year
Thanks for a great service I ordered onion sets on Monday 27th April received Thursday 30th April in the ground and all as my last batch went wrong not your fault, I was blessed to get them with the current situation and will be a returning customer thanks again
Purchased 1500 sets and i couldn't be happier with their condition. next day delivery was a surprise too..im fairly impressed. will buy from you again. thanks.
Really impressed with the overall quantity and quality, prompt delivery time etc
ONION SETS ARRIVED. RAPID DELIVERY AS USUAL. THE BEST LOOKING ONION SETS I'VE EVER BOUGHT. NO BAD ONES. LOOKING FORWARD TO THE CROP.
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