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Onion Sets - Description
- Pack of Onion Sets
- Variety: Stuttgarter Risen
- Colour: Golden Brown Skin
- White Flesh
- Quantity: 250g (Approx. 75 Sets Per Pack)
- Set Size: 14-21mm
- Large Onions. Flatten Shaped
- Good Bolt Resistance
- Good Storage Qualities
Onion Sets - Sowing Instructions
- Early to harvest onion
- Sow: Feb to June
- Sowing location: Chose a sunny location
- Prefers a light, sandy soil
- You can improve fertility by adding manure 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
- Stuttgarter can be harvested from mid July onwards
- Hang in bunches to dry
Onion Sets - Advantages
- Sets are easy to sow - no thinning required
- Better resistance to bolting in warm weather
- Versatile: Can be grown close together for green bunching onions or spaced for large onions
- 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
